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  Title:

  Associate Professor

  Teacher Group:

  Communication and Co-creation

Classes

Intercultural Communication and Language Issues

Class Content

Languages and cultures co-created by intercultural communication

The course aims to explore the intercultural communication of today’s multicultural settings from sociocultural perspectives rather than from linguistic point of view.
In the course, we investigate how the speakers with various proficiency levels and different cultural backgrounds can communicate effectively and understand mutually. In English case, the number of non-native speakers of English far outnumbers that of native speakers. In Japan, most foreign residents need to use Japanese for daily communication. The native speaker standard is often challenged and needs to be accommodated for non-native speakers. We will also look at the issues related to the language use of multicultural settings such as language rights, equal participation and citizenship education.

Brief Outline of History & Achievements

She holds a PhD from University of Durham, UK. Previously, she engaged in Japanese language education in Europe for many years, which include University of Sheffield, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Japan Foundation London Office. In Japan, she worked at Tohoku University, etc. and has taught intercultural education for Japanese and international students and Japanese language. She is co-author of Developing Criticality in Practice through Foreign Language Education (2012) Peter Lang, Ltd.

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Academic Society Affiliations

Japan Association for College and University Education, Japan Association for International Student Education

Research Areas

intercultural communication, critical cultural awareness, citizenship education, English as a Lingua Franca