Yuka Tachibana

Yuka Tachibana
Yuka Tachibana, Associate Professor Center for the Advancement of Higher Education Tohoku University 41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan 980-8576 Tel/Fax: +81-22-795-3379 E-mail: tachibana@m.tohoku.ac.jp; yuka.tachibana@gmail.com WWW: yukatachibana.com ; yukamedia.com
2008-present: Associate Professor at Tohoku University
2003-2008: Associate Professor at the University of Montana
2004-2007: NPO FTW (Face the World) Advisor
1993-present: LINC group LLC Advisor
1999-2003: Assistant Professor at the University of Montana
1992-1999: Lecturer at the University of Montana
1983-1987: YAMAHA Corporation International Planning Department
Foreign Language Education, CALL, English Education, Japanese Language Pedagogy, Higher Education, US-Japan Comparative Studies of Culture and Education
2013 November: Lecture entitled, “Foreign Language Teaching Methods and Evaluations at North American Universities" (Tohoku University International Cultural Studies, University Teacher Education Project)
2013 November: Lecture entitled, “American College and University System" (Tohoku University Faculty of Economics)
2012 December: Presentation entitled, “CALL Education Challenge at Tohoku University” (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation Research Grant for Private School Presentation)
2012 November: Lecture entitled, “The Current State of University Education in America: Where Should Education in Japanese Universities Go from Here” (Seminar on University Globalization: Actions from Universities)
2012 October: Lecture entitled, “Difference Between Japanese and American University System and Education: Japanese Engineering and Science Students’ English Ability and Communication Skills" (Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University)
2012 June: Lecture entitled, "Practice and the need for English education" (Tohoku University Faculty of Engineering: Next Generation Aircraft Research)
2012 March: Symposium Keynote Speaker, "Think about the Future of English Education in Japan: Teaching Methods to Improve English Communication Skills" (Yamaguchi Prefectural Board of Education)
2012 March: Workshop entitled, “High School and University Collaboration Workshop for High School English Teachers: English Teaching Method and Pedagogy” (Tohoku University Center for the Advancement of Higher Education)
2010 – 2011 February: Lecture entitled, "CALL English Special Training Course" (Osaka Sangyo University Graduate School of Engineering)
2010 March: Lecture entitled, “How to Improve English Education to Prepare Global Citizens: CALL Education at Tohoku University (CIEE)
2010 September: Judge, “Miyagi Prefecture high school English speech contest” (Miyagi Prefecture Board of Education)
2010 July: Workshop entitled, "College English Education Using Linc English” (Tsukuba University Foreign Language Center)
2010 July: Lecture entitled, “Status report for CALL education" (Tohoku University English Department)
2009 December: Workshop entitled “How to Use Linc English (web-based English curriculum) in the Classroom, Instruction for Teachers" (Hosted by Kaplan)
2009: Advisor, “Sendai City Council for Education, a Focus on English Language Education”
2009 February: Lecture entitled, "The Use of CALL for Teaching and Educating" (Saitama University Institute of Technology)
2009 July: Lecture entitled, "How to Take Advantage of English e-Learning Instructional materials" (ISA International Education Seminar)
2008 July-December: Lecture entitled, "Method of Utilizing CALL in the Classroom" (Tohoku University English Department)
2008 October: Lecture entitled, "Teaching Linc English using a CALL Classroom" (Japan Association for Language Education Technology: LET)
2008 September: Workshop entitled, "University of Montana Summer Program Seminar" (Otemon University)
2008 June: Lecture entitled, "IT Teaching of English Activities to Enhance International Understanding in Elementary and Junior High Schools" (Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education)
2008 July: Workshop entitled, "How to Use Linc English Online Curriculum in the Classroom" (Osaka Private English Education and Research Association)
2008 July: Workshop entitled "The Effective Utilization Method for Linc English" (Soiku Publishing New Education Research Association) to Use Online English Materials in the Classroom” (Yamagata Oe town Board of Education)
