Ms. Nana Takeda Kolb

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LecturerJapanese Language Program

215-898-7459

401 Williams Hall

Office Hours
Fall 2023: M 11:20-11:50am & 1:05-1:35pm, T 1:05-2:05 pm and/or by appointment.
Education

M.A. in Human Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
B.A. in Human Behavior and Environment Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Research Interests

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Japanese cultural and language instruction in the higher education
  • Creating courses in hybrid learning environments
  • Willingness to communicate in second language acquisition
  • Creating advanced-level Japanese courses for Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
  • Creating advanced-level Japanese courses for critical media production and literacy

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Language education and technology
  • Second language learning in online settings
  • Comparative research of willingness to communicate in second language learning
  • Culture and communication in Japanese media
Courses Taught
  • Fall 2023 JPAN 1080/6080
  • Fall 2023 JPAN 0100
  • Spring 2023 JPAN 1085
  • Spring 2023 JPAN 0200
  • Fall 2022 JPAN 1080
  • Fall 2022 JPAN 0100
  • Spring 2022 JPAN 0400
  • Spring 2022 JPAN 0200
  • Fall 2021 JPAN 0300
  • Fall 2021 JPAN 0100
  • Spring 2021 JPAN 0400
  • Spring 2021 JPAN 0200
  • Fall 2020 JPAN 0300
  • Fall 2020 JPAN 0100

                                 

Selected Publications

Conference Proceedings

  • 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 level leader in the test development team (2023)