Ryan L. Barnes

Designated Associate Professor, Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Nagoya University

Ryan Barnes is a Designated Associate Professor in the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Nagoya University. He holds a doctorate in Literacy, Culture and Language Education from Indiana University and a master’s degree in Learning, Teaching and Curriculum from the University of Missouri. His research interests include linguistic landscape and computer assisted language learning.

Recent Posts

Don't Play Pachinko

The machines are designed so you’ll lose. And you’ll lose money. If you play pachinko and lose money, you’ll become poor.

Ray Barnes

Oct 22, 2024 1 min read

Pattani

I got on the road around 6:30am, with some light drizzle. There was a little traffic out of town, but I soon turned on to a rural route at Yi-Ngo District.

Jan 31, 2023 4 min read Thailand

Narathiwat

Meaung Narathiwat (or Menara in Pattani Melayu) is the capital of the eponymous Southern province bordering Malaysia. The town has about 40,000 inhabitants and is around 85% Melayu Muslim. I picked this place because it was at the bottom of Thailand.

Jan 30, 2023 5 min read Thailand

Bangkok: Day 1

I woke up early and took the BTS Skytrain two stops. The Changchun Railway Vehicles train was clean and had announcements in Thai and English. Nearly everyone was wearing a mask.

Jan 26, 2023 2 min read Thailand

NGO→BKK 🛫

For a bike/conference trip I wanted to pack light. One bag for my bicycle, 22kg. There was surprisingly a lot of space in there, so I could throw in some extras, including a pannier and rear rack for my ride.

Jan 25, 2023 2 min read Thailand

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Ryan L. Barnes

January, 2023 ThaiTESOL

EFL Learning Using the Linguistic Landscape of Sacred Spaces: A Case of a Shinto Shrine

This paper takes a geosemiotic approach to focus on how the LL can apply to second language development, as well as how language learners make use of multimodality to question and challenge texts in their daily lives. Contributions include the study of the LL and language learning in sacred spaces.

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Recent Publications

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Ryan L. Barnes (2024). Exploring the Potential of In Real Life (IRL) Streaming for Language Learning: A Participant Observation Study of Japanese University Students. WorldCALL2023.

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Ryan L. Barnes (2023). Predicting English Language Proficiency Scores from Learner Background Variables: The Role of Gender, Age, and Years Abroad in Test Scores. Journal of Nagoya Gakuin University.

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

XXIInd International CALL Research Conference

This presentation reports on a survey-based study that explored Japanese university English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ practices of ChatGPT for self-regulated second language (L2) English learning and their views of ChatGPT as a resource for language learning.

Sep 13, 2024 — Sep 15, 2024 Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Gilbert Dizon, Jason Gold, Ryan Barnes

Linguistic Landscape 15

Focusing on the underexplored domain of LL in sacred spaces, this study examines Atsuta Shrine, one of the three principal shrines in the Japanese indigenous religion of Shinto. It explored what constitutes sacredness in a community, the non-commercial values conveyed therein, and who the intended audience is in this revered environment. Employing Scollon and Scollon’s (2003) theory of geosemiotics as a framework, it delves into the intricate cultural meanings intertwined within the linguistic elements of this space.

Jun 21, 2024 12:10 PM — 10:30 AM Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

JALTCALL 2024 International Conference

This presentation reports on a survey-based study that addresses the following two research questions: 1) What are Japanese university English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ practices of ChatGPT for self-regulated L2 English learning? 2) What are Japanese university EFL students’ perceptions of ChatGPT for self-regulated L2 English learning?

May 18, 2024 10:10 AM — 10:30 AM Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan

Gilbert Dizon, Jason Gold, Ryan Barnes

49th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition

This presentation aims to explore the use of fiction as a tool for second language writers to find their voice in academic discourse.

Nov 26, 2023 5:00 PM — 5:25 PM Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan

WorldCALL2023

In Real Life (IRL) streaming is a rapidly-growing practice of Internet broadcasting real-time video footage of daily routines, social …

Nov 9, 2023 — Nov 13, 2023 Chiang Mai, Thailand

Ryan L. Barnes

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Experience

 

 

 

 

 

Designated Associate Professor, Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Division of Academic Writing Education

Nagoya University

April 2024 – Present Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

 

 

 

 

 

Lecturer, English as a Foreign Language, Faculty of Economics

Nagoya Gakuin University

April 2015 – March 2024 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

 

 

 

 

 

Assistant Instructor, Foreign Languages Department

Nanzan Kokusai Junior/Senior High School

September 2011 – March 2015 Toyota, Aichi, Japan

 

 

 

 

 

Assistant Language Teacher (JET Programme)

Aichi Prefectural Board of Education

August 2007 – August 2011 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

 

 

 

 

 

Instructor (Foreign Expert)

Southwest Forestry Unviersity

August 2006 – July 2007 Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China

Education

 

 

 

 

 

EdD in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, Minor in Inquiry Research Methodology

Indiana University, Bloomington

September 2019 – May 2023

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate Certificate in Educational Research Methodology

University of Illinois at Chicago

August 2018 – July 2019

 

 

 

 

 

MEd in Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum (TESOL Focus)

University of Missouri

January 2014 – December 2015

 

 

 

 

 

BS in Computer Science, Music Minor (Honors)

Morningside University

August 1998 – May 2003

Contact

• ryan@ryanbarnes.xyz
• Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601
• Monday 10:00 to 13:00
  Wednesday 09:00 to 10:00