Yuji Nakamura, Ph.D. Keio University Professor of English, American Literature and Applied Linguistics

Dr. Yuji Nakamura is a Professor of English at Keio University. He teaches English Teaching Methodology, Language Testing, and EFL/EIL courses. He is a Past President of the Japan Language Testing Association (JLTA) and has been the chair of the Testing SIG of the Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET). He was a principal investigator of the research project “Developing an English Placement Test based on the CEFR Levels” (2012–2016), funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). He is currently working on the project “Developing an English Proficiency Assessment Tool for EIL Classes based on the Content Language Integrated Learning System” (2017–2020), also funded by MEXT. His research interests include second/EIL language assessment, teacher professional development, and videoconferencing. His current focus has been on developing in-house placement tests and doing longitudinal analysis of students’ English proficiency.