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Kyoko Hijirida, Professor of Japanese (January 2011) __________________________________________________________________ Education:

B.A. in English Literature, (Tshushin Kyoiku) Keio University, 1963. Graduate Studies at Indiana University, 1965-1966. M.A. in Applied Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i, 1970.

Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Hawai‘i, 1980.

Employment:

Instructor, Naha Junior High School, Okinawa, 1963-65. Instructor, Chubu Senior High School, Okinawa, 1968-69. Instructor, University of Hawai‘i, 1970 - 81.

Assistant Professor, University of Hawai‘i, 1981- 86.

Associate Professor, University of Hawai‘i, 1986 - 93. Professor, University of Hawai‘i, 1993 – 2010. Acting Director, Center for Okinawan Studies, August 2009 – July 2010. Professor Emeritus with University of Haawai’i, November 2010 - present

Public/Professional Service:

Judge and Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for state-wide Japanese language schools sponsored by KZOO and Hawai‘i Kyoiku Kai, 1974-93.

Executive Board member, 1975-76; Executive Committee & Membership

chairperson, 1984-85; Advisory Committee, 1985-86, The Hawai‘i Association of Foreign Language Teachers.

School Board, Varsity High School, 1985-2003. President, Hawai‘i Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1985-87. Board Member, Japanese Educational Fund of Hawai‘i, 1986-91. Co-editor of On Language Teaching--Papers from the 1986 HATJ 10th

Anniversary Workshops, 1986. Co-editor of Japanese Linguistics and Language Teaching—Proceedings of the

9th HATJ-UH Conference, 1987.

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Auditor, Pi Lambda Theta, Hawai‘i Chapter 1988-91. Coordinator of Japanese Committee, SLOM (Selective Listing of Materials)

Project, ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), 1986-88.

Member, Board of Education's Task Force on Foreign Languages, 1989. Chief judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Hawai‘i High School Students

sponsored by KOHO and NHK, 1990, l99l, l993. President, Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers, 1991-92. Judge, Honolulu District Foreign Language Festival, 1991, l992, 1993. Vice President, Academic Alliance in Hawaiian and Foreign Languages and

Literatures, l995-96. HALT (Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers) Steering Committee, 1995-96. Member, ATJ Conference Program organizers in the AAS Conference held in

Honolulu, April, l996. Member, Board of Directors, Association of Teachers of Japanese. September

l997 - March 2000. Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Japanese Schools sponsored by KZOO-

United Japanese Society held at Tokai University, Hawai‘i. April 5, l997. Member, Board of Council, Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai (The Society for Teaching

Japanese as a Foreign Language), June 24, l997 - June 23. 1999. Chair and Organizer of a roundtable discussion entitled "Professional

Development for Japanese Language Teaches," at the annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Washington, D.C., March 26-29, l998.

Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Japanese Language Schools sponsored

by KZOO held at Moa International, April, l998. Chair, ATJ Conference Program Committee for Thursday Seminar and International

Panel in the AAS Conference to be held in Boston, March, l999.

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Member, Board of Review for the National Standards for Japanese Language Learning. 1999.

Member, National Working Group, served as a facilitator for implementation

efforts toward National Standards for Japanese Language Learning, formed and funded by US-Japan Foundation, and held at Japan Foundation & Language Center in Los Angeles, June 20-21, 1998. In 1999 meetings held at Los Angeles in June, and at New Orleans in Oct.

Member, Advisory Committee of the Japan Foundation & Language Center

representing higher education. (Appointed for 2 years term: l998-2000) Meetings held in Santa Monica in January 20, 1999 and January 21, 2000.

Member, Reappointed, representing the USA members, Board of Council,

Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai (The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language), June l999 June 2001. Reappointed for the term: June 2002-3.

Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for high school students in Hawai‘i by

KZOO held at the East-West Center, March 25, 2000. Member of the invited review committee by Tokyo University for Foreign Studies

in order to evaluate Gaimusho’s REX Program (Regional and Educational Exchanges for Mutual Understanding) on its 10 years-old program review, on June 2000.

Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for statewide high schools in Hawai‘i by

KZOO held on March 24, 2001, at the Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. April 19, 2003, at the Tokai University Auditorium, Hawai'i campus in Honolulu. Continued in 2004 and in 2005.

Assisted the production on the High School Speech Contest Video for the KZZO Station, 2005.

Member-discussion participants for the Conference on Japanese Language

Teaching Credentials held at the Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office and Language Center, February 2-3, 2001.

Advisor, Appointed by the Hawaii Kyoiku Kai consisted of the state-wide

Japanese community schools in Hawaii. February 2004, 2005. A review writer for the Advanced Placement (AP) Teachers’ Resource Reviewing

Project of AP Central, February 12, 2005, as part of the college Board’s ongoing development of Japanese language and culture courses for high schools nation-wide.

Advisor, Appointed by the Hawaii Association of the Teachers of Japanese.

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General Meeting at the Kapiolani Community College, July 2005 – March 2006.

Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Statewide High Schools in Hawai‘i by

