English for nursing purposes, patient narratives, English-speaking simulated patients

I have been teaching English at universities in Japan since 2008, and I am passionate about helping nursing students develop the language skills they need to provide compassionate and effective care for patients from diverse backgrounds. At Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Nursing University, my work includes leading the Multilingual Medical Support Course, integrating English learning with simulation-based scenarios using simulated patients from international backgrounds, and organizing opportunities for international exchange that allow students to observe medical care in an international context and deepen their understanding of what it means to be part of the global nursing community.

Beyond the university, I have contributed to the broader field of nursing English education in Japan by co-founding the Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching (JANET), where I serve as Assistant Director and support both the biannual journal and the annual conference.

2008年より日本の大学で英語教育に携わり、看護学生が多様な背景を持つ患者に対して思いやりのある、かつ効果的なケアを提供できるよう、必要な英語力を育成することに情熱を注いでいます。福岡女学院看護大学では、多言語医療支援コースの運営や、外国人模擬患者を活用したシミュレーション型英語学習の導入、さらに国際交流の機会を通じた医療現場の見学などに取り組み、学生が国際的な看護の一員としての理解を深められるよう支援しています。

また学外では、全国看護英語教育学会（JANET）を共同設立し、副理事として隔年刊行の学会誌や年次大会の運営に携わるなど、日本における看護英語教育の発展にも貢献しています。

Thanks to modern technology, it is easier than ever to communicate with people from other countries. Yet nothing is more comforting than authentic human communication when someone is at their most vulnerable. English is one tool to help you connect, but practicing little by little every day will help you develop the ability to reach others with empathy and care.

現代では技術の力で外国の方と簡単にコミュニケーションできるようになりました。しかし、人が最も弱い立場にあるときにそばに寄り添い、心を通わせる本物の人間のコミュニケーションに勝るものはありません。英語はその手段の一つです。少しずつでも毎日練習して、思いやりを届ける力を育てていきましょう。

「論文・研究報告・実践報告」

• Porter, M. (予定). The Spoken Corpus of Foreign and Immigrant Patient Narratives for Nursing and Medical Education, Nursing English Nexus, 9(2).
• 飯塚 才湖, 星 美和子, ポーター マシュー, 松尾 和枝, ウィア ケヴィン. (予定) 円滑な学習管理システム導入のための教職員支援活動の実際と評価(第2報). 福岡女学院看護大学紀要, 16.
• Porter, M., Levine-Ogura, J. Y., MacCallum, H., Mathieson, P., Capper, S., & Pauly, M. (2025). Enhancing English Instruction for Japanese Nursing Students. In B. Lacy, M. Swanson, & P.Lege (Eds.), Moving JALT Into the Future: Opportunity, Diversity, and Excellence.
• 星 美和子, ポーター マシュー, 松尾 和枝, 飯塚 才湖, 大石 定和, ウィア ケヴィン, 太田 里枝, 潮 みゆき, 仲道 由紀. (2022). 全学的な学習管理システムとしてのMoodleへの移行及び教職員支援活動の実際と評価(第1報). 福岡女学院看護大学紀要, 13, 17-28.
• Capper, S., Porter, M., Willey, I., & Watanabe, A. (2021). Assessing the English needs of Japanese nurses through focus group interviews. Journal of Medical English Education, 20(3), 25-32.
• 溝部 昌子, 野地 有子, 近藤 麻理, 小寺 さやか, 飯島 佐知子, マシュー ポーター, 炭谷 大輔, 大友 英子, 小林 康司, 浜崎 美子. (2021). 看護職の多文化対応能力研修プログラムに用いる教材開発. 国際臨床医学会雑誌, 4(1), 43-49.
• ポーターマシュー, 吉川 由香里, 藤野 ユリ子, ウィア ケヴィン. (2021). シミュレーション教育を活用した看護英語プログラム開発の試み. 福岡女学院看護大学紀要, 12, 49-57.
• ウィア ケヴィン, 星 美和子, ポーター マシュー, 岩﨑 優子, 飯塚 才湖, 大石 定和. (2021). 学習管理システムの比較と考察 : Moodleへの移行. 福岡女学院看護大学紀要, 12, 93-104.
• Porter, M. (2019). Identifying Nursing Duties for the Nursing English Curriculum: A Target Task Analysis Using Written Sources from the Field of Nursing in Japan. Nursing English Nexus, 3(1), 21-31.
• Porter, M. (2018). An Overview of Nursing English Curricla at Private Universities in Japan. Nursing English Nexus, 2(2), 22-30.
• ポーターマシュー. (2017). 全国看護英語教育学会の設立と今後の活動. 福岡女学院看護大学紀要, 12, 47-52.
• Capper, S., Porter, M., & Willey, I. (2017). Meet JANET: The Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching. Journal of Medical English Education, 16(3), 83-85.
• Porter, M. (2017). Benchmarking to Determine International Activities for a Nursing Program. In G. Brooks (Ed.), The 2016 Pan-SIG Journal, 264-272.
• Porter, M. (2017). Self-Directed Learner Training. CUE Circular, 2, 9-11.
• ポーターマシュー. (2016). 看護英語のためのポッドキャスティング―聴解力と語彙力を上達させる取り組み―. 福岡女学院看護大学紀要, 11, 5-12.
• Rutson-Griffiths, Y. & Porter, M. (2016). Advising in language learning: Confirmation requests for successful advice giving. Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 7(3), 260-286.
• Porter, M. (2015). Evaluating In-House Materials for Collaborative Learning. In M. Miyahara, A. Stewart, S. Paydon, & T. Ashwell (eds.) Collaborative Learning in Learner Development. JALT Learner Development SIG, Tokyo. 127-147.
• Porter, M., Schmidt, R., & Rose, K. (2015). Collaborative learning: Building English Learning Communities. Bulletin of Hiroshima Bunkyo Women’s University, 95-101.
• Porter, M. & Okada, A. (2015). Video intervention to raise awareness of common English intonation patterns. Hiroshima Shudo University Studies in the Humanities and Sciences 55(2), 185-197.
• Porter, M. (2015). Why don’t our students study abroad? Seeking data-driven changes to administrative challenges. In G. Brooks, M. Grogan, M. Porter (eds.) JALT PanSIG 2014 Conference Proceedings, 178-189.
• Porter, M. (2012). Developing an online environment to enable the independent learning of English pronunciation. Learning Learning 19(1), 18-32.

