PUBLICATIONS; PRESENTATION; WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT; COMMISSION WORK

PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTERS:

"Chapter 3: Foreign Language Education.” In W. Cummings, and J. Hawkins (Eds.), Transnational Competence. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. 41-55.

<TNC> 政策研究グループ　『グローバル時代の教育戦略　新生トランスナショナリズムの教育：「インターナショナル」から「グローバル」へ』 The Task Force For Transnational Competence: Policy Research Group. Educational Strategies of Global Era – New Education of Transnationalism: From International to Global). Tokyo, Japan: ALC Inc., 1998. 211 pages. Author of different passages, passim.

The Task Force for Transnational Competence. Towards Transnational Competence.  Rethinking International Education: A US-Japan Case Study. New York: Institute of International Education, 1997. 151 pages.

ARTICLES:

“Teaching multi-level upper-division Japanese language courses – Is technology a solution?” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Assisted System for Teaching & Learning Japanese (CASTEL-J) 2007

“Constructive or Instructive Approach? Which Online Pedagogy is Better in a Foreign Language Course?” In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2006 (pp. 1134-1141). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

“Essence of Success in the Development and Implementation of Web-enhanced Foreign Language Courses” In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 3252-3259). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

“Another Year of Successful Integration of Technology. A Case Study of a First-Year Japanese Language Course” (with Andrea Shea). In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 (pp. 1506-1511). Chesapeake, VA: AACE

“Successful Integration of Technology? A Case Study of a First Year Japanese Language Course” (with Andrea Shea). In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2003 (pp. 1336-1339). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

米国のスタンダーズについての報告 “A Report on National Standards For Foreign Language Learning in the US.” In Bulletin of the ICU Summer Courses in Japanese, Vol. 19:117-132. Tokyo, Japan: International Christian University. 2002.

“A Comparative Analysis of the Expansion of Pre-collegiate Japanese Language Instruction in Oregon and Indiana: Motivation, strategy, and management. In Dissertation Abstracts International 63 (01): 70. 2002.

ヴィゴツキーの教育理論に基づく上級カリキュラム作成の試み “An Attempt to Develop an Advanced Level of Japanese Language Instruction Based on Vygotsky’s Educational Theory” (with Masako Taguchi). In Bulletin of the ICU Summer Courses in Japanese, Vol. 18:133-154. Tokyo, Japan: International Christian University. 2002.

“Diffusion of Pre-collegiate Japanese Language Education in Oregon and Indiana.” In Reports on the Fourth Annual Conference of National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL). (Arlington, Virginia) April 6-8, 2001. Click here for the paper. .

“Past, Present, and Future Pre-collegiate Japanese Language Education: State Level Analysis.” In The Future of Japanese Language Education: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? Proceedings of The Tenth Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese: pp. 57-106. Bloomington: Indiana University. 1998.

“Foreign Language Education at High School Level in the United States and Japan.” The Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education: State University of New York at Buffalo. 1996. Working paper. 100 pages.

“Designing a Syllabus and Materials for Business Japanese: Needs Assessment of Students and Prospective Employers” (with Setsue Shibata). In Educational Recourse Information Center, ERIC: ED388076. 1995. 150 pages.

NEWSPAPER & NEWSLETTER ARTICLES:

"Collaborative Efforts of Japanese Language Teachers in Sacramento.” FLANC Newsletter. Foreign Language Association of Northern California. Fall 2007

“Featured article: Teaching Using Technology: Why I started using technology and how I have been using it.” Oshirase. Vol. 15, No.3 (Spring 2007): 18-20. National Council of Japanese Language Teachers.

“言葉の窓 第８回 Goggleと私 (Window of language - No.8, Goggle and I).” NCJLT Newsletter. Vol. 26 (2007): 3. Northern California Japanese Teachers’

“Great News from Sacramento.” CAJLT Winter Newsletter. December 2006: 3.

