The CURRICULUM VITAE
YASU-HIKO TOHSAKU
7/20/2007
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Personal
A. Present Home Address and Phone Number
9312 Maler RoadSan Diego, California 92129
TEL (858) 538-6387
FAX (858) 538-4721
B. Present Office Address and Phone Number
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, 0519
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California 92093-0519
TEL (858) 534-2302
FAX (858) 534-3939
Internet ytohsaku@ucsd.edu

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Education
1972-1976
1976-1978
1978-1980
1980-1983

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B.A., Spanish Language, Tokyo University ofForeign Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
M.A., Spanish Linguistics, Tokyo Universityof Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan
M.A., Linguistics, University of California,
San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of California,
San Diego, La Jolla, California.

Teaching Experience
1978-1981
Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of California, San Diego.
Beginning Spanish (6 quarters)
Intermediate Spanish (3 quarters)
1981-1983
Instructor, Department of Linguistics,
University of California, San Diego
Beginning Japanese (6 quarters)
1983-1987
Assistant Professor, Centre for Pacific andOriental Studies and the Faculty of Graduate
Studies, University of Victoria, Canada.
All levels of Japanese, Japanese linguistics, Japanese culture, Languages in the
Pacific area, Seminar on Pacific area

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1987-1989

19881989-1998
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languages, and Directed Studies of Japanese
linguistics and language
Assistant Professor and Director of the IR/PS
Language Program, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies,
University of California, San Diego.
Coordinator, UCSD Japanese Language Instruction
Associate Professor
Full Professor

Professional Experience
1976-1978
Assistant Editor, An Illustrated Dictionaryof Foreign Loanwords in Japanese, Kadokawa
Publishing Co., Ltd.
1977-1978
Assistant Editor, An Etymological Dictionaryof Foreign Loanwords in Japanese, Kadokawa
Publishing Co., Ltd.
1980
Director, Summer Intensive Language Programin Madrid, Spain, University of California,
San Diego.
1981
Research Assistant, National Science Foundation on Syntactic Universals and Typology,
Department of Linguistics, University ofCalifornia, San Diego.
1981
Research Assistant for Department of Linguistics, University of California, San Diego.
UCSD Undergraduate Curriculum Improvement
Program grant for the development of a new
course of the Japanese language. "A Cultural
Approach to the Japanese Language".
1983-1987
Adviser, the Oriental Language Program of
the Division of University Extension andCommunity Relations, University of Victoria.
1984-1985
Designer, Coordinator, and Supervisor, Intensive Japanese Language Program for the
Department of National Defence, Canada.
1984-1987
Designer and Coordinator, Japanese Language
Correspondence Program, the Division of
University Extension and Community Relations,
University of Victoria.
1985-1986
Consultant, Computer-Accelerated LanguageLearning Project, funded by Nippon Television
Network Co., Ltd.
1986
Assistant Director of Administration and
Coordination (Spoken Japanese Course),

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1986

1987-1993

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1987

1988

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1988-1990
1988
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1989

1989-

19891989

Computer-Accelerated Language-Learning
Project, funded by Fujitsu Co., Ltd. andNippon Television Network Co., Ltd.
Academic Consultant and Lecturer, Asia
Pacific Business Institute, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.
Advisor, a project to develop Japanese
language learning video materials, fundedby Nippon Television Network Cultural Society
and the Expo Memorial Fund.
Consultant, the California State Senate
Committee for Pacific Rim Affairs for thefunding of summer residential Japanese
language training program
Invited Participant, the Conference on
Technical Japanese for Scientists andEngineers at MIT, funded by the National
Science Foundation.
Consultant, the Personnel Service Divisionof San Diego City Schools for the developmentof a Japanese language immersion program forgrade school students.
Panelist, the National Science Foundation
Fellowship Program for Japanese-Language
Study by Researchers in Science andEngineering, MIT, Boston.
Advisor, Fujitsu America, Inc. for thedevelopment of machine translation systems.
Reviewer, a grant proposal to the National
Science Foundation International Program
Lecturer, the American Association of State
Colleges and Universities National Faculty Development Institute for Japanese Studies held at San
Diego State University.
Invited Participant, the National Science FoundationJapan Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Joint Conference on Technical Japanese Language
Teaching, University of Washington, Settle.
Member, Teaching Japanese for Communication
Project, California State Language Competency
Statement Committee.
Advisor, Japanese Language Program, Department
of External Affairs, Ottawa, Canada.
Panelist, A Symposium on Intermediate and Advanced
Japanese Language Instruction, Boston, Massachusetts.

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1989-19901990-1993

1990-1991
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1991
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1991-1993

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1994
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1994 1994
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the Japanese Language, Nippon Television Network
Cultural Society.
Manuscript Reviewer, Foreign Language Section, McGrawHill Publishing, Co.
Consultant, Computer-Assisted Japanese Language
Instruction Program, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) Communications Training InstituteConsultant, the EAGLE Program, Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology.
Co-director, Project to develop topical video materials
for Japanese language teaching, Nippon Television
Network Cultural Society.
Panelist, Conference on Teacher Training for Japanese
Language Instruction in the U.S., University of Oregon.
External Reviewer, the Department of Foreign Languages,
California State University, Los Angeles.
Evaluator, Department of Education Project to develop aJapanese Studies Major at California State University, Long
Beach
Evaluator, National Endowment for Humanities Summer
Institute for Secondary School Japanese Language Teachers
at SanFrancisco State University
Academic Chief, Project to Develop a Japanese Language
Teaching Video, McGraw-Hill, Inc. and WGBH-Boston
Reviewer, Summer Institute for Materials Development,
National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of
Hawaii, Manoa
Referee, ATJ/MIT Conference on the Teaching of Japanese
Director, Projects on Curriculum Development and Training of
K-12 East Asian Language Teachers, National Resource
Center of East Asian Studies, UCSD
Acting Director, National Resource Center of East AsianStudies, UCSD
Evaluator, National Endowment for Humanities Japanese
Language Immersion Programs Network Project, Center for
Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C. and University of Oregon
Evaluator, High School Japanese Language Teachers
Training Program, Consortium for Teaching Asian and thePacific in the Schools, East-West Center, University of Hawaii
Invited Panelist, Conference on Teaching Technical andProfessional Japanese, University of Washington
External Reviewers, Department of Foreign Languages andLiteratures, University of Reno, Nevada
External Evaluator, the Washington State High School

