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Naoko Tsuchiya

Curriculum Vitae

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Teaching
experience​

Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan                                        April 2011-March 2015

      Part time instructor of the Japanese language course for international student

  • Students made their own magazine about their international student lives using Microsoft Publisher in a high-advanced writing class.

  • Students did an interview activity using a talk-show style using microphones and a video recorder in a high-advanced speaking class. This class was commended by the university in 2014 for achieving high end-of-year evaluations from students.

                    

Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan                                                     April 2010-March 2013

      Part time instructor of the Japanese language course for international students

  • Students talked about the topics based on their daily experiences such as the places they recommended, impressive stories, and frightening experiences in a high-intermediate speaking class. Students also learned how to respond to what others said using aizuchi, expressions for response.

Aoyama International Educational Institute, Tokyo, Japan    July 2010-December 2011

      Part time instructor of Japanese language course for international students

  • Taught Japanese literature in a high advanced class using a textbook written for Japanese public high school students.

Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea                            March 2005-February 2010

      Invited Professor of Department of Japanese Language and Literature          

  • Taught speaking skills based on the principles underlying success in the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in intermediate and advanced classes.

  • Taught students who won a prize for the top 3 rankings at the speech contest hosted by Consulate General of Japan in Jeju from 2005 to 2009.

Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea                            March 2002-February 2004

      Invited Professor of Department of Japanese Studies              

  • Taught speaking and writing skills in elementary and intermediate classes.

  • Taught Japanese PC literacy in Korean PC environment.

Informal teaching

Outreach College, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI January 2017-April 2017

Volunteer instructor of Japanese conversation-Intermediate/Advanced

  • Taught N2 levels of listening, reading, and grammar skills in Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) in an advanced class.

National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan 

Part time researcher                                                                     January 2000-March 2002

    

  • Formed the criteria of transcription in the project of the Corpus of Spontaneous Speech of Japanese (CSJ, 2004).

  • Can operate Linux as well as Windows and Mac.

Other professional experience
Education

Doctoral program in Japanese Literature and Language, Aoyama Gakuin University,

Tokyo, Japan                                                                                                                     March 2005                   

  • Left program as a career choice to pursue a teaching career.       

MA in Japanese Literature and Language, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

                                                                                                                                            March 1997 

  • Masterʻs thesis: A study of Japanese interjections 

  

BA in Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI  

                                                                                                                                             January 2017-Present

                                                                                                          (Expected graduation: May, 2018)

  • Relevant courses:

                JPN 350 (Introduction to Linguistics of Japanese)   

                JPN 452 (Introduction to Japanese Pedagogical Grammar)

                SLS 490 (Second Language Testing)

               

BA in Japanese Literature and Language, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan   

                                                                                                                                              March 1995        

  • Studied syntax of Japanese in my junior and senior year.

 

AA in Liberal Arts, Kapʻiolani Community College, Honolulu, HI                         

                                                                                                                                                          December 2016

  • Valedictorian speaker at the commencement of KCC (May, 2017)

Languages

Japanese: First language

Korean: High-intermediate. TOPIK Level 4. Have finished KOR 302 at UHM.

English: Academic proficiency to study at an American university. Intermediate

               conversational ability. 

Certificates

Certificate of ACTFL-OPI Interviewer (Japanese)                   March 2008 (expired in 2012)

Certificate of the Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test            December 2008

High school teacher’s license in Japan (Japanese)                                            March 1999 Middle school teacher’s license in Japan (Japanese)                                        March 1999

Interests

Professional Interests:

  • Japanese pedagogical grammar

  • Spoken language in Japanese, English as an international language

  • Translanguaging

  • Affective filter

  • Equality of languages

 

 Personal Interests:

  • Traveling abroad (South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Spain, Portugal, Italia, France, Swiss)

  • Traveling within Japan (Hokkaido, Okinawa, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Aichi, Shizuoka, Fukuoka, etc.)

  • Visiting local museums in Japan

  • Collecting Japanese dictionaries on my iPhone/iPad

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