【学会発表】（2015年以降）

• Porter, M. Grant-Funded Research to Advance English for Nursing Purposes in Japan [oral]. The 51st Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 1, 2025.
• Porter, M. The Development and Beta-Testing of a Home Nursing Scenario [oral]. The 7th JANET Conference on Nursing English, Hamamatsu, Japan, June 14, 2025.
• MacCallum, H., Levine-Ogura, J., Pauly, M., Porter, M., Mathieson, P., & Capper, S. Enhancing English Instruction for Japanese Nursing Students [forum]. The 50th Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference, Shizuoka, Japan, November 17, 2024
• Porter, M. The Place of Foreign Languages in Japanese Nursing Programs [oral]. The 50th Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT), Tsukuba, Japan, November 24, 2023.
• Porter, M. Spoken Corpus for Improving Japanese Nursing Students’ Intercultural Communication [oral]. The 32nd International Symposium on English Language Teaching and Book Exhibit ETA-ROC, Taipei, Taiwan, November 10, 2023.
• Porter, M. English Language Learning as a Vehicle for Developing Japanese Nursing Students’ Cultural Competency [oral]. The 21st AsiaTEFL International Conference, Daejon, South Korea, August 17, 2023.
• Porter, M. Stories from Foreign-born Patients: An English Listening Resource for Medical Students [oral]. JALT Listening SIG Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 15, 2023.
• Porter, M. A Spoken Corpus of Foreign-Born Patient Stories for Improving Listening and Cultural Competence [oral], The 26th JASMEE Academic Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2023.
• Porter, M. Using a Spoken Corpus of Patient Narratives in the Development of a Fourth-Year Nursing Course [oral], The 5th JANET Conference on Nursing English, Morioka, Japan, June 17, 2023.
• Porter, M. Listening Activities in Textbooks for Japanese Nursing Students [oral], PanSIG 2023, Kyoto, Japan, May 12, 2023.
• Porter, M. Exploring Domain Literature as a First Step in Assessing Language Learning Needs [oral], 6th JALT College and University Educators: English for Specific Purposes Symposium 2022, online, October 22, 2022.
• Porter, M. Utilizing First-Person Oral Accounts of Medical Care from Immigrant Patients in a Nursing English Context [oral], online, June 25, 2022.
• Porter, M. Non-Japanese Simulated Patients in an English for Nursing Class: Developing a Practical Test [oral], 第1回日本看護シミュレーションラーニング学会学術集会, online, June 6-12, 2020.
• 吉川 由香里, Mathew Porter, Kevin Weir, 藤野ユリ子. 看護実践場面を再現した看護英語シミュレーションプログラムの実践報告[oral], 第1回日本看護シミュレーションラーニング学会学術集会, online, 2020年6月6日～12日.
• Porter, M. Being a Part of an Interdisciplinary Team [oral], The 46th Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference. online, November 22, 2020.
• Porter, M. Patient Narratives to Improve Listening Ability [roundtable], The 46th Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference. online, November 22, 2020.
• Porter, M. & Capper, S. The Linguistic and Cultural Challenges of Caring for Non-Japanese Patients [oral], 第4回国際臨床医学会学術集会, Fukuoka, Japan, December 14, 2019.
• Porter, M. What Do Nurses Do? [oral], The 2nd JANET Conference on Nursing English, Nagano, Japan, June 22, 2019.
• Capper, S. & Porter, M. Focus Groups in Nursing Needs Analysis [roundtable], The 45th Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference. Nagoya, Japan, November 2, 2019.
• Porter, M. Helping Non-Japanese Patients with Hospital Stays [roundtable], 2019. The 45th Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference. Nagoya, Japan, November 2, 2019.