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1996
199619961997
1997
19971997
1997
199719981998
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1999-2000
1999-2000
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External Evaluator, the Professional Development of Teachersof Japanese in Texas
External Reviewer, the Professional Development of Teachersof Japanese in Indiana
Reviewer, California Japanese Language Teachers Credential
Examination.
Interim Chair, California Japanese Framework Committee.
(Funded by the Education of Department, Title VI Grant)
Consultant, the Institute of Teaching of Japanese (Web-based
Teacher Training Program)
Member, National Standards Japanese Task Force
Consultant, Japanese Language Exchange Program New
England Project
Member, Policy Board, California Foreign Language ProjectEvaluator, the Japan Foundation Summer Pedagogy
Workshop (Los Angeles, California)
Advisor, the Japan Foundation Summer Language Training
Workshop (Los Angeles, California)
Chair, California Japanese Framework Project
Chair, Professional Development Committee, Association ofTeachers of JapaneseExternal Review, Department of Asian Studies, University of
Melbourne.
Member, National Standards for Foreign Language Education
Collaborative Project Executive Board (ATJ/NCJLT
Representative)
Consultant, Washington Japanese Standards ProjectConsultant, Hawaii National Standards Video Project.
Member, Japanese Editorial Board. LangNet Project
National Foreign Language Center. (ATJ Professional
Development Liaison)
Delegate Assembly Member, Joint National Committeeon Languages (AATJ Representative)
Member, Executive Board, the Mary Tsukamoto California
Language Academy Japanese Teacher Training Program.
Supervising Editor, Deai Project (Photo-based Japanese
Language Teaching Materials for Secondary School Students)
The Japan Forum
Japanese Editor-In-Chief. Oregon Japanese Teaching
Materials Project (Web-based Japanese Language Teaching
Database and Assessment Materials Development Project)
Project Director, JOINT (Japanese Online Instructional Network
For Teachers (Web-based Japanese Teacher Training
Program), AATJ

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Member, Advanced Assessment Project, ATJ
Member, Executive Board, Alliance of Associations of Teachersof Japanese
Conference Chair, CASTEL/J Conference on Computer-BasedJapanese Language Teaching and Learning
Manuscript Reviewer, Foreign Language Annal, ACTFL
ATJ/NCJLT Representative, New Visions Project, ACTFL andIowa State University Foreign Language Resource Center
Conference Organizer, Conference on Computer Technology
for Teacher Education. Los Angeles, CA.
Conference Chair, the Third International Conference on
Computer Assisted Systems for Teaching and
Learning/Japanese. La Jolla, CA.
Director, Fulbrigt-Hayes Abroad Project, Technology andCulture in the Japanee Language Classroom. Makuhari, Japan
Member, Teacher Recruitment and Development Taskforce,
The New Visions Project.
Reviewer, Foreign Language Annals, American Council for
Teaching of Foreign Languages
Member, Board of Directors, Joint National Committee on
Languages
Director, Fullbright-Hayes Abroad Project, Technology andCulture in the Japanese Language Classroom, Urawa, Japan
Member, Advanced Placement Japanese Language and Culture
Task Force
Reviewer, Nihongo Kyoiku, Society for Teaching of Japanese
as a Second Language
External Reviewer, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie
Melon University
External Reviewer, Department of Foreign Languages,
University of Utah
Chair, Advanced Placement Japanese Language and Culture
Development Committee
Chair, LangSource Project (formerly, LangNet Project) –Japanese Team, National Foreign Language Center
Director, Japan Foundation – Alliance of Associations ofTeachers of Japanese Summer Institute for Japanese
Language
Teachers, Florida
External Consultant, American School in Japan
Advisory Committee Member, Japanese Village, Concordia
Language Village, Minnesota
External Reviewer, Department of Asian and Asian JapaneseStudies, California State University
Director, Fulbright-Hayes Abroad Project, Technology andCurriculum Vitae/Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku

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Culture in the Japanese Language Classroom, Urawa, Japan
Director, Japan Foundation – Alliance of Associations ofTeachers of Japanese Summer Institute for Japanese Language
Teachers, Mississippi

Honors and Academic Awards
1976-1978
Japan's National Scholarship Foundation
graduate scholarships.
1979-1983
UCSD Graduate Tuition Scholarships.
1981
National Science Foundation research grant.
1982
UCSD Friends of International Center Graduate
Scholarship.
1983-1986
Project Director, Japan Foundation grant forthe computerization of Japanese language
teaching, University of Victoria.
1985-1987
University of Victoria research grant for astudy of the efficacy of the Natural Approachto Japanese language teaching.
1986
University of Victoria, Alma Mater Society,"Professor of the Year" Award.
1986-1987
Project Director, Japan Foundation grant forthe development of the intensive Japanese
language programme, University of Victoria
1987
Canada Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council Grant and University ofVictoria Faculty Research Grant (I turned
down these awards due to change of
employment).
1987
UCSD Academic Senate Research Grant.
1988
UCSD Academic Senate Research Grant.
1988
UCSD Chancellor's Summer Faculty Fellowship.
1988Charter member, the Rho Chapter of the Honor
Society for International Scholars, Phi Beta
Delta.
1989-1992
Japanese for Communication Program Grant,
Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
1992
Japan Foundation Grant
1994
Department of Education Grant for Asian Language Teachers
Training
1995Japan’s Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology
International Joint Research Grant for the Development ofa Japanese Placement Test
1997
Japan Foundation Grant
US-Japan Foundation Grant (for California Japanese
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2006
2007

Page 8UCSD Undergraduate Instructional Improvement
Grant (Development of Content-based Vietnamese
Language Courses)
Japan Foundation Grant (for Conference on Use ofTechnology for Teacher Education through Alliance of
Associationsof Teachers of Japanese)
Shoyu Club Grant (for CASTEL/J Conference)
Japan Foundation Grant (for CASTEL/J Conference)
SONY Foundation Grant (for CASTEL/J Conference)
Northeast Asia Council Grant, Association of Asian Studies(for CASTEL/J Conference)
Fulbright-Hayes Grant (through Alliance of Associations ofTeachers of Japanese)
Japan Foundation Grant (for Conference on Training of
Teaching Assistants)
Fulbright-Hayes Grant (through Alliance of Associations ofTeachers of Japanese)
Shoyu Club Grant (for Summer Institute for Japanese Language,
Culture, and Technology)
Japan Foundation Grant (for Summer Institute for Japanese
Language, Culture, and Technology)
Fulbright-Hayes Grant (through Alliance of Associations ofTeachers of Japanese)
Shoyu Club Grant (for Summer Institute for Japanese Language,
Culture, and Technology)
Japan Foundation Grant (through Alliance of Associations ofTeachers of Japanese)

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Teaching Interests
All levels of Japanese language courses, technical Japanese,
Japanese linguistics, second language acquisition theory, language pedagogy,
cross-cultural communication, language assessment

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Current Research
Language Acquisition (The role of classroom instruction in second language
acquisition, acquisition of reading and vocabulary,
and acquisition of reading strategies)
Language Assessment (Kanji Processing Abilities, Proficiency Assessment,
Alternative Assessment)
Professional Development (Standards-based Teacher Training and Assessment)
Information and Communication Technology for Language Teaching.