1993-2007: Ongoing lectures, "English Training and the Importance of English Education" (at Private High Schools, Colleges, Universities and Vocational Schools throughout Japan)
2006 June: Workshop entitled, "How to Use Online English Materials in the Classroom” (Yamagata Oe town Board of Education)
2004 spring: Lecture entitled, “Language and Culture for International Business: A Workshop for Foreign Language Educators” (Association of Teachers of Japanese, University of Memphis)
2003 summer: Lecture entitled, “The Difference between the US and Japanese education systems from elementary school through college” (Oe Symposium, Yamagata, Japan)
2002-2004 summer: Gave a lecture about 1) how to improve your TOEFL Score, 2) emphasizing communication skills for foreign language education and 3) how to improve international communication skills (Seibi Gakuen, Kyoto, Japan)
2001 winter: Presentation entitled, “Integrating E-learning into Japanese Elementary Schools’ English Education Programs” (Ministry of Education, Tokyo, Japan)
2000-2001: Participated in a joint US/Japan project sponsored by Japanese companies and the Ministry of Education to create more effective on-line English-language content for Japanese educators. I wrote this project’s planning summary paper “Elementary School English Education Content Development,” “The Feature of Language Factory Online,” “English for Japan Project System Summary,” “Language Factory Online Executive Summary,” “Multi-media Online Web Language Training for Japanese Educators”
2000-2001 summer: Workshop entitled, “Language acquisition and using technology in the classroom” (Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Science)
2000-2001 summer: Lecture entitled, “American-Japanese Comparative Cultural Studies and Japan’s Internationalization” (Shirayuri College, Miyagi Women’s College, and Tohoku Foreign Language College)
2000 fall: Workshop entitled, “1) how to improve foreign language education for Japanese University Students and 2) how to use the internet and multimedia in the language classroom” (Kumamoto University)
2000 summer: Presentation entitled, “English Education and Information Technology,” (Ministry of Education Project Report: E-learning for Elementary School English Education)
2000 summer: Presentation entitled, “How is International Education Related to English Education in Japan?” (Shokei Women’s College)
1999 fall: Interpreted during a conference for Japan and U.S Environmental and Educational organizational meeting (KEEP, Japan and ACK, America)
1999 summer: Taught Japanese language, culture and business etiquette to the Rotary Club
1997-2002 summer: Taught American-Japanese Comparative Cultural Studies and English preparation for an American University course at Shokei Women’s Junior College (Sendai, Japan)
1997-2005 summer: Taught American culture and American university preparation workshop for Japanese students through Japanese grants at the University of Montana Coordinated by LINC Group LLC
1996 summer: Workshop entitled, “U.S-Japan Cultural and Educational Differences and Language Learning Methods” (Sendai Business Club and Chamber of Commerce)
1996 summer: Lecture entitled, “Cooperative study of Pedagogy in English and Language Education: The Difference Between the US and Japan’s University Education System and Japan’s internationalization” (Noheji Board of Education and community college, Aomori Prefecture)
1996 fall: Taught a group of manager’s Japanese business etiquette, culture, and survival Japanese, at a company called Plum Creek (Colombia Falls, Montana)
1995 summer: Translated Plum Creek’s new product brochure form English to Japanese. Translated documents from Japanese to English for National Log Home, Corporation
1994-1995 summer: Taught American-Japanese comparative cultural studies course, (Tohoku Gakuin University and Shokei Women’s Junior College Sendai, Japan)
1989 summer: International Sendai Hotel, Personnel Development Department, wrote an English Conversation Manual and made tapes for hotel employees and taught English and American culture (Sendai, Japan)
1989-1990 summer: Taught an English and American culture course, (Sendai City Women’s club in Japan)
1983-1987: YAMAHA Corporation International Planning Department in Sendai, Japan, worked as an interpreter and public relations planner for the international racing circuit
“Linc English: A Web-Based, Multimedia English Language Curriculum Implementation and Effectiveness Report,” Tohoku University, Center for the Advancement of Higher Education Periodical, No.7, June, 1-8, 2012
