James York

Email: [email protected]

• Ludic keywords: Board games, social deduction, party games, family games, Minecraft
• Language keywords: Speaking, communication, Japanese, community
• Pedagogy keywords: Task-based language teaching, social pedagogy, rapid iteration, teacher roles

👨‍🏫 Profile

James is a senior assistant professor at Meiji University where he teaches and conducts research on the application of games and play in language and literacy teaching. He is currently exploring projects in the following areas:

• The York Game Lab – his seminar class which is focused on creating educational games for a variety of clients.
• A task-based language teaching approach to learning English communication skills with board and video games.
• The history of video games.

🧪 Research connections

• Orcid
• Google Scholar Profile
• ResearchGate
• Academia.edu

💬 Social connections

• Telegram
• Discord ID: Cheapshot#0001
• Steam