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Language Pedagogy (Communicative language teaching methods, language
for special purposes, optimization of language learning
environments, teaching reading skills, language
assessment, and teaching Kanji)
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Languages
Japanese:
English and Spanish:
Chinese and French:

native languagenear-native fluency
reading and writing ability

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University Service
UCSD and UC System
Member, Ad-hoc Committee on the UC Japanese Language
School in Japan, UC Education Abroad Program(1987-1992).
Member, Language Laboratory Committee (1987-1991).
A Ph.D dissertation committee of linguistics and literature graduate
students (1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000).
Member, Executive Committee of Japanese Studies
Program (1988-).
Member, Language Advisory Committee, UC Education
Abroad Program (1988-)
Member, Japan Advisory Committee, UC Education Abroad Program(1991-1993, 1995) (Chair in 1991)
Member, Committee on Language Instruction at UCSD
(1990-1991)
Academic Senate Assembly representative (1990-1992)
Member, UC Representative, California Language Agenda Project (1997-)
Member, EAP Japan Program Review Committee (1994)
Member, EAP Vietnam Advisory Committee (1996)
Vice Chair, Committee on International Education (1998)
Chair, Committee on International Education (1999)
Member, UC EAP Committee (1999-2001)
UCSD Representative, Executive Board, Inter-University
Center in Yokohama (2003-2004)
Member, Steering Committee, UC Consortium for Language Teachingand Learning (2005-)
Member, EAP Japan Program Reorganization Committee (2007)10.

Professional Service
A. Membership in Professional Associations
Modern Language Association
The Society of Teaching Japanese as a Foreign
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Page 10The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages
The American Association for Applied Linguistics
International Association of Learning Laboratories
National Council for Japanese Language Teaching
OthersMember, San Diego Annual Meeting Local Arrangement
Committee, Linguistic Society of America (1982).
Editorial Board, Japanese Language Education Method
Research (1994 - )Member, Board of Directors, Association of Teachers ofJapanese (1995 -1998)
Member, Executive Director Search Committee, Associationof Teachers of Japanese (1998)
E-Newsletter Editor, Professional Development Committee,
Association of Teachers of Japanese (2000-)
Ex-Officio Member, Executive Board, Alliance of Associations ofTeachers of Japanese (AATJ) (2000-)Coordinator, Professional Development Special Interest Group,
Association of Teachers of Japanese (2001-)
Chief Editor, Deai Project, the Japan Forum (2001 – 2004)
Board member, Joint National Committee on Languages (2004-)
Member, College Board Advanced Placement Japanese Test
Task Force (2004-2005)
Chair, LangSource Japanese Editorial Committee, National
Foreign Language Center (2005-)
Chair, College Board Advanced Placement Japanese Language
And Culture Development Committee (2005-2006)
Member, College Board Advanced Placement Japanese Language
And Culture Development Committee (2006-2007)
Director, JOINT (Japanese Online Network for Teachers)
Chief Advisor, Project to Develop Standards for Teaching
Chinese and Korean in Japanese High School, Project
Funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Art,and Technology.
Consultant, College Board Advanced Placement Japanese
Language and Culture Program (2006- )Member, College Board Advanced Placement Japanese
Language and Culture Program Best Practice Commission(2007- )Publications
1978 Gairaigo Bunken Annai ( A Bibliographical Guide to
on Foreign Loanwords in Japanese). Gengo 7.2.5359.

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Assertion in Spanish. Onsei Gengo no Kenkyuu
1.95-135.
Asymmetries for the Categorization of Kanji Nouns,
Adjectives, and Verbs Presented to the Left andRight Visual Fields. Brain and Language 13.290300. (with J.L. Elman and K. Takahashi)
Lateral Asymmetries for the Identification ofConcrete and Abstract Kanji. Neuropsychologia
19.3.403.412. (with J.L. Elman and K. Takahashi)
Supeingo ni okeru kuketsugoo to hanten doshi nokankei ni kansuru nisan no koosatsu (Some notes on
the relation between clause union and inversion
verbs in Spanish). In T. Akiyama (ed.) Papers in
Honor of Professor Noboru Miyagi, 351-376. Tokyo:
Tokyo Press.
Ryuushi on'inron to Choosengo no boin choowa(Particle Phonology and Korean vowel harmony).
Onsei Gengo no Kenkyuu 2.110-122.
Linguistic Notes from La Jolla No. 11. Departmentof Linguistics, University of California, San
Diego. (edited with Leslie A. Saxon)
Japanese: Language and Culture Vol. 1. La Jolla:
Department of Linguistics, University ofCalifornia, San Diego.
Japanese: Language and Culture Vol. 2. La Jolla:
Department of Linguistics, University ofCalifornia, San Diego.
Readings in Contemporary Japanese. La Jolla:
Department of Linguistics, University ofCalifornia, San Diego.
A Formal Theory of Vowel Harmony. Ph.D.
dissertation, Department of Linguistics,
University of California, San Diego.
First-Year Japanese Laboratory Manual Vol. 1.
Victoria: Centre for Pacific and Oriental
Studies, University of Victoria.
Second-Year Japanese Laboratory Manual Vol. 1.
Victoria: Centre for Pacific and Oriental
Studies, University of Victoria.
First-Year Japanese Laboratory Manual Vol. 2.
Victoria: Centre for Pacific and Oriental
Studies, University of Victoria.
Second-Year Japanese Laboratory Manual Vol. 2.
Victoria: Centre for Pacific and Oriental
Studies, University of Victoria.

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Victoria: The Division of University Extension
and Community Relations, University of Victoria.
Beginning Japanese Vol. 1. Victoria: Centre for
Pacific and Oriental Studies, University ofVictoria.
Beginning Japanese Vol. 2. Victoria: Centre for
Pacific and Oriental Studies, University ofVictoria.
Study Guide to Beginning Japanese Vol. 1.
Victoria: Centre for Pacific and Oriental
Studies, University of Victoria.
Study Guide to Beginning Japanese Vol. 2.
Victoria: Centre for Pacific and Oriental Studies,
University of Victoria.
Komyunikeeshon no nooryoku kaihatsu o tasukeru
kurasu no moderu- riron to jissen (Towards aClassroom Model Facilitating the Development ofCommunicative Competence-Theory and Classroom
Practice). Nihongo Kyooiku 56.97-109.
Business Negotiations with the Japanese - A
Practical Guide. (educational video). Produced
by Primavera Productions, Solana Beach,
California. Rancho Santa Fe: Mori Enterprises.
(Research done and script written with M. McDonald
and C.K. Tohsaku)
Review of Japanese at a Glance. Modern Language
Journal 70.2.191-192.
Shokyuu kyookasho no doriru no mondaiten (SomeProblems with Textbook Drills for Beginners).
Nihongo Kyooiku 60.191-204.
A New Non-Segmental Approach to Nasal Harmony. In
T. Matsuda, K. Nakao, and N. Azuma (eds.) In
Honor of Shigeru Takebayashi-Papers contributed on
the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, pp. 210229. Tokyo: Kenkyuusha.
Bideo o tsukatta CAI kyoozai no kaihatsu ni tsuite (Towards
the development of CAI systems using videos). Unpublishedresearch paper. Tokyo: Fujitsu Co.,Ltd.
Kinooteki sirabasu - bideo ni yoru nihongo kyoozai e no ooyoo(Functional Syllabus - An application to Japanese language
video teaching materials). Unpublished research paper. Tokyo:
Nippon Television Network Co., Ltd. (with the CALL Project
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CALL Project no zentai koosoo (The concept of thedevelopment process of the Computer-Accelerated
Language-Learning Project) (preliminary version).
Unpublished research paper. Tokyo: Fujitsu Co., Ltd.
Bribri Nasal Harmony from the Vantage Point of the
Universal Theory of Harmony. Working Papers of
the Linguistic Circle of the University ofVictoria 5.2. 1-15.
Japanese in Review: A Functional Approach Vol. 1.
Graduate School of International Relations andPacific Studies, UC San Diego.
Japanese in Review: A Functional Approach Vol. 2.
Graduate School of International Relations andPacific Studies, UC San Diego.
Japanese in Review: A Functional Approach Vol. 3.
Graduate School of International Relations andPacific Studies, UC San Diego.
Japanese in Review: A Functional Approach Vol. 1:
Supplementary Book. Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego.
Boin choowa no hookoosei ni tsuite (Towards the
Directionality of Vowel Harmony). Onsei Gengo no
Kenkyuu 3.1-10.
Chookai Nooryoku Kaihatsu no Hoohoo to Kyoozai Chookai Purosesu o Kooryoshita Renshuu (Methods andTeaching Materials for the Development ofComprehension Ability - Practices which takecomprehension process into consideration).
Nihongo Kyooiku 64.59-73
Advanced Readings in Japanese for Social Science
Students Volume One. Graduate School ofInternational Relations and Pacific Studies,
University of California, San Diego.
Advanced Readings in Japanese for Social Science
Students Volume Two, Book One. Graduate Schoolof International Relations and Pacific Studies,
University of California, San Diego.
Intermediate Functional Japanese Book One.
Graduate School of International Relations andPacific Studies, University of California, San
Diego.
Review of What's Japanese about Japan? Modern
Language Journal 72.3.364.
Advanced Readings in Japanese for Social Science
Students Volume Two, Book Two. Graduate School

