Lecturer

Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

C Class (Fall 2008-Spring 2010): Equivalent to fifth- and sixth-semester Japanese

1. •Taught intermediate-level Japanese, focusing on critical literacy.
   

2. •Designed and Incorporated projects (podcast project, digital story telling project, social issues project) into the curriculum to enhance sociocultural aspect of language learning (e.g., self-expression, problem-solving learning, self- and mutual-evaluation)
   

Intensive Advanced Japanese (Summer 2009, 2010, 2011): Equivalent to seventh- and eighth-semester Japanese

1. •Developed course curriculum and materials in collaboration with colleagues.
   

2. •Taught communication skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing using authentic materials.
   

3. •Engaged students in research project on topic of their choosing.
   

Lecturer

Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University

Elementary Japanese A(Spring 2005, 2006) : First half of the first-semester Japanese

1. •Taught basic communication skills with special attention to speaking and listening.
   

2. •Utilized authentic materials to engage students in the practice of grammatical patterns and set expressions in meaningful contexts.
   

3. •Incorporated CourseWorks into the curriculum to support students' self-study.
   

Elementary Japanese B (Fall 2004, 2005) : Second half of the first-semester Japanese

1. •Taught basic communication skills focusing on speaking and listening.
   

2. •Utilized authentic materials to engage students in the practice of grammatical patterns and set expressions in meaningful contexts.
   

3. •Developed and distributed online materials to support students' self-study.
   

First Year Japanese I (Fall 2004, 2005, 2006) & First-Year Japanese II (Spring 2005, 2006, 2007): First- and second-semester Japanese

1. •Taught communication skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
   

2. •Focused on strengthening and building upon the foundation acquired in previous courses.
   

3. •Prepared contextualized exercises to help students apply structural patterns and expressions to realistic communicative situations.
   

4. •Incorporated blogging and podcasting to facilitate development of communication skills.
   

Second Year Japanese I (Fall 2006) & Second-Year Japanese II (Spring 2007): Third- and fourth-semester Japanese

1. •Taught communication skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
   

2. •Focused on strengthening and building upon the foundation acquired in previous courses.
   

3. •Prepared contextualized exercises to help students apply structural patterns and expressions to realistic communicative situations.
   

4. •Incorporated blogging and podcasting to facilitate development of communication skills.
   

Instructor

Princeton in Ishikawa Program, Princeton University

Third-year Japanese 1 & 2 (Summer 2006) Intensive, fifth- and sixth-semester Japanese held in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan by Princeton University.

1. •Taught communication skills in interaction, comprehension, and presentation using authentic materials including a Japanese animation Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi).
   

2. •Engaged students in speech contest and research project on topic of their choosing.
   

Instructor

Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University

Second-year Japanese 2 (Summer 2002): Intensive, fourth-semester Japanese

1. •Taught basic communication skills with emphasis on speaking and listening.
   

2. •Worked with a teaching assistant.
   

3. •Provided students with activities using natural contexts to reinforce new material
   

4. •Engaged students in project that involved research on Japan's geography using the Internet.
   

5. •Also developed and maintained a course Web site to provide students with materials for self-study.
   

Associate Instructor

Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University

Elementary Japanese 1 (Fall 1999, Fall 2002) & Elementary Japanese 2 (Spring 2003): First- and second-semester Japanese

1. •Taught basic communication skills focusing on speaking and listening.
   

2. •Utilized authentic materials to engage students in the practice of grammatical patterns and set expressions within meaningful contexts.
   

Second-year Japanese 1 (Fall 2000, Fall 2001) & Second-year Japanese 2 (Spring 2001, Spring 2002): Third- and fourth-semester Japanese

1. •Taught basic communication skills giving special attention to speaking and listening.
   

2. •Focused on strengthening and building upon the foundation acquired in previous courses.
   

3. •Prepared contextualized exercises to help students apply structural patterns and expressions to realistic communicative situations.
   

Teaching Assistant

Japanese Language Exchange (JALEX) Program, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, Columbus North High School and Northside Middle School, Columbus, IN Japanese 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 (Academic Years 1995-1996 and 1996-1997): Secondary school Japanese at all levels

1. •Co-taught basic communication skills and Japanese culture with a local Japanese teacher.
   

2. •Devised daily lesson plans and instructional material.