Researcher Information

• Angel/Figueroa/Full-Time Teacher

Academic Background

• 2008/01/2009/10/University of New England/Faculty of Arts, Graduate School of Applied Linguistics/Applied Linguistics/Master of Arts, Applied Linguistics
• 1990/09/1994/05/Dalhousie University/Faculty of Arts, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies/Spanish and Latin American Studies/Bachelor of Arts

Career

• 1995/06/1997/12/Pagoda Foreign Language Institute/English Conversation Course/Instructor/Teacher
• 1999/04　2013/03　ECC日本語学院英会話専科　英語教師
• 2010/04　2017/03　関西学院大学総合政策学部　外国人常勤講師
• 2017/04　2021/03　立命館大学理工学部言語教育センター　英語嘱託講師
• 2017/10　X Learning Systems　編集者・コンテンツマネージャー

Current Work Situation

• Josai International University/Professor/Assistant Professor/Faculty of International Humanities, Department of International Cultural Studies

Work Situation After Establishment of College

Academic Society and Social Activity

• 2024/09/Society for Ethnomusicology
• 2026/04/Confederación Académica Nipona, Española y Latinoamericana
• 2026/07/International Association of Teachers of English
• Japan CLIL Pedagogy Association
• Japan Association for Language Teaching

Teacher Examination Outcome

Field of Research

• Humanities & Social Sciences/Other/Latin American Studies
• Humanities & Social Sciences/Other/Musicology
• Humanities & Social Sciences/Foreign language education/ELE
• Humanities & Social Sciences/Foreign language education/TESOL
• Humanities & Social Sciences/Foreign language education/Spanish Pedagogy

Research Keyword

• CLIL
• TESOL
• Spanish Pedagogy
• Latin American Studies
• Musicology (Salsa)

Committee Career

• 2022/09/2024/02/14th Japan-Canada Academic Consortium - Student Forum/JIU Organizing and Curriculum Design Committee
• 2023/09/2026/04/Social Networking Director (CLE)
• 2026/04/JIU Language Education Committee
• JIU website committee 2023
• Asia Summer Program 2022/Asia Summer Program 2022

Reward

• 1994/05/Dalhousie University/Dean's List
• 2024/08/Josai International University/Presidential Research Grant/Development of online Japanese language learning support content, Josai International University

Teaching　Experiences

Academic Thesis

• English and creole: A brief linguistic sketch/Angel Figueroa/Sole Author/Kwansei Gakuin University Journal of Policy Studies/2015/03
• The applied linguist and the dilemma of prescription: From awareness of theory to an equilibrium in praxis/Angel Figueroa/Sole Author/Kwansei Gakuin University Journal of Policy Studies./2015/07

MISC

Bibliography

• Testing and Business English Skills 2020: English Expeditions Materials/O’Neill, B., Pals, T., Figueroa, A., & Shawback, M./Multiple author/Tokyo: Seibido/2020/03

Conference

• CLIL Activation in Sociology Using Cinema as Content Vehicle/Angel Figueroa/J-CLIL 8th Annual Bilingual Conference/2025/10/11/Japan CLIL Pedagogy Association
• Planning activities and freewriting/Timothy Doe
  Angel Figueroa/JALT Postconference Publication - Issue 2015.1/2016/08/31/Japan Association of Language Teaching
• Task-based pairing activities/Angel Figueroa/Kansai University of International Studies Summer Seminar, 13th Conference on Language Teaching and Learning
• Film-centric in the EFL classroom/Angel Figueroa/Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – Greece
• Film as content/Angel Figueroa/Nepal English Language Teachers Association

Works

Media Coverage

• JIU Center for Language Education (Instagram account)/A faculty member of the Center for Language Education [JIU] teaches English at a nursery school in Chiba City.
• JIU Department of Intercultural Studies (webpage)/IN THE NEWS/A World of Language and Culture That Extends Beyond the Classroom: Mr Figueroa, Who Brings Together English, Spanish and Music
• JIU Department of Intercultural Studies (Instagram account)/Introducing Assistant Professor Angel Figueroa from the Department of International Culture, Faculty of International Humanities
• JIU Department of Intercultural Studies (webpage)/IN THE NEWS: Music Appreciation Society/Reflecting on ‘America’ through Latin Music (Special Lecture)
• JIU Department of Intercultural Studies (webpage)/Pre-departure training for the Canada study program

Academic contribution（Includes fieldwork）

Competitive research funds

• Josai International University Presidential Research Grant/Josai International University/2024/04/01/2026/03/31

Patents

Other

Social Contribution

• Chiba Shizen/Discussion and planning of volunteer work for Chiba City with "Chiba-Shizen"
• 2026/05/17/Nursery Kagaminado/Eigo de Asobou/Invited Teacher of English to Children
• 2025/04/11/Invited DJ and Facilitator of Inter-Cultural Awareness
• 2025/04/03/Nursery Kagaminado/Eigo de Asobou/Invited teacher of English to Children
• 2023/09/01/2023/12/20/SNS Content creator for community outreach purposes