Office Hours
TW 11:20-11:50 & 1:05-1:35
Education
MA, Human Sciences, Waseda University
BA, Human Behavior and Environment Sciences, Waseda University
Research Interests
TEACHING and RESEARCH INTERESTS
Second language education and AI; Japanese cultural and language instruction in higher education; Willingness to communicate in second language acquisition; Culture, communication, and literacy in Japanese media; Creating advanced-level Japanese courses for Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
Courses Taught
- Beginning Japanese I: JPAN 0100/5100
- Beginning Japanese II :JPAN 0200/5200
- Intermediate Japanese I: JPAN 0300/5300
- Intermediate Japanese II: JPAN 0400/5400
- Advanced Japanese for Proficiency I: JPAN1080/6080
- Advanced Japanese for Proficiency II: JPAN1085/6085
Selected Publications
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLE
- Enhancing Engagement and Autonomy in Advanced Japanese Learning as the Second Language through AI -Assisted Video Production. International Journal of Studies in Education and Sciences, 5(4), 432-456.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- “Enhancing Metacognitive Skills through AI Scaffolding: A Three-Semester Study in Elementary Japanese Courses.” The 31st Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum. (Submitted)
- Generative AI as a Scaffolding Tool in the Zone of Proximal Development for Beginning Japanese Course. The 30th Central Association of Teachers of Japanese. DePaul University. (Submitted)
- Enhancing Engagement and Autonomy in Advanced Japanese Learning as the Second Language through AI -Assisted Video Production. International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences. (Jul 2024)
- Reflections on Critical Media Production and Media Literacy: An Advanced-Level Japanese Class Approach. Proceedings of the 29th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum. Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University. (May 2023)
- An attempt to stimulate WTC (Willingness to Communicate) utilizing Ment.io as an online discussion board in a Japanese language class.Proceedings of the 9th CLS International Conference CLaSIC 2022. Pp.45-54. National University of Singapore Centre for Language Studies.(December 2022)
Affiliations
- American Association of Teachers of Japanese
- National Japanese Exam (Assistant in the test development team /Test writer)