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University of California, San Diego.
Intermediate Functional Japanese Book Two. Graduate
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies,
University of California, San Diego.
The UCSD Japanese Course. Japanese Studies Program,
University of California, San Diego. (Accepted for publication by McGraw-Hill Publication, Co.)
Review of Discovering Cultural Japan: A Guide to
Appreciating and Experiencing the Real Japan.. Modern
Language Journal .
Gaikokugo Kyoiku ni okeru Bunpo no yakuwari. (The Role ofGrammar Instruction in Foreign Language Instruction: A
Classroom Experiment. Papers in memory of Professor Norio
Yoshizawa. Tokyo: Sanseido .
Kikoku Shijo Mondai o Kangaeru (Japanese Children in Foreign
Countries and Returnee Students in Japan (Video teaching material
for advanced Japanese language students with accompanying
student’s book and teacher’s manual). Graduate School ofInternational Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California,
San Diego. (Project funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.)
Bunpoo to Komyunikeeshon Nooryoku Hattatsu no Kankei(The relationship between grammar and the development ofcommunicative abilities). Nihongo Kyooiku 73 58-72.
Nihonjin wa hatarakisugi ka? (Do Japanese Work Too Much?) (Video
teaching material for advanced Japanese language students withaccompanying student’s book and teacher’s manual). Graduate
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University ofCalifornia, San Diego. (Project funded by the Sasakawa Peace
Foundation.)
Nihon shakai no josei shinshutsu (Women in Japanese Society)(Video teaching material for advanced Japanese language students
with accompanying student’s book and teacher’s manual). Graduate
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University ofCalifornia, San Diego. (Project funded by the Sasakawa Peace
Foundation.)
Nihon tataki (Japan Bashing) (Video teaching material for advanced
Japanese language students with accompanying student’s book andteacher’s manual). Graduate School of International Relations andPacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. (Project fundedby the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.)
Nihonteki Keiei (Japanese Management) (Video teaching material
for advanced Japanese language students with accompanying
student’s book and teacher’s manual). Graduate Schoolo fInternational Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California,

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San Diego. (Project funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.)
Gaikokujin Rodosha (Foreign Workers) (Video teaching material foradvanced Japanese language students with accompanying student’s
book and teacher’s manual). Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego.
(Project funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.)
Review of Kodansha's Compact Kanji Dictionary. Modern Language
Journal.
Yookoso!: Invitation to Contemporary Japanese. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
Teacher's Manual for Yookoso!: Invitation to Contemporary
Japanese. New York: Mcgraw-Hill.
Workbook for Yookoso!: Invitation to Contemporary Japanese.
New York: Mcgraw-Hill. (with Sachiko Fuji, Hifumi Ito, Hiroko
Kataoka, and Yumiko Shiotani)
Komyunikeeshon apuroochi ni okeru kyoozai kaihatsu: sono riron,ooyoo no shikata, gutairei. (Materials Development in A
Communicative Approach to Language Learning: Theory,
Application, and Examples. Gekkan Nihongo 93-12.25-29.
Review of Beyond Polite Japanese. Modern Language
Journal.77.4.556.
The Role of Explicit Grammar Instruction in Second Language
Acquisition: Theory and Practice. In Satoru Nakai, Massaki Tatsuki,
and Nobuyuki Yamaguchi ed. A Silva of Languages: Papers
Dedicated to Professor Teruhiro Ishiguro.31-48. Tokyo: Eihosha.
Yookoso!: Continuing with Contemporary Japanese. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
Teacher's Manual for Yookoso!: Continuing with Contemporary
Japanese. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Workbook for Yookoso!: Continuing with Contemporary Japanese
New York: McGraw-Hill. (with Sachiko Fuji, Hifumi Ito, Hiroko
Kataoka, and Yumiko Shiotani)
Video for Yookoso! New York: McGraw-Hill.
SPOT (Simple Performance-Oriented Test) at UCSD.
Tsukuba University International Student Center Research
Report (1), pp. 27-34.
Optimal Conditions for Language Acquisition. Proceeding of theSecond Annual Meeting of Teachers of Japanese in GermanSpeaking Countries.
SPOT (Simple Performance-Oriented Test) as a Placement Test.
Second Language Acquisition
Research Center Research Report series, Honolulu, Universityof Hawai’i Press. (with Yukiko Hatasa)
Getting Started with Japanese. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Eisei hoosoo o tsukatta nihongo kyooiku. Tokyo: Japanese Cultural

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AgencyYookoso!: Invitation to Contemporary Japanese Second
Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill
Teacher's Manual for Yookoso!: Invitation to Contemporary
Japanese Second Edition. New York: Mcgraw-Hill.
Workbook for Yookoso!: Invitation to Contemporary Japanese
Second Edition. New York: Mcgraw-Hill. (with Akemi Morioka,
Suzuko Hamasaki, Hifumi Ito, and Hiroko Kataoka)
Yookoso!: Continuing with Contemporary Japanese Second
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Suzuko Hamasaki, Hifumi Ito, and Hiroko Kataoka)
Yookoso!: Continuing with Contemporary Japanese Third
Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill
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Japanese Third Edition. New York: Mcgraw-Hill.
Workbook for Yookoso!: Continuing with Contemporary
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Effective Ways to Teach Kanji in AP Japanese Language andCulture Course. In the College Board AP Central AP Japanese
Course Home Page
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teachers_corner/51915.html (as of 11/1/06)
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In Nihongo Gogaku, November, 2006.
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Eduction iIn the United States. To appear in the Annual Book of French
Association of Teacher of Japanese. Paris, France.

