Title: Professor of Japanese
Degrees:
- Ed. D., Human Development and Psychology [Concentration: Acquisition
of Language and Culture] (Harvard University Graduate School of Education,
Cambridge, MA)
- Ed. M. in Education [Concentration: Human Development] (Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA)
- B.A. in Literature (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)
- B.A. in Economics (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)
Qualifications:
- Japanese Interpreters' Association, Conference Interpreter
- Japanese Transportation Ministry, Certified Interpreter and Translator
- United Nations English Proficiency Test, Special A Class
- First Grade (highest level) in the STEP (Society for Testing English
Proficiency) Test
- Translation Instructor [taught at Simul Academy of International Communication, Translator Training Course: Japanese to English translation), Summer 1998 - Summer 1999, Summer 2000 - Summer 2003, Winter 2005, Summer 2005]
Research Interests:
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning Language and Culture
- Narrative and
Discourse (including rhetorical structure and pragmatics)
- Sociocultural Approaches
to Language
- First Language Acquisition (Japanese, English)
- Psycholinguistics/Sociolinguistics
and Linguistic Theory
Journal Editorial Board Member:
Classes in Fall 2008:
Courses Taught in the Past:
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