Paul Mathieson
准教授
Paul is from Auckland, New Zealand, and thanks to his grandfather is also a citizen of Ireland. He has lived in Osaka since 2006, and has taught English to learners from the age of 5 all the way up to the age of 90. Paul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical English at Nara Medical University, where he has been working since 2016.
Paul has a law degree and an arts degree (majoring in history and philosophy) from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), and a master’s degree in applied linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester (UK). He has given numerous presentations and published a number of academic papers related to the field of applied linguistics. His primary research interests are second language vocabulary acquisition, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), English for specific purposes (ESP), and learner motivation.
When he is not teaching or researching, he can be found jogging or cycling around the Kita-ku area in Osaka, eating out at one of Fukushima’s fabulous restaurants, or rocking with his band ‘The Ballbreakers’ somewhere in Osaka. Paul also loves travelling, and isn’t far away from achieving his goal of visiting all 47 Japanese prefectures (36 so far!).
Publications
Mathieson, P., Hamilton, M., Nagai, S., & Bolstad, F. (2020). Cultivating critical thinking skills through a content and language integrated medical ethics course. Critical Thinking and Language Learning, 7 (In Press).
Mathieson, P., & Bolstad, F. (2020). A spoonful of humour helps the medicine go down: Enlivening academic English vocabulary learning in a medical English course. The Asian ESP Journal, 16(3), 64-87.
Mathieson, P. (2020). Examining the cultural appropriateness of the communicative approach to language teaching in Japan. 英語学論説資料 (Collected Articles on the English Language), 52(6), 329-335.
Mathieson, P. (2019). Fostering active learning in a nursing English course through public health poster presentations. Nursing English Nexus, 3(2), 16-18.
Ghashut, R., Mathieson, P., Elfandi, S., & Bolstad, F. (2019). Enhancing nurse-patient communication through the development of English speaking fluency skills. Nursing English Nexus, 3(2), 19-20.
Mathieson, P. (2017). Secret agents and innocent patients: The mysteries of the English passive voice and its use (and misuse) in EFL writing in Japan. Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics Journal, 21(2), 1-13.
Mathieson, P. (2017). “Beloved brothers" and "brave men": Examining gender bias in an English as a foreign language reading textbook in Japan. International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, 4(4), 33-40.
Mathieson, P. (2016). Linguistic features of ‘alternative’ football commentary:
A comparative register analysis. Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2(9), 59-67.
Mathieson, P. (2016). Foreign language anxiety in community English conversation classes
in Japan. In R. Smithers (Ed.). Osaka JALT Journal, 3. Osaka JALT,
pp. 88-111.
Mathieson, P. (2015). Culture, identity, and the native-English-speaking EFL teacher in Japan. In G. Brooks, M. Porter, D. Fujimoto & D. Tatsuki (Eds.). The 2015 PanSIG Journal,
JALT, pp. 107-113.
Mathieson, P. (2015). Dealing with stereotypes in the Japanese EL classroom.
Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter, 96, 14-16.
Mathieson, P. (2015). Attitudes towards native and non-native varieties of spoken English in Japanese high schools: What do the teachers say? Master’s Thesis, University of Leicester, 1-107.