Yumi Matsumoto

Associate Professor
Educational Linguistics Division

Contact

(215) 746-0139
Education
  • Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics) Pennsylvania State University, 2015
  • M.A. (Second Language Studies, specialization in English Language Teaching) University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, 2006
  • B.A. (Elementary School Education) University of Okayama, 1998
Areas of Expertise
  • English as a lingua franca
  • Multimodality and multimodal conversation analysis
  • Equitable multilingualism
  • Materials use in second language classroom interaction
  • Use of (mobile) technology in language classroom
  • Humor, laughter, and politeness work
  • Gesture and second language learning/development
  • Applying complex dynamic systems theory for classroom discourse

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