Work in Progress or in Preparation
Dokodemo Nihongo. (A book accepted for publication) With Noriko
Vergel, Yukari McCagg, and Toshiko Inahara. Tokyo: Shogakkan.
Instructional Strategies to Develop Interpretive Listening Competency:
Theory and Practice. Published in a book published by the College
Board, New York
Chinese and Korean Standards: Their Development and Implementation. A
Paper to appear in Forum Tsushin 75, Tokyo: The Japan Forum.
5C’s in Action: Implementing the Standards-based Instruciton in the JapaneseClassroom. (Edited with Hiroko Kataoka) Boulder, Colorado: Alliance of
Associations of Teachers of Japanese.
Conference Papers and Workshop Presentations (After 1988; Not
Exhaustive)
Issues in JSL Acquisition and Pedagogy for Studentsof Science and Engineering (with Robert Russell)(A paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teachersof Japanese on March 24, 1988 in San Francisco)
An Integrated Approach to Teaching Foreign Languages forProfessions: Case-Study Method (A paper read at the Eighth
Annual Conference on World Businesses and Communication on
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The Case Study Approach to Teaching Business Japanese (Aconference paper, Western Conference of the Association for AsianStudies, Long Beach California, October 20-21, 1989)
Teaching Japanese to Social Science Students (A paper presented at
the Conference on Advanced-level Japanese Language Teaching at
Princeton University, November 9, 1991)
Using Authentic Materials to Improve Five Language Skills (A paper
presented at the Annual Meeting, ACTFL, Washington, D.C.,
November, 1991)
Proficiency-Oriented Japanese Language Teaching to Social
Science Students (A paper presented at the Annual Meeting, ACTFL,
Washington, D.C., November,1991)
Content-based Language Teaching (A workshop given at the
University of California, Berkeley, March, 1992)
Experienced-based Advanced Language Teaching (A paper presented
at a Symposium on Advanced Chinese Language Teaching at
Stanford
University, October, 1992)
The Role of Grammar in Classroom Instructions (A keynote speech at
the Annual Meeting of Lake Erie Association of Teachers of Japanese,
April, 1993)
Optimized Language Acquisition Process in Classrooms (A paper readat the Foreign Student Center at Tsukuba University, July, 1993)
Learner-Centered Approach to Curriculum Design and Materials
Development (A workshop for Secondary School Teachers in
Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Hyogo Culture Center and Puget
Sound School District, August, 1993)
Creative and Cooperative Activities in Japanese Language Classrooms(A workshop given at the Annual Meeting, ACTFL, San Antonio,
November, 1993)
Needs-based Japanese Teacher Training (A paper read at the Annual
Meeting, ACTFL, San Antonio, November, 1993)
Optimized Classroom Instruction in a Communicative Approach toLanguage Learning (A keynote speech at the Annual Meeting ofCurriculum Vitae/Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku

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Georgia Association of Teachers of Japanese, February, 1994)
Learner-centered Japanese Language Classrooms (A workshop given
At the Annual Meeting of Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese,
Arizona State University, Phoenix, March, 1994)
The Optimization of Language Acquisition Process (A keynote speech
given at the Annual Meeting of Teachers Association of Japanese ofSouthern California, Los Angeles, April, 1994)
Effective Curriculum and Course Development for Proficiency-Oriented
Japanese Language Classrooms (A workshop given for Louisiana
Association of Teachers of Japanese at Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, April, 1994)
Optimized Conditions for Language Learning (A keynote speech at theAnnual Meeting of Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese, June,
1994)
Creating Effective Environments for Language Learning (A talk given at
CTAPS, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, June, 1994)
The Language Textbook of the Future and the Teacher for the Future(A talk given at the Symposium of East Asian Language Teaching,
Indiana University, Bloomington, July, 1994)
Teaching Culture in Learner-Centered Japanese Language
Classrooms(A workshop for Secondary School Teachers in Seattle, Washington,sponsored by Hyogo Culture Center and Puget Sound School District,
August, 1994)
The Role of Grammar Instruction in Second Language Acquisition (Atalk given at the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, August, 1994)
Textbook Adaptation and Materials Development for Communicative
Language Learning. (A workshop given at United Nations International
School, New York, November, 1994)
Effective Curriculum and Course Designing Process for ProficiencyOriented Japanese Language Classrooms (A workshop given for
Florida Association of Teachers of Japanese at Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, November, 1994)

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Teaching Vocabulary in a Communicative-Oriented Japanese
Language Classroom (A workshop given at the Annual Meeting,
ACTFL, Atlanta, November, 1994)
Teaching Reading Strategies in Japanese Language Classroom (Apaper read at the Annual Meeting, ACTFL, Atlanta, November, 1994)
Classroom-based Prochievement Testing (A workshop given at
Stanford University, January, 1995)
Developing Effective Grammar and Vocabulary Activities. (A workshop
given for Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese, Scottsdale
Community College, Scottsdale, February, 1995)
Cognitive Processes and Language Acquisition (A workshop given at
University of Colorado, Boulder, April, 1995)
Materials Designing for Proficiency-oriented Language Classrooms (Aworkshop given for Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese,
Honolulu, June, 1995)
Bridge Courses in Japanese (A plenary paper read at the Annual
Seminar, Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, atUniversity of Oregon, Eugene, June, 1995)
Teaching Japanese for Proficiency (A workshop given at UCSD as partof the National Resource Center for East Asian Studies activities, July,
1995)
Language Proficiency: Testing and Instruction (A workshop given for
Hyogo Cultural Center, Seattle, August, 1995)
From Input to Output: Designing Effective Class Activities in theJapanese Language Classroom (A workshop given for community
college teachers in San Diego, August, 1995)
A New Approach to Japanese Teacher Training: The Hawaii Model (Apresentation given at the annual meeting, ACTFL, in Anaheim,
California, November, 1995)
Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary in the Japanese Classroom: From
Input to Output (A seminar given at Tsukuba University, December,
1995)

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An Interactive Approach to Teaching Reading Skills (A workshop given
at the annual meeting of Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese,in Tempe, February, 1996 and Boulder, April, 1996)
Optimal Conditions for Language Acquisition. (A keynote speech at
the second annual meeting of Teachers of Japanese in GermanSpeaking Countries. Frederich Maximillian University, Munich,Germany, March, 1996)
Cognitive Abilities and Language Acquisition. (A keynote speech at
the annual meeting of Teachers of Japanese in Virginia, Old Dominion
University, Norfolk, May, 1996)
A Process Approach to Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar. (A workshop given at Villanova University, Philadelphia, April, 1996)
SPOT as a Placement Test. (A paper read with Yukiko Hatasa at the
1996 annual meeting of the Association of Teachers of Japanese.
Honolulu, Hawaii, April 1996)
Effective Materials Design for Language Acquisition (A workshop
given at the Summer Institute of the Oregon Japanese Language
Benchmarks Project, Portland, July, 1996)
Proficiency-Oriented Course Design and Materials Development.
(A workshop given at Hyogo Cultural Center, Seattle, August, 1996)
Authentic Materials and Tasks in Testing. (A workshop given at theAnnual meeting, ACTFL, Philadelphia, November, 1996)
Communicative-Based Language Teaching and Materials
Development.
(A workshop given at the University of Melbourne, Australia,
1996)
From Input to Output: Effective Course Designing. (A workshop given
the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, December,
1996)
Effective Classroom Testing. (A workshop given at the annual meetingof Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese, Tempe, April,
1997)
Internet-Based Teacher Training Program for Japanese Teachers. (APresentation given at the National Council of Secondary School