“Report on Karaoke.” CAJLT Spring Newsletter. February 2006: 5-6. California Association of Japanese Language Teachers.

日本語学習の現在とこれから (第１１回)：ウェッブで２４時間 “Japanese Language Education: Present and Future Series 11: Teaching 24 hours a day using web.” Nichibei Times. Page 3 Number 16,225. 18 October 2005.

“News from Sacramento.” CAJLT Summer Newsletter. May 2002: 5-6. California Association of Japanese Language Teachers (pp. 5-6). Montebello, CA.

PRESENTATIONS

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE

“Teaching Japanese literature in Japanese,” at the 41th Annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Chicago, Illinois, November 16-18, 2007. Conference Handout

“Culture of Tea,” “History of Japanese American in Sacramento,” and “Japanese food culture” at the Capital Foreign Language Project and the Foreign Language Association of Greater Sacramento’s Language and Culture Content Immersion Program, September 29, 2007.

“Teaching multi-level upper-division Japanese language courses – Is technology a solution?” at the 4th International Conference on Computer Assisted System for Teaching & Learning Japanese (CASTEL-J), August 3-5, 2007.

“Facilitating Japanese Language Learning Through Collaboratively Developed Innovative Online Activities” (with Andrea Shea) at the 6th Annual 
MERLOT International Conference, Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Canada, August 8-11, 2006.

“An Attempt for a Better Articulation: Developing Common Assessment Tools Collaboratively Using AP Japanese Test” (with Junko Ito) at the 2006 Internatinal Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), Columbia University, New York, August 5-6, 2006. Click HERE for presentation information

“Constructive or Instructive Approach? Which Online Pedagogy is Better in a Foreign Language Course?” at the ED-MEDIA 2006 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Orlando, Florida, June 26 -30, 2006.

“Most Popular Online Activities: Online Daily Schedule & Internet Search Using Discussion Board” at the 2005 Foreign Language Association of Northern California, FLANC Fall Conference: Year of Languages: Encore, San Francisco State University, CA, November 11, 2005. Click HERE to see my Lesson 5 daily online schedule for the first year Japanese language students. Click here for handout.

“Essence of Success in the Development and Implementation of Web-enhanced Foreign Language Courses” at the ED-MEDIA 2005 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Montreal, Canada, June 26-30, 2005

“Collaboratively Building a Learning Community Through Online Games” (with Andrea Shea) at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) 2005, East Lansing, Michigan, May 19-22, 2005. Click HERE for PowerPoint presentation.

“Development, Integration, and Implementation of Technology: Successful Web-enhanced Japanese Language Courses” (with Andrea Shea) at the 38th Annual American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Chicago, Illinois, November 19-21. Click HERE to view our PowerPoint presentation (Flash). Click HERE for handout.

“Another Year of Success? How WebCT Helped Students Learn Japanese” (with Andrea Shea) at !MPACT 2003 – the 6th Annual WebCT User Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 11-15, 2004.

“Another Year of Successful Integration of Technology? A Case Study of the First-year Japanese Language Course” (with Andrea Shea) at the ED-MEDIA 2004 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Lugano, Switzerland, June 21-26, 2004.

“Development and Implementation of Technology-enhanced Japanese Language Courses” (with Andrea Shea). Poster session at the ED-MEDIA 2004 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Lugano, Switzerland. June 21-26, 2004.

“Innovative Culture Learning Projects Through Technology” at the Content, Tasks, and Projects in the Language Classroom, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, May 16-18, 2004. My presentation abstract

“Developing an Innovative Japanese Language Course Using WebCT” (with Andrea Shea) at !MPACT 2003, WebCT's 5th Annual Users Conference, San Diego, California July 16-18, 2003.

“Successful Integration of Technology? A Case Study of a First Year Japanese Language Course” (with Andrea Shea) Paper presented at the ED-Media Conference 2003 – World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2003.

