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Books

Nakane I; Otsuji E; Armour WS, 2015, Languages and identities in a transitional Japan: From internationalization to globalization, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315866833

, 2013, Systemic Functional Perspectives of Japanese: Descriptions and Applications, Armour WS; Thomson E, (ed.), Equinox - www.equinoxpub.com, UK and USA

Armour WS, 2008, Learning Japanese as and Additional Language: Investigation into Second Language Identity Development, Original, VDM Verlag, Germany

Book Chapters

Armour W, 2022, 'An Exploration of the Birth of the Slave through Ero-Pedagogy in Tagame Gengoroh's PRIDE', in Halsall A; Warren J (ed.), The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader Critical Openings, Future Directions, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, pp. 142 - 154

Lee JF; Armour WS, 2016, 'Factors influencing non-native readers' sequencing of Japanese manga panels', in Pasfiled-Neofitou S; Sell C (ed.), Manga Vision: Cultural and Communicative Perspectives, Monash University Publishing, pp. 178 - 193

Armour WS; Iida S, 2016, 'Talking Japanese Popular Culture at an Australian University: Insights from a Literacies Pedagogy Perspective', in Shamoon D; McMorran C (ed.), Teaching Japanese Popular Culture, edn. Asia Past & Present, Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, pp. 45 - 60

Nakane I; Otsuji E; Armour WS, 2015, 'Japan-in-transition: Reflections and futures', in Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan: From Internationalization to Globalization, Routledge, pp. 191 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315866833

Armour WS; Nakane I; Otsuji E, 2015, 'Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan', in Nakane I; Otsuji E; Armour WS (ed.), Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan: From Internationalization to Globalization, Routledge, New York, pp. 1 - 13

Armour WS, 2015, 'The Geopolitics of Japanese Soft Power and the Japanese Language and Studies Classroom: Soft Power Pedagogy, Globalisation, and the New Technologies', in Nakane I; Otsuji E; Armour WS (ed.), Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan: From Internationalization to Globalization, Routledge, New York, pp. 37 - 56

Armour WS, 2013, '"Voice to Text": Assessing the Expression of Emotions by L2 Learners of Japanese Reading 'Manga' Aloud', in Coleman K; Flood A (ed.), Disciplines: The Lenses of Learning, Common Ground, Champaign, Illinois, pp. 188 - 201, http://theuniversitypressbooks.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.62/prod.41

Armour WS; Furuya R, 2013, 'Learning how to mean in Japanese as an additional language', in Thomson E; Armour WS (ed.), Systemic Functional Perspectives of Japanese: Descriptions and Applications, edn. 1st, Equinox - www.equinoxpub.com, UK and USA, pp. 210 - 253

Armour WS; Thomson E, 2013, 'Systemic functional theory: description and application', in Thomson E; Armour WS (ed.), Systemic Functional Perspectives of Japanese: Descriptions and Applications, edn. 1st, Equinox - www.equinoxpub.com, UK and USA, pp. 3 - 22, https://www.equinoxpub.com/equinox/books/showbook.asp?bkid=120

Journal articles

Armour W; Iida S, 2022, 'Negociando identidades, saberes y aprendizajes: Lecciones de la cultura popular japonesa', KOBAI Contacto con Japón, pp. 6 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.53010/kobai04.2022.01

Iida S; Armour WS, 2019, 'The voices of adult anime/‘manga’1 fans in Australia: Motivations, consumption patterns and intentions to learn the Japanese language', East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, 5, pp. 7 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/EAPC.5.1.7_1

Armour WS; Iida S, 2018, 'Editorial: Contextualizing Japanese popular culture in and out of the Japanese-language classroom', East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, 4, pp. 147 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/eapc.4.2.147_2

Armour WS; Iida S, 2018, 'Using the revised Bloom’s taxonomy to reflect on the teaching of the Japanese language through ‘manga’ and anime', East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, 4, pp. 205 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/eapc.4.2.205_1

Armour WS; Iida S, 2016, 'Are Australian fans of anime and manga motivated to learn Japanese language?', Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 36, pp. 31 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2014.922459

Armour WS; Takeyama Y, 2015, 'Translating Japanese Typefaces in ‘Manga’: Bleach', New Readings, 15, pp. 21 - 45, http://ojs.cf.ac.uk/index.php/newreadings/issue/view/18/showToc

Iida S; Armour WS, 2014, 'Are Australian fans of anime and manga motivated to learn Japanese language?', Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 34, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2014.922459

Armour WS, 2011, 'Learning Japanese by Reading ‘manga’: The Rise of ‘Soft Power Pedagogy’', RELC Journal, 42, pp. 125 - 140, http://rel.sagepub.com/content/current

Armour WS, 2010, 'Representations of the Masculine in Tagame Gengoroh's Ero SM Manga', Asian Studies Review, 34, pp. 443 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2010.527922

Armour WS, 2009, 'Reconceptualising `identity slippage`: additional language learning and (L2) identity development', Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 30, pp. 311 - 326

Armour WS, 2009, 'Reconceptualising `Identity Splippage`: Additional Language Learning and (L2) Identity Development', Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 30, pp. 311 - 326

Armour WS, 2004, 'Becoming a Japanese Language Learner, User, and Teacher: Revelations from Life History Research', Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 3, pp. 101 - 126

Armour WS, 2003, '`Nihonjin No Yoo To Omoimashita` (I think I`m Like a Japanese): Additional language learning and the development of multiple identities', Asian Identities, 4, pp. 115 - 128

Armour WS, 2003, 'Making sense of the Japanese Grammar: A Clear guide through common problems', Japanese Studies, 23, pp. 90 - 92

Armour WS, 2001, 'This Guy is Japanese Stuck in a White Man`s Body`: A Discussion of Meaning Making, Identity Slippage, and Cross-cultural Adaptation', Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, pp. 1 - 18

Armour WS, 2000, 'My Father, the Japanese and Me', Show Cause, pp. 26 - 27

Armour WS, 1998, 'Putting More then Words in their Mouths: Using Model Dialogues to Construct Social Reality in the Japanese Language Classroom', Japanese Studies, 18, pp. 181 - 197

Armour WS, 1997, 'The Meanings we make with Education', Education Australia, pp. 13 - 16

Conference Papers

Armour WS, 1997, 'The Social Semiotics of Japanese Children`s Manga: A Study into the Production of Japanese Identity', in 10th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Associaton of Australia, 10th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Associaton of Australia, Melbourne, presented at 10th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Associaton of Australia, Melbourne, 06 July 1997

Armour WS, 1997, 'Where am I ? Who am I ? The Development of Non-Native Japanese Language Teacher`s Bilingual Identity - Some Preliminary Findings', in 10th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Associaton of Australia, 10th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Associaton of Australia, Melbourne, presented at 10th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Associaton of Australia, Melbourne, 06 July 1997


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