Michael Lessard-Clouston

Dr. Lessard-Clouston is fascinated by language and its use in various contexts, and he aims to help equip students for a variety of careers and ministries which address language-related issues. Before coming to Biola in 2005, he was a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada for 10 and a half years, serving as a professor of English and Language Education at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, Japan. His doctoral work was on second language education and literacy, and he is on the review boards for the Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism and TESL Canada Journal. Dr. Lessard-Clouston serves as co-editor of CELEA News, published by the Christian English Language Educators Association. He also taught for two months in the Short Summer Semester 2010 at Universitas Pelita Harapan, in Karawaci, Indonesia. He enjoys music, Sunday afternoons, traveling, reading, and spending time with family.

Affiliations

• American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
• Asian Association of Teachers of English as a foreign Language (Asia TEFL)
• California TESOL (CATESOL)
• Christian English Language Educators Association (CELEA)
• International Reading Association (IRA)
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Publications

Books, Book Chapters

• “Japan: Perspectives on language learning and teaching (Editor).” Clevedon, U.K.: Multilingual Matters, 1998.
• “Language learning strategies: An overview for L2 teachers.” In Defense Language Institute (Ed.), Teaching ESP – Using the AMEC, 2003.
• “Definitions in academic lectures: A preliminary report.” In M. Kline and G. Anderson (Eds.), Proceedings of the CATESOL State Conference, 2006.
• “SLA: What it offers ESL/EFL teachers.” In G. Anderson & M Kline (Eds.), Proceedings of the CATESOL State Conference, 2007.
• “Specialized vocabulary learning in theology: Native and non-native English-speaking students in a graduate school.” Koln, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009.

Select Articles/Reviews

• “[Review of G. Braine's Teaching English to the world: History, curriculum, and practice].” JALT Journal, 28(2), 207-209, 2006.
• “Breadth and depth specialized vocabulary learning in theology among native and non-native English speakers.” Canadian Modern Language Review, 63(2), 175-198, 2006.
• “[Review of A. Davies and C. Elder's The Handbook of Applied Linguistics].” LINGUIST List, 18.893, 2007.
• “Strategies and success in technical vocabulary learning: Students' approaches in one academic context.” Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 34(1-2), 31-63, 2008.
• “Revisiting the influence of Christianity on English.” CETC Newsletter, 12(2), 2008.
• “Review of P. Nation & P. Y. Gu's Focus on vocabulary skills”TESL Canada Journal,26(1), 108-110, 2008.
• “Definitions in theology lectures: Implications for vocabulary learning.” Asian ESP Journal, 5(1), 7-22, 2009.
• “[Review of M. S. Wong & S. Canagarajah (Eds.)'s Christian and critical English language educators in dialogue].” Christian Scholar's Review, 39(2), 256-260, 2010.
• “Theology lectures as lexical environments: A case study of technical vocabulary use.” Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 9(4), 2010.