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Teachers of Japanese Symposium, Seattle, May, 1997)
Effective Classroom Testing. (A workshop given at the University ofColorado, Boulder, September, 19997)
From Curriculum Design to Assessment: A Systematic Approach. (Aworkshop given at the annual meeting of Association of Teachers ofJapanese of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, October, 1997)
Institute of Teachers of Japanese: Online Teacher Training Program. (A presentation given at the annual training session of JALEX, Chicago,
October, 1997)
Assessment. (A workshop given at the annual training session of
JALEX, Chicago, October, 1997)
Activities Design and Class Activities. (A workshop given at the annual
Training session of JALEX, Chicago, October, 1997)
Distance Learning and Japanese Language Education. (A presentation
given at the Japan Foundation, Tokyo, November, 1997)
Content-based Japanese Language Instruction. (A presentation given
at the annual meeting of ACTFL, Nashville, November, 1997)
Curriculum Designing and Lesson Planning. (A workshop given for the
Oregon Japanese Benchmark Project, Portland, December, 1997)
Japanese National Standards. ((A presentation given at the annual
training session of JALEX, Chicago, March, 1998)
Internet and Teacher Training. (A presentation given at the annual
Meeting of Association of Asian Studies, Washington, D.C., March,
1998)
Internet-based Japanese Teacher Training. (A presentation given at
MIT Conference on Japanese Language Education, Cambridge, MA,
May,1998)
Effective Grammar Teaching and Practices in the Japanese Language
Classroom. (A workshop given at the Hyogo Cultural Center, Seattle,
August, 1998)
National Standards for Learning Foreign Languages. (A presentation
given at the annual meeting of NCLTCL, Philadelphia, September,Curriculum Vitae/Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku

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1998)
National Standards and Textbook Adaptation. (A presentation given
at the annual meeting of ACTFL, Chicago, November, 1998)
Five-Step Approach to Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary. (Alecture given at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, December, 1998)
SPOT and Grammar Acquisition. (A paper read at the SPOT
Conference, the University of Tsukuba, Japan, December, 1998)
National Standards for Learning Japanese. (A presentation given at
The Annual meeting of Association of Asian Studies, Boston, March,
1998)
How to Establish Articulation. (A lecture given at the annual meeting of
Association of Teachers of Japanese of Southern California, Los
Angeles, March, 1999)
The Current Status and Future Direction of Japanese Language
Education in the United States. ((A presentation given at the Japanese
Language Education Conference organized by the Japan Cultural
Agency, March, 1999)
Effective Lesson Planning and Classroom Activities. (A keynote
speech given at the annual meeting of North Carolina Association ofTeachers of Japanese, Wake Forest University, Salem, March, 1999)
A New Model of Japanese Teacher Education. (A presentation
given at the annual meeting of Northeast Conference on Foreign
Language Teaching, New York, April, 1999)
National Standards for Learning Japanese. (A workshop given at the
University of California, San Diego, April, 1999)
California Japanese Framework Project: Draft Framework. (APresentation given at the annual meeting of California Language
Teacher Association, Fresno, April, 1999)
Japanese Teacher Credentialing Programs in the U.S. (A presentation
given at the First Conference on Professional Development of Foreign
Languages, University of Minnesota, May, 1999)
Japanese National Standards. (A workshop given at the University of
Hawaii, Manoa, May, 1999)

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Effective Curriculum Design and Lesson Planning. (A workshop given
At the annual meeting of Association of Teachers of Japanese of Mexico,
Mexico City, June, 1999)
The Implementation of the National Standards. (A workshop given at
The East-West Center, Hawaii, June, 1999)
National Standards and Grammar. (A workshop given at the Hyogo
Business and Culture Center, Seattle, August, 1999)
New Approach to Language Assessment. (A presentation given at theannual meeting of Japan Society of Teaching of Japanese as a
Second Language, Okayama, October, 1999)
Japanese National Standards. (A lecture given at the National
Language
Research Institute, Tokyo, October, 1999)
Japanese Teacher Credentialing Programs in the U.S. (A presentation
given at the annual meeting of ACTFL, Dallas, November, 1999)
Ideal Professional Development Program of Japanese. (A presentation
given at the annual meeting of ACTFL, Dallas, November, 1999)
Internet-Based Self-Assessment Program. (A presentation given at
The annual meeting of Association of Language Teaching of Greece,
Thessaloniki, Greece, December, 1999)
Effective Curriculum Development with Yookoso! (a workshop given
At the University of Texas, Austin, January, 2000)
Effective Way to Teach Kanji. (a workshop given at the annual
Meeting of Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese, February,
2000.)
LangNet Project. (A presentation given at the annual meeting of
Association of Asian Studies, San Diego, March, 2000)
Optimal Conditions for Language Acquisition. (A keynote speech given
at the Second International Conference of Practical Japanese
Linguistics, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, April, 2000)
Effective Curriculum Design and Classroom Activities. (A workshop
given at the annual meeting of Rocky Mountain Association ofCurriculum Vitae/Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku

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Teachers of Japanese, Utha State University, April, 2000)
Effective Activities and Assessment Design. (A workshop given
At Vandervildt University, Nashville, April, 2000)
Effective Curriculum Design and Classroom Activities. (A workshop
given at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, April, 2000)
Articulation. (A lecture given at the annual meeting of CALICO,
Vancouver, April, 2000)
California Japanese Framework Project: Status Report. (A talkgiven at the annual meeting of California Language Teachers
Association, Oakland, April, 2000)
The Implementation and Assessment of the Communication Goal of
The Japanese National Standards. (A workshop given at Hyogo
Cultural Center, Seattle, August, 2000)
The Japanese National Standards and Their Implementation: What
Europe can learn from American Experiences. (A keynote speech
given at the annual meeting of European Association of Teachersof Japanese, in Helsinki, Finland, August, 2000)
Current Status of Japanese Language Teaching in the U.S. (A talkgiven at the annual meeting of European Association of Teachersof Japanese, in Helsinki, Finland, August, 2000)
LangNet Project. (A presentation given at the annual meeting of
ACTFL, Boston, November, 2000)
Developing effective video materials for teaching Japanese. (AWorkshop given at the National Institute of Multimedia Education,
Makuhari, Japan, July, 2001)
The National Standards. (A presentation given at a Japanese language
symposium organized by Edo Culture Center, Tokyo, Japan,
August, 2001)
Graphic Organizers in the Language Classroom (A workshop given at
Hyogo Business and Cultural Center, Seattle, August, 2001)
Advanced-level Japanese Language Teaching (A workshop given at
the annual meeting of Teachers of Japanese of Mexico, Mexico City,
Mexico, September, 2001)

