Office Hours
TW 11:20-11:50 & 1:05-1:35
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 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)