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ARTICLES: I participated in the project called 「日本とＥＵ諸国における短期留学（受入れ）の特徴と高等教育の国際化に果たす役割の比較研究」(Nihon to EU shokoku ni okeru tankiryugaku no tokuchou to koutou kyouiku no kokusaika ni hatasu yakuwari no hikaku kankyu, Comparative Study on Short-term Study Abroad Program and its impact on higher education in Japan and EU countries) in 2008-2010 and produced the following two articles/chapters. This project was funded by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Japan.
“Developing a distance-Learning Japanese literature course for the intermediate and advanced Japanese language students beyond campus” Bridging Japanese language an Japanese studies in higher education. Report from the Forum on Integrative Curriculum and Program Development. Occasional Papers, Number 9, Fall 2009 (pp. 18-20). Association of Teachers of Japanese (referred journal) “Success and Challenge of a New Approach to Foreign Language Course Offering Through Two Campuses’ Collaboration” (with Saito-Abott, Sekine, Leonard, and Shea). In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2009. Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Peer-reviewed. “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 Google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.
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE I have done more than 60 presentations. The following lists are selected ones. “Manga Botchan” (Publisher sponsored session) at the 45th Annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Denver, Colorado, November, 2011. “Motivating Learners to Communicate Through Innovative Thematic Approach” (With Mieko Avello) at the 45th Annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Denver, Colorado, November, 2011. (Invited) “How to teach Kanji using Bloom’s Taxonomy” as a keynote speaker at the Teachers of Japanese in Southern California Fall Workshop Program, November 6, 2011. (All day event) http://sites.google.com/site/tjscpublic/workshop-archive-1/fall-2011-workshop (Invited) “One More Step: Transforming Pre-communicative Activities into Communicative Activities” at the Professional Night, College Board’s AP Japanese Language and Culture Reading, Kansas City Convention Center, Missouri, June 9, 2011. (Invited) “Assessment of Multi‐level classes ‘Face‐to‐Face Dialogue’ in a Japanese Literature Course” at the USC Workshop on Current Topics in Japanese Language Education 2011: Assessment- What, How and Why at University of Southern California (Taper Hall), May 14th, 2011. (Invited) “Future of Japanese Language Education in the States and AP Japanese Language and Culture Program- Special panel session on the AP Japanese Language and Culture Program (as one of six panelists) at the Association of Teachers of Japanese Annual Conference, April 2, 2011 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. “Reflecting on My Journey of Developing and Teaching Basic Concepts of Japanese Language Teaching.” The 2011 Association of Teachers of Japanese Annual Conference on Saturday, April 2, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. “Fun and effective Kanji learning activities using Bloom's taxonomy” (With Mieko Avello) at the 44th Annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Boston, MA, November 19-21, 2010. “Using Manga to Introduce Classic Literature to Japanese Language Learners,” at the 44th Annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Boston, MA, Texas, November 19-21, 2010. “AP Japanese Language and Culture Test,” at the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program AP Japanese Language and Culture Teachers’ Conference in George Mason University, September 20, 2009. “Success and Challenge of a New Approach to Foreign Language Course Offering Through Two Campuses’ Collaboration” at the ED-MEDIA 2009 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Hawaii, June 22 -26, 2009. “Teaching Japanese Literature in Japanese,” at the 41th Annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in San Antonio, Texas, November 16-18, 2007. Conference Handout (Invited) “Using Authentic Images in the Classroom - Flickr Workshop” (with Andrea Shea) at the Foreign Language Association of Greater Sacramento 2007 Fall Conference, October 20, 2007. (Invited) “AP Japanese Language and Culture 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. “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), Univ. of Hawaii, Kapiolani Community College, Hawaii, August 3-5, 2007. (Invited) “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.HERE. “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 International 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. (Invited) “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. “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 (Invited) “Collaboratively Building a Learning Community Through Interactive Activities” at the Teaching Using Technology Summer Institute, CSUS, June 3, 2004. (Invited) “Technology Enhanced Japanese Language Courses” at the Teaching Using Technology Showcase, Library, Sacramento State, April 30, 2004. “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. (Invited) "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. “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.
Manga Botchan website - http://moodle.jcosmos.com/ Usagi chan’s Genki Resource Site (with Andrea Shea) Enhancing articulation at K-16 level (with Andrea Shea).
Appointed and currently serving as a Principal Investigator for Capital Foreign Language Project, California Foreign Language Project to oversee their activities, Feb. 2009 – Present. Oversea all Capital Foreign Language Project activities. In 2010-2011, assisted the development of Online Foundation course. http://csmp.ucop.edu/sites/view/16/project/cflp/capital-foreign-language-project-capflp Apointed and Served as a commissioner for the College Board AP Japanese Language and Culture Development Committee for the 2007-2011 academic year. Developing AP test items. AP Japanese Language and Culture Home Page. Served as Content/Question Leader (2011), Table Leader (2010), Reader (2008 & 2009) for College Broad AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam, AP Reading, Convention Center, Kansas City, KS. Appointed and served as one of eight Japanese commissioners for the College Board AP World Languages Course and Exam Review Commission on 2007-2008. Appointed and served as one of six Japanese commissioners for the College Board Best Practices Study of World Languages: 2006-2007. 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.
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