Degree of Master of Arts, San Francisco State University, Jan. 1991

Second Language Acquisition and English as a Second Language Research

Humanities & social sciences, Foreign language education, Foreign language education

Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2012
National Center for University Entrance Exams, Japanese Ministry of Education

Japanese Ministry of Education, 2000 Teacher of the Year

Western States Communication Association, 2004 Dickens Award

International Communication Association, 2027 Top Paper Award

Spain and the Context of English Language Education
Richard Caraker
研究紀要, Sep. 2016, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Issues in Second Language Acquisition: Can strategic competence be taught in the language classroom?
Richard Caraker
研究紀要, Sep. 2012, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

CLIL and Teacher Cognition in Japanese Secondary Schools
Richard Caraker
日本大学文理学部 人文化学研究所 研究紀要, 15 Sep. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

CLIL and Pre-service Teacher Education in Japanese Universities
Richard Caraker
日本大学文理学部 人文科学研究所 研究紀要, 15 Mar. 2018, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Towards a CLIL Syllabus in Japanese Universities
Richard Caraker
日本大学文理学部 人文科学研究所 研究紀要, 15 Sep. 2017, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

A Content-based ERP (English for Rehabilitation Purposes) Textbook
Richard Caraker; Minako Inoue; Mika Takamura; Kazumi Horiuchi
健康科学大学紀要, 15 Oct. 2008, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Accommodation and Non-accommodation Across the Lifespan: Perspectives from Thailand, Japan, and the United States of America
Robert M.McCann; Hiroshi Ota; Howard Giles; Richard Caraker
Communication Reports, 10 Feb. 2003, Refereed, Not invited

Instrinsically Motivating Tests: An Oxymoron?
Richard Caraker
山梨医科大学紀要, 15 Oct. 1997, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Linguistic Soup: Recipes for Success Online Learning System
Single work
Perceptia Press, May 2026

Linguistic Soup: Recipes for Success Fifth Edition
Single work
Apr. 2026
9784911164112

Revised Vision Quest II Advanced/Standard Main course books and Teacher’s Manual
Editor
Keirinkan, Sep. 2025

Linguistic Soup: Recipes for Success Third Edition
Single work
Apr. 2022
9784939130380

Linguistic Soup: Recipes for Success
Richard Caraker, Single work, Richard Caraker
Perceptia Press, Apr. 2020

Revised Vision Quest 1
Joint work
Keirinkan, 2016, Not refereed

Vision Quest 2 Prime
Joint work
Keirinkan, 2016, Not refereed

Revised Vision Quest English Epression 1 Advanced Standard
Joint work
Keirinkan, 2015, Not refereed

Vision Quest English Expression 1 Core
Joint work
Keirinkan, 2015, Not refereed

Genre Approach to Paragraph Writing
Richard CarakerYoshihito Sugita, Joint work, Richard Caraker Yoshihito Sugita
Seibido, Jan. 2014, Not refereed
9784791910175

Vision Quest English Expression II
Richard CarakerRichard Smith, Editor, Richard Caraker Richard Smith
Keirinkan, Feb. 2013, Not refereed
9784402045258

Writing for Presentations in English
Richard CarakerYoshihito Sugita, Joint work, Richard Caraker Yoshihito Sugita
Nan`un-do, Feb. 2013, Not refereed
9784523177319

Vision Quest
Richard Caraker, Editor, Richard Caraker
Keirinkan, May 2012, Not refereed

English for Rehabilitation, Care, and Support Part 1
Richard Caraker; Mika Takamura; Kazumi Horiuchi; Minako Inoue, Richard Caraker; Mika Takamura; Kazumi Horiuchi; Minako Inoue
健康科学大学, Apr. 2007

A Primary Course on Paragraph Writing
Richard Caraker, Joint work, Richard Caraker
Seibido, Apr. 2006

Natural English for Beginners
矢作三蔵; Richard Caraker, Joint work, 矢作三蔵; Richard Caraker
成美堂, Apr. 2006

Nursing Case Studies
Richard Caraker, Joint work, Richard Caraker
成美堂, Apr. 2006

English Expert: From Sound To Meaning
Richard Caraker, Joint work, Richard Caraker
開文社, Apr. 2004

Yamanashi Prefectural Koma High School Special Lecture on Oral Presentation Skills
Feb. 2026, Invited

Yamanashi Prefectural Koma High School Special Lecture on Oral Presentation Skills
Richard Caraker
Jan. 2025, Invited

CLIL and Pre-service Teacher Education in Japanese Universities
Richard Caraker
JALT 45th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning, Nov. 2019, JALT(Japan Association for Language Teaching), Not invited

Soft CLIL Learning Materials for Pre-service Teacher Training in Japanese Universities
Richard Caraker
JACET, Jul. 2019, JACET, Not invited

CLIL and Pre-service Teacher Education in Japanese Universities
Richard Caraker
2nd Annual Conference on Bilingualism, Mar. 2019, Not invited

CLIL-based Pre-service Teacher Training Materials for Japanese University Students
Richard Caraker
ICLHE Symposium-Japan, Jan. 2019, ICLHE, Not invited

CLIL and General English Education for English Majors
Richard Caraker
Symposim on English Language Education, Oct. 2016, The English Literary Society of Nihon University, Not invited

Dancing the "Waltz" of Teacher Education in Second Language Teaching
Richard Caraker
日本大学英文学会2014年度学術研究発表会, Dec. 2014, 日本大学文理学部, Not invited

Medical Writing Seminar "Improving Writing and Oral Presentation Skills" Common English Mistakes
Richard Caraker
JASMEE(Japan Society for Medical English Education), Mar. 2013, JASMEE, Not invited

Communicative English: Can Strategic Competence be taught in the language classroom?
日本大学英文学会2011年度学術研究発表会, Dec. 2011, 日本大学英文学会, Not invited

English for Rehabilitation Purposes
Richard Caraker
JALT, Nov. 2008, JALT, Not invited

A Content-based ERP (English for Rehabilitation Purposes) Textbook
Richard Caraker
JASMEE, Oct. 2008, JASMEE, Not invited

Rhetoric and Delivery in Oral Presentations
Richard Caraker
JASMEE, Oct. 2007, JASMEE, Not invited

Nursing Case Studies
Richard Caraker
JASMEE, Oct. 2006, JASMEE, Not invited

Motivating your Students to Speak
Richard Caraker
JALT, Nov. 1998, JALT, Not invited

Code-switching and Bilingualism
Richard Caraker
JALT, Nov. 1996, JALT, Not invited