• Capper, S. & Porter, M. Introducing JANET – The Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching [poster], The 21st JASMEE Academic Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2018.
• Porter, M. The State of Nursing English at Private Universities in Japan [oral], The 1st JANET Conference on Nursing English, Fukui, Japan, June 23, 2018.
• Porter, M. Study Abroad for Nursing Students [roundtable], The 43rd Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) International Conference, Japan, November 18, 2017.
• ポーター マシュー. 全国看護英語教育学会の創立と今後の活動, ヘルスコミュニケーション学会2017 [ポスター], 京都大学, 2017年7月26日.
• Capper, S. & Porter, M. You Teach Nursing English? Meet JANET [poster], JALT PanSIG 2017,  Akita, Japan, May 20, 2017.
• Morel, R., Hooper, D., Porter, M., Arao, A. F. Learner Development SIG Forum: Visualizing Learner Development [forum], JALT PanSIG 2017,  Akita, Japan, May 20, 2017.
• Porter, R., Porter, M., Schmidt, G. Classroom Tools: Perspectives for lifelong learning [oral], Nagoya JALT Chapter Meeting [invited], Nagoya, Japan, March 26, 2017.
• Porter, M. Self-Directed Learner Training for English Language Learning [oral], Fukuoka JALT, Fukuoka, Japan, December 10, 2016.
• Porter, M. Transforming a Nursing English Curriculum Using CEFR Can-do Descriptors [roundtable], The 42nd Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition (JALT), Nagoya, Japan, November 26, 2016.
• Porter, M. Learning Advisor: My Journey from Teacher to LA and Back [oral], TD Teacher Journeys (JALT Teacher Development SIG), Hiroshima, Japan, June 19, 2016.
• Porter, M. International Exchange for Nursing Students: Using Benchmarking to Get Started [poster], PanSIG 2016, Nago, Okinawa, Japan, May 20, 2016.
• Porter, M. 3.11 Looking Back Together [poster], Creating Community: Learning Together 2 (JALT Learning Development SIG), December 13, 2015.
• Rutson-Griffiths, Y. & Porter, M. Advising in Language Learning: What can conversation analysis tell us? [oral], Japan Association for Self-Access Learning (JASAL) 10^th Anniversary Conference, Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages, Chiba, Japan, December 12, 2015.
• Porter, M. The Language Learning Tree: An Activity to Spur Reflection on Language Learning [oral], Hiroshima Mini-Conference, Hiroshima, Japan, December 6, 2015.
• Rutson-Griffiths, Y. & Porter, M. Conversation analysis for language advising [oral], The 41st Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition (JALT), Shizuoka, Japan, November 21, 2015.

【競争的資金獲得状況】

• A Spoken Corpus of Foreign Patient Narratives for Nursing English (18K00812). 科学研究費助成事業、基盤研究(C)： 代表. (2018-2023)
• シミュレーション教育を活用した「英語を使って看護ができる看護師」育成プログラム開発. 学院活性化推進助成金. (2019)
• 健康的な職場環境のための上級看護管理者の特性とリーダーシップに関する研究 (25K13830). 科学研究費助成事業、基盤研究(C)： 分担者. (2025-2028)
• English Speaking Simulated Patients (ESSPs) and English Scenarios for OSCE Nursing Student Evaluations (24K13695). 科学研究費助成事業、基盤研究(C)： 分担者. (2024-2027)
• An Analysis of the English Language Needs of Nurses in Japan (18K00770). 科学研究費助成事業、基盤研究(C)： 分担者. (2018-2023)

• Practical English 1 & 2
• English for Nursing 1, 2, & 3
• Stories from Non-Japanese Patients
• Basic English Reading & Translation
• Fourth-Year Seminar

• Japan Association for Nursing English Teaching
  -Co-founder (2016)
  -Assistant Director (2016-present)
  -Editorial Committee (2017-present)
  -Conference Committee (2018-present)
• Japan Association for Self-Access Learning
  -Auditor (2019-present)
• English translation of museum exhibits