kat oghigian
Research Writing Editor
Master's Degree
Modern Languages Education
Editing Certificate Program
キャット・オヒガン
私のバックグラウンドには、日本の小学校、中学校、高校、大学レベルの教育・教材に関する知識（語彙・文法、学習スタイル、教育目標等）に関する専門知識が含まれています。
現在，カナダに住んでいますが、日本では、東京の名門大学で理工系の学生にライティング、特に、学術ジャーナルに投稿するため研究論文の書き方を教えていました。
私は20年間、研究者たちのジャーナル投稿論文の編集をしています。 また，私はいくつかのメジャーな 日本の出版社における編集作業も行ってきました。
私は教育の修士号を持ち、応用言語学のジャーナル論文を多数執筆してきた研究者でもあります。
私は、国際的な査読付きジャーナルのシニアレビューエディターです。
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Currently a professional copy editor for non-fiction academic books for Oxford University Press and research papers submitted to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia series as well as student-facing educational resource book editing for Kumon (Japan), copy editing web content for the Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (Japan), and structural, stylistic, and copy editing academic work for individual researchers
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Previously a research writing teacher in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (Tokyo) for seven years and more recently as an academic research writing teacher for engineering students at Vantage College, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
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Previously a senior review editor for an international peer-reviewed journal (LEiA) and peer reviewer for a national academic journal in education (BC TEAL); mentored numerous authors
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English language teacher for 30+ years
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Freelance editor for 20+ years
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Published academic author and co-author in applied corpus linguistics
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Published co-author for second language acquisition (SLA) educational materials
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Knowledgeable about grammar and vocabulary levels for L2 English language learners
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Designed and implemented curricula for university classes, business executives, and company employees
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Dual Canadian-U.S. citizen
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Worked in Japan for 20+ years
Research Interests
Using Data-Driven Learning (DDL) to Teach Grammar and Vocabulary
The benefits of DDL for intermediate and advanced level EFL learners have been well documented. A series of studies at Nihon University aimed to implement modified DDL to beginner/remedial Japanese university students, and this project has become one of the first to use DDL successfully at this level.
See http://dx.doi.org/10.5746/LEiA/10/V1/A17/Oghigian_Chujo and
http://hanamizuki2010.sakura.ne.jp/public_html/data/TIESPJ%2048-203-1-PB[1].pdf
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Turnitin in an L2 Sci Eng Context
As one of the primary resources for plagiarism checks at universities, we looked at how effective and applicable Turnitin is for use in checking L2 papers in a science and engineering faculty at a Japanese university.
See Oghigian, K., Rayner, M., & Chujo, K. (2016). A Quantitative Evaluation of Turnitin from an L2 Science and Engineering Perspective. Call-EJ (16) 2. http://callej.org/journal/17-1.html
Using Corpora to Improve Research Writing
The use of general and technical corpora was incorporated into a course aimed at teaching science and engineering students how to write up their research for publication in academic and professional journals. Efficacy was measured and reported. Additionally, course evaluations indicated widespread student support.
See http://www.cit.nihon-u.ac.jp/laboratorydata/kenkyu/publication/journal_b/b45.1.pdf
Developing Corpora for Lower Proficiency Level L2 Learners
The Sentence Corpus of Remedial English (SCoRE) is a corpus and search tool designed to give
lower proficiency EFL learners access to the benefits of data-driven learning (DDL). I was part of the development team focused on creating level-appropriate sentences.