Edited “Online English Curriculum Linc English Platinum A&B,” University Education Press, March, 2012
“Educational Development Core in International Cooperation,” Joint Educational Development Center (PFFP) Report, Stanford University, March, 2011
“Curriculum Development, Faculty Development Center Booklet,” Center for the Advancement of Higher Education, Tohoku University, March, 2011
“東北大学におけるWeb 対応教材Linc English導入の目的と、その実践報告,” The Japan Association for Language Education & Technology(LET), October, No 47, 93-97, 2010
“Linc English を用いた大学英語教育,”University English Education Using Linc English, Studies In Foreign Language Education, Foreign Language Center,Tsukuba University, July, 161-167, 2010
Edited “Online English Curriculum Linc English Gold II,” University Education Press, March, 2009
Edited “Online English Curriculum Linc English Gold I,” University Education Press, September, 2008
Developed English Proficiency Tests Practice materials and software (level 2~5) for Japanese English learners cooperating with a Japanese curriculum development company, Media 5, April 2006
「アメリカの大学教育の現状：日本の大学教育はどうあるべきか」The Current State of University Education in America: Where Should Education in Japanese Universities Go from Here? Sanseido, July, 2004
「大学における新しい外国語教育技術の開発」Ministry of Education Project Report: Developing New Method in College Foreign Language Teaching, Kumamoto University Press, March, 39-55,2002
「アメリカで学ぶ心構え」 “An American College Campus: A Guide for Success in the Classroom for Japanese Students Studying in the United States,” published by ALC Press in English Education, December, 2004
「ビジネスランゲージ教授法」 “ How to teach business Japanese at UM,” Language and Culture Conference at the University of Memphis, February 2004
「聞く・話すコミュニケーション能力の育成」 “The Improvement of Communicative Competence for Listening and Speaking,” The Japan Society of English Language Education Bulletin, August 2002
「英語教育改善に向けての教師の役割」“The Teacher’s Role for Improvement of English Education at Japanese Universities,” Ministry of Education Project Report: Japanese University English Education, September 2002
「コミュニカテイブアプローチの優れている点、利点」 “The Communicative Approach’s Strong Points for Japanese Language Teaching,”Tohoku University, Linguistic Information Sciences Quarterly Periodical, October, 2001
「コミュニカテイブアプローチを実践するにあたっての留意・工夫・苦労した点」“How to Teach using the Communicative Approach to American University Students: Attention, Ideas, Difficulties,” Tohoku University, Linguistic Information Sciences Quarterly Periodical, October, 2001
「日本語の教え方・文型教育」“How to Teach Japanese Grammar to Beginner & Intermediate Learners: Sentence Structure + verbs,” The Monthly Nihongo, August, 2000
“Computer Assisted Language Teaching in the Japanese classroom,” The conference on “International Computer Technology Language Teaching” CASTEL/J’99, Aug, 1999
“Japan’s internationalization and education; improvement of foreign language education in elementary, junior, high school and college,” The Board of Education, in the Ministry of Education newsletter, 5-7, 1996,
「インターネット上の音声読解練習プログラム作成の試みと成果」 “A Trial of a Web-based Multimedia Reading Program for Intermediate- and Advanced- level Japanese Learners,” The conference on International Conference on Practical Linguistics of Japanese at San Francisco State University, March 22-3, 2002
「インターネット利用の英語教育的意義」 “The Significance of Using the Internet in Language Education,” The conference on E-learning in Elementary School English Education at The Ministry of Education, Tokyo, December 2001
「米国大学での日本語教育の現状と問題点」“Japanese Language Education in American Universities: The Current Situation and Problems,” at Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Science, Japan, June 2000
“The Structure of a Japanese Language Lesson Using the Communicative Approach,” The conference on Japanese Culture, Linguistics and Education at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Aug.21-23, 1998
“Designing Syllabus for Communicative Competence,” at the New England Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, at the Tufts University, Oct.24, 1998
2013 spring: Received Ministry of Education Curriculum Development grant fund of $39,000
2012 winter: Received Curriculum Development grant fund of $5000 from Center for the Advancement of Higher Education at Tohoku University
2011 winter: Received Curriculum Development grant fund of $3000 from Center for the Advancement of Higher Education at Tohoku University
