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Sato Lab
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The lab uses second language acquisition research to clarify how people learn Japanese.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring learning and growth from the perspective of Japanese language education.
The Sato Lab studies methods of language learning, focusing on the learning of Japanese as a second language.
Its research themes include the cognitive processes involved in learning a second language, reading instruction, and teaching approaches such as self-regulated learning and CLIL.
The lab also covers learning in collaborative learning environments, as well as the images of the Japanese language teacher and the views on teaching held by Japanese learners and teachers.
The lab is also working on developing an online test that diagnoses Japanese proficiency.
Key terms
- Second language acquisition
- A research field that studies how people acquire a language they learn after their native language
- CLIL
- A way of teaching in which learners study subject content and acquire a foreign language at the same time
- Self-regulated learning
- Learning in which learners set their own goals and move forward while checking their own progress
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received the John Levis Award
Recruiting graduate students with experience in studying or researching second language acquisition
A doctoral student received the Conference Excellent Presentation Award from the Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology
ResearchResearch themes
The lab specializes in second language acquisition research, and its research themes include the cognitive processes involved in learning a second language, reading instruction, and teaching approaches such as self-regulated learning and CLIL. Its research fields are Japanese language education, education of international students, second language acquisition, and cognitive psychology / psycholinguistics.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Sato Lab consist of faculty members and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorReiko SatoPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “KanjiPractice” Kanko* from Nagasaki, JAPAN / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- LEAP, an online Japanese test: “Laptop on desk book stacks (Unsplash)” freddie marriage fredmarriage / CC0 (cropped)
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