1、Mohammed K. Ahmed
Associate Professor and Coordinator, English Language Program M.A. in Linguistics and English as a Foreign Language, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1983 Ph.D. in Linguistics (concentration in Applied Linguistics), University of Delaware, 1988 (mkahmed@iuj.ac.jp / Personal Homepage / phone: x.422) |
Courses
Oral Communication Skills and Academic Listening Skills Academic English (writing) English for Thesis Writing Cross-Cultural Communication |
Research Interests
Vygotskian sociocultural theory, cross-cultural communication, genre in academic research writing, English as a second/foreign language teacher education |
2、Richard Smith
Associate Professor, English Language Program M.A. in Social and Political Science, Cambridge University, 1980 (smith@iuj.ac.jp / phone: x.513) |
Courses
Text Skills Academic English (writing) English for Thesis Writing |
Research Interests
Productive vocabulary instruction/acquisition, World Englishes |
3、Anthony P. Crooks
Assistant Professor, English Language Program M.A. in TESOL, Deakin University, Australia, 1999 (crooks@iuj.ac.jp / phone: x.416) |
Courses
Oral Communication Skills and Academic Listening Skills Academic English (writing) English for Thesis Writing |
Research Interests
English teacher education, Professional Identity studies (esp. Native/Non-Native English teacher issues), World Englishes, Socio-cultural issues in English Language Teaching, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) |
4、Taiji Fujimura(藤村泰司)
Associate Professor, Japanese Language Program M.A. in Japanese Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Canada (fujimura@iuj.ac.jp / phone: x.514) |
Courses
Advanced track |
Research Interests
Japanese syntax, especially verb morphology and elliptical Japan-made kanji compounds Japanese grammar books written by non-Japanese linguists |
5、Shizuko Kimura(木村静子)
Associate Professor, Japanese Language Program MEd. in Education in Second Language, McGill University, Canada (kimura@iuj.ac.jp / phone: x.505) |
Courses
Intermediate track |
Research Interests
Second language acquisiton Japanese syntax |
6、Akihiro Takeuchi(竹内明弘)
Assistant Professor, Japanese Language Program M.A. in Applied Linguistics (T.J.F.L), Monash University, Australia (aki@iuj.ac.jp/ / phone: x.515) |
Courses
Elmenentary track |
Research Interests
Language management theory Language teaching program evaluation E-learning/CALL Kanji learning strategy |
7、Sayaka Kurashina(倉品さやか)
Assistant Professor, Japanese Language Program M.A. in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Hiroshima University, 2004 (kura@iuj.ac.jp/ / phone: x.425) |
Courses
Basic track |
Research Interests
Japanese language teaching as a foreign language Second language acquisition Language transfer |