2010 winter: Received Curriculum Development grant fund of $3000 from Center for the Advancement of Higher Education at Tohoku University
2005 summer: Received travel grant fund of $1200 from Office of International Programs at University of Montana
2004 spring: Received curriculum development Mini-Grant fund of $500 from the Mansfield Center (UM)
2004 winter: Received research grant fund of $500 from the University of Memphis
2004 spring: Received mini grant fund of $500 from the Center for International Business Education and Research
2004 summer: Received curriculum development research grant fund of $1500 from the University Grant Program
2004 summer: Received travel grant fund of $1000 from the President Office
2003 summer: Received curriculum development research and travel grant fund of $2400 from the President Office
2002 summer: Received travel grant fund of $500 from the President Office
2001 fall: Received curriculum development research grant fund of $1500 from the University Grant Program
2001 spring: Received the curriculum development Mini-Grant fund of $500 from the Mansfield Center
2001 winter: Received a packet of books and videos ($2000 value) about Japanese culture with the cooperation of Kumamoto Plaza from The Japan Forum
2000 fall: Received the curriculum development Mini-Grant fund of $500 from the Mansfield Center
1999 fall: Received the curriculum development Mini-Grant fund of $500 from the Mansfield Center
1999 spring: Received curriculum development research grant fund of $1500 from the University Grant Program
1999 spring: Received soft merit $2200
1998 fall: Received the curriculum development Mini-Grant fund of $500 from the Mansfield center
1997-present: Received grants from Shokei Girls’ High School and Shokei Women’s Junior College to plan summer programs in Montana and Washington that include American history and cultural studies, Western US geography and environmental studies, and American English communication studies classes.
1995 fall: Received the curriculum development Mini-grant fund of $500 from the Mansfield Center
1994 fall: A Japanese Educational publication company gave me award and interviewed me about my educational background, current career at the University of Montana and involvement US/Japanese educational programs
2003-present: Research on 「国際コミュニケーション能力習得ストラテジー」 Strategies for Learning International Communication. Half of the book completed
2004-present: In the process of creating a Web-based Multi-media reading Program for advanced Japanese learners through cooperation with Computer Assisted System for Teaching and Learning Japanese (CASTEL/J) members at Tohoku University and Tokyo International University, Japan
2001 spring-2001 fall: Research on Vocabulary Level Checker (Reading Tutor), Kanji Level Checker, Japanese form analysis program, audio file implementation and voice recognition software, various digital and web based sources of Japanese textual materials, vocabulary and kanji electronic dictionaries
2000 summer -2002: Research on the cognitive reading strategies of ESL and JSL and comparative studies of reading and problem solving in two languages. Also the relationship between general language competence and second language reading proficiency: Implication for teaching
2000 summer: Research on E-learning English Language Educational Content for Japanese Educators
1999 fall - 2001 fall: Research and improve study materials for Japanese electric newspaper readings and cultural materials through the use of technology in the classroom. This technology includes digital video, internet materials, Japanese business tapes and videos, textbooks to teach business Japanese, Japanese assessment workshops and Japanese culture courses
1999 fall - 2000: Research on improvement of language education in Japanese universities collaborating with Kumamoto University
1999 summer-fall: Produced a Kanji learning video for beginning Japanese students
1999 summer: Complete Dissertation entitled “Japanese Language Communicative Approach: Teaching Skill and Learning Strategy”, particularly focusing on Japanese Language communicative teaching methods
1998 summer - 2000: Research on improvement of language education in Japanese University
東北大学高度教養教育・学生支援機構教授言語・文化教育センター Professor, Institute for Excellence in Higher Education Tohoku University, Japan

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