“Diffusion of Pre-collegiate Japanese Language Education in Oregon and Indiana” at the 4th Annual Conference of National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), Arlington, Virginia, April 6-8, 2001.

“Pre-collegiate Japanese Language Education: Present Status and Future Prospects” at 10th Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese, Indiana University. April 3-4, 1998.

“Pre-collegiate Japanese Language Education” at the 13th Annual Conference of the Southeast Association of Teachers of Japanese, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. March 14, 1998.

“Commonly Taught Foreign Languages and Less-Commonly Taught Foreign Languages” at the 42nd Annual Comparative & International Education Society Conference, Buffalo, New York, March 1998.

“Factors Which Have Promoted Pre-collegiate Japanese Language Program in the US” at the Annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators Conference, Vancouver Canada, May 20 - 23, 1997

“Designing a Syllabus and Materials for Business Japanese: Needs Assessment of Students and Prospective Employers” (with Setsue Shibata) at the 14th Annual Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, Ypsilanti, Michigan, April 1995.

“Foreign Language Education at High School Level in the United States and Japan" (with Setsue Shibata) at the 39th Annual Comparative International Education Society Conference, Boston, April 1995.

INVITED LECTURES:

AP Japanese Test at the Japanese Language Teachers’ Workshop and Networking Session, The Japan Information Center, The Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, October 7, 2007.

“どのような形でコンピュータが日本語・文化教育に導入されているか：サクラメント州立大学の例 (How has technology integrated in teaching of language and culture at California State University at Sacramento” at the Japanese Language Teachers’ Workshop and Networking Session, The Japan Information Center, The Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, March 25, 2007. Click HERE.

“WebCT Familiarization Workshop” at the meeting of “National University Project of the Eight on Faculty Development for International Student Mobility,” University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, June 24, 2006.

“Integration of Technology Into My Daily Teaching- How I Started, What I Discovered, and Where I Want To Go From Now” at Second Language Acquisition Institute, UC Davis, April 14 2006. Click "My teaching experience using technology."

“Online Pedagogy: Instructive or Constructive Approach?” at Sensei online 55th Benkyookai (Study forum), TAPPED IN, September 15, 2005. Click HERE for my presentation.

“Collaboratively Building a Learning Community Through Interactive Activities” at the Teaching Using Technology Summer Institute, CSUS, June 3, 2004.

“Technology Enhanced Japanese Language Courses” at the Teaching Using Technology Showcase, Library, Sacramento State, April 30, 2004.

"Teaching Language in a Smart Classroom - WebCT as Teaching and Learning Hub" presented with Andrea Shea at Teaching Using Technology, Summer Institute, CSUS, 2003, June 4, 2003 (PowerPoint Presentation by JAlbum.

“How to Teach Vocabulary in Japanese Language Classrooms.” Invited presenter at the Spring meeting of Northern California Japanese Teachers’ Association, Japan Information Center, General Consulate of Japan, San Francisco, May 2003.

WEBPAGE DEVELOPMENT

(In progress). Enhancing articulation at K-16 level (with Andrea Shea).

Usagi chan’s Genki Resource Site (with Andrea Shea)

World Language Day.

COMMISSION & TASK FORCE

Currently serving as a commissioner for the College Board AP Japanese Language and Culture Development Committee for the 2007-2008 academic year (July 2007~). Developing test questions. AP Japanese Language and Culture Home Page.

Currently serving as a commissioner for the College Board's AP Japanese Course & Exam Review.

Served as a commissioner for the College Board Best Practices Study of World Languages.

Served as the Language Expert (LE) by the Curriculum Framework and Instructional Resource Division (CFIR) 2003. This work was compiled as 2003 Foreign Language Primary Adoption: Report of the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission (http://www.cde.ca.gov/cfir/fl/ccfladoptreport.pdf).

Served as a task force member for Rethinking US-Japan Educational Relationship in 1994 – 1996. State University of New York at Buffalo.