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Effective Use of Graphic Organizers for Language Teaching. (APresentation given at the Annual Meeting of ACTFL, Washington, D.C.,
November, 2001)
Introduction to Deai. (A presentation given at the Annual Meeting of
ACTFL, Washington, D.C., November, 2001)
Development Principles of Yookoso! (A keynote speech given at the10th Anniversary Conference of the International Student Center,
Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan, December, 2001)
Culture in the Japanese Language Classroom. (A presentation given at
the 10th Anniversary Conference of the International Student Center,
Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan, December, 2001)
The National Standards for Teaching Foreign Languages. (APresentation given at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo,
Japan, June 2002)
Developing a Test for Measuring Kanji Processing Ability (A paper readAt the Third CASTEL/J Conference, La Jolla, CA, July, 2002)
Assessment in the Language Classroom (A workshop given at the
University of Colorado, Boulder, September, 2002)
Deai: Photo Resources for Teaching Japanese (A workshop given at
The University of Colorado, Boulder, September, 2002)
Critical Thinking Skills and Language Learning (A lecture given at theState University of New York, Binghamton, October, 2002)
Use of Information and Communication Technology in Higher
Education in the United States (A lecture given at Kwansai Gakuin
University, Nishinomiya, Japan, October, 2002)
Technology Training for Japanese Language Teachers (A presentation
Given at the Annual Meeting of ACTFL, Salt Lake City, Utah,
November, 2002)
Listening Skills and Abilities (A workshop given at the Arizona
Association of Teachers of Japanese, Phoenix, Arizona, January,
2003)
Teacher Knowledge, Skills, and Qualities (A keynote speech at theCurriculum Vitae/Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku

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Teachers of Japanese in Southern California, Los Angeles, California,
April, 2003)
Deai: Photo Resources for Teaching Japanese (A workshop given at
the Central States Association of Teachers of Japanese, Earlham,
Indiana, April, 2003)
Articulation (A keynote given at the Central States Association ofTeachers of Japanese, Earlham, Indiana, April, 2003)
Optimal Condition for Teaching Language (A workshop given at the
University of Colorado, Boulder, April, 2003)
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (A presentation
given at the University of Colorado, Boulder, April, 2003)
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (A presentation
given at the Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office, Los Angeles,
California, July, 2003)
Critical Thinking Skills and Language Teaching (A workshop given at
Hyogo Business and Cultural Center, Seattle, Washington, July, 2003;
with Hiroko Kataoka)
Cognitive Abilities and Language Learning (A keynote speech given
At the Annual Meeting of Canadian Association of Japanese Language
Teachers, Calgary, Alberta, August, 2003)
Deai: Photo Resources for Japanese Language Teaching (A workshop
Given at the Arizona Association of Language Teaching, Phoenix,
Arizona, September, 2003)
Current Trends in Teacher Assessment in the United States. (APresentation given at the Annual Meeting of Associations ofUniversities For Teacher Training, October, 2003
Deai: Photo Resources for Japanese Language Teaching (A workshop
given at the Inter-Mountain Association of Language Teaching, Salt
Lake City, Utah, October, 2003)
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (A presentation
given at the Inter-Mountain Association of Language Teaching, Salt
Lake City, Utah, October, 2003)

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Grants: Ways to Fund. (A presentation given at the Annual Meeting of
ACTFL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 2003)
Pursuing Accomplished Teaching (A presentation given at the Annual
Meeting of ACTFL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 2003)
Minds-on Activities: Classroom Activities Engaging in Higher Level
Critical Thinking Skills. (A workshop given at the Annual Meeting of
ACTFL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 2003)
What Can We Do Not to Interfere with Students’ Learning (A lecture
Given at the University of Pennsylvania, November, 2003)
Technical and Information Literacy Necessary for Japanese
Language Teachers (A paper given at the Association ofTeachers of Japanese Seminar, San Diego, California, March, 2004)
Roles of Critical Thinking Skills in Japanese Language and Culture
Teaching (A keynote speech given at Southeast Association ofTeachers of Japanese Annual Meeting, Clemson, South Carolina,
March, 2004)
Linguistic Environments and Development of Higher-Level Thinking
Skills (A lecture given at Southeast Association of Teachers ofJapanese Annual Meeting, Clemson, South Carolina, March, 2004)
Teaching Listening in the Japanese Language Classroom (A workshop
Given at the University of Colorado, Boulder, April, 2004)
Using Deai to Develop Japanese Language and Cultural Abilities(A workshop given for the Colorado Association of Teachers ofJapanese, Boulder, Colorado, April, 2004)
Online Professional Development (A talk given at the First
Symposium of Japanese Language Teaching in the Untied States,
Los Angeles, California, August, 2004)
Testing and Assessment (A workshop given at the Second
International Conference on Japanese Language Teaching, Tokyo,
Japan, August, 2004)
Web-based Test to Measure Kanji Processing Abilities. (A paper
Read at the Second International Conference on Japanese
Language Teaching, Tokyo, Japan, August 2004: with Chieko
Kano and Takako Sakai)

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Using PowerPoint for Effective Japanese Language Teaching and
Learning (A workshop given at Hyogo Business and Cultural
Center, Seattle, Washington, August, 2004; with Hiroko Kataoka)
Current Trends on Standards-based Japanese Language Teaching
and Teacher Training (A lecture given at the 23rd General Meeting of
California Association of Japanese Language Schools, Los Angeles
August, 2004)
Critical Thinking Skills in the Japanese Language Classroom. (A workshop given at the Joint Annual Meeting of Oregon Association ofTeachers of Foreign Languages and Washington Association of
Foreign Language Teachers, Portland, October, 2004.)
The Role of Grammar Instruction in Second Language Acquisition.
(A lecture given at International Christian University, Tokyo, October,
2004)
Second Language Acquisition Theories and Effective Design ofLanguage Teaching Materials. (A lecture given at International
Christian University, Tokyo, October, 2004)
The Roles of Critical Thinking Skills in Language Learning (A workshop
given at International Christian University, Tokyo, October, 2004)
Standards-based Language Instruction. (A workshop given at
American School in Japan, Tokyo, October, 2004)
Japanese Heritage Language Students and Cognitive Skills. (Alecture given at American School in Japan, Tokyo, October, 2004)
Technology-based Teaching Materials Developed by Japanese
Teachers (A presentation given at the Annual Meeting of American
Council on Foreign Language Teaching, Chicago, November, 2004)
Simplified Proficiency-Oriented Test and Its Computerization.
(A presentation given at Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan,
December, 2004)
Critical Thinking Skills in the Japanese Language Classroom. (A workshop given for Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese,
Phoenix, Arizona, February, 2005)
AP Japanese Language and Culture Examination and Professional

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Professional Development (A presentation given at Association ofTeachers of Japanese Annual Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, March,
2005)
Globalized Japanese: Japanese Language Education in Japan andAustralia (A paper read at Association of Asian Studies Annual
Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March, 2005)
AP Japanese Language and Culture Course and Examination.
(A presentation given at Association of Teachers of JapaneseBusiness Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March, 2005)
AP Japanese Language and Culture Course and Examination.
(A presentation given at Teachers of Japanese in Southern California
Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April, 2005)
Critical Thinking Skills in the Japanese Language Classroom. (A paper
given for California Language Teacher Association Annual Meeting,Ontario, California, April, 2005)
Effective Kanji Teaching (A workshop given at the University ofColorado, Boulder, Colorado, April, 2005)
Issues in Heritage Japanese Language Teaching (A paper given at
Heritage Japanese Language Teaching Workshop, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, April, 2005)
Professional Development for Japanese Language Teachers in
the United States (A panel given at the Society of Teachers ofJapanese as a Second Language Annual Meeting, Yokohama,Japan, May, 2005)
Content-based Instruction. (A lecture given at the University of
Melbourne, Australia, May, 2005)
Content-based Instruction in Less-Commonly Taught Languages.
(A lecture given at the University of California Consortium for
Language Teaching and Learning, Davis, California, June, 2005)
Culture Teaching in the Japanese Language Classroom in the UnitedStates. (A panel given at the Hokkaido International Foundation 20th
Anniversary Symposium, Hakodate, Japan, July, 2005)
National Standards and Project Work (A lecture given at the HokkaidoInternational Foundation, Hakodate, Japan, August, 2005)

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WebQuest in the Japanese Language Classroom (A workshop given at
Hyogo Business and Culture Center, Seattle, Washington, August,2005; with Hiroko Kataoka)
Critical Thinking Skills and Language Teaching (A workshop given for
California Japanese Language Teacher Association, Los Angeles,
October, 2005; with Hiroko Kataoka)
Critical Thinking Skills and Language Teaching (A workshop given for
California Japanese Language Teacher Association, San Francisco,
Washington, October, 2005; with Hiroko Kataoka)
AP Japanese Language and Culture (A panel at ACTFL, Baltimore,
November, 2005)
Discussion with AP Japanese Development Committee(A panel at
ACTFL, Baltimore, November, 2005)
Content-based Instruction for K-12 Japanese Language Classroom.
(A series of workshops given at the American School in Japan,
December, 2005)
Designing Effective Assessment in the Japanese Language
Classroom. (A workshop given for Wisconsin Association of Teachersof Japanese, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, February,
2006)
Content-based Instruction. (A workshop given for Arizona Association
Of Teachers of Japanese, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona,February, 2006)
AP Japanese Language and Culture (A panel discussion given forCentral States Association of Teachers of Japanese, University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March, 2006)
Standards-based Instruction and Assessment (A workshop given for
Chinese and Korean teachers in Japan, The Japan Forum, Tokyo,
March, 2006)
Materials Development for Content-based Classrooms (A workshop
given for American School in Japan, Fuchu, Japan, April, 2006)
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April, 2006)
Standards Movement (A keynote speech given for French Associationof Teachers of Japanese, Paris, France, April, 2006)
Paradigm Shifts in Language Assessment (A workshop given forCenter for East Asian Studies, Duke University, Raleigh, North
Caroline, April, 2006)
National Standards in the United States (A lecture given for REX
REX Program, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan,
June, 2006)
AP Japanese Language and Culture (A keynote speech given for
Northeast Association of Teachers of Japanese, Wesley University,
Connecticut, June, 2006)
AP Japanese Language and Culture Workshop (A workshop given at
AP National Conference, Orlando, Florida, July, 2006)
AP Japanese Language and Culture Workshop (A workshop given at
United Nations International School, New York, New York, August,
2006)
Effective Assessment for the Japanese Language Classroom (Akeynote speech given at the International Conference on Japanese
Language Education, Columbia University, New York, New York,
August, 2006)
Professional Development for Japanese Language Teachers (A lecture
series given at Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, August, 2006)
Designing Effective Assessment for the Japanese Language
Classroom (A workshop given at Utah State University, Utah,
October, 2006)
AP Japanese and Articulation (A workshop given for the Hawaii
Association of Teachers of Japanese, Honolulu, Hawaii, November,
2006)
AP Japanese Language and Culture Workshop (A workshop given at
San Diego High School, San Diego, November, 2006)
Technology-based Materials Made in Japan. (A presentation given at
ACTFL: Annual Meeting, Nashville, November, 2006)

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Assessment in the Japanese Language Classroom. (A workshop given
for the Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese, Phoenix,
February, 2007)
From the National Standards to AP Japanese Language and Culture.
(A keynote speech given at the 22nd Annual Conference of Southeast
Association of Teachers of Japanese, Memphis, March 2007)
Assessment Literacy for Japanese Teachers (A workshop given at the22nd Annual Conference of Southeast Association of Teachers ofJapanese, Memphis, March 2007)
The Impact of AP Japanese Language and Culture Program for
Universities and Colleges. (A workshop given for the Alliance of
Association of Teachers of Japanese, Los Angeles, March 2007)
Creating a Portfolio for Job Seekers. (A presentation given at theAnnual Meeting of Association of Teachers of Japanese, Boston,March 2007)
The Rating of AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam. (APresentation given at the Annual Meeting of Association of Teachersof Japanese, Boston, March 2007)
Introduction to the AP Japanese Language and Culture Program (AWorkshop given to Northeast Association of Teachers of Japanese,
Boston, March 2007)
Language Assessment and Assessment Literacy (A keynote speech
given at the Annual Conference of Teachers of Japanese in Southern
California, Los Angeles, April 2007)
From Master Plan to Lesson Plan: the National Standards for Foreign
Language Teaching (A keynote speech given at the Annual Meeting
Of Teachers of Japanese in Kyushu, Kurume, Japan, June 2007)
How Can Japanese Teachers Develop Assessment Literacy. (Aworkshop given at the Annual Meeting of Teachers of Japanesein Kyushu, Kurume, Japan, June 2007)
The Implementation of the National Standards in the Foreign
Language Classroom in the United States. (A lecture given
at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies for REX pre-departure
training, Tokyo, June 2007)

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Why National Standards? (A lecture given at Yokohama
National University, Yokohama, June 2007)
Professional Development of Japanese Language Teachers (Aseminar given at Bonjinsha Seminar for Japanese Teachers,
Tokyo, June 2007)
Backward Design of Japanese Curriculum (A workshop given
for the Japan Foundation, Oxford, Mississippi, June 2007)
Assessment Literacy (A lecture given at the Japanese Foundation,
Sydney, Australia, June 2007)
Assessment Literacy: What Japanese teachers should know. (AKeynote speech given at the Annual Conference of Australian
Association of Japanese Studies, Canberra, Australia, July 2007)
Effective Ways to Teach Kanji in the Japanese AP Classroom (AWorkshop given at the AP Annual National Conference, Las
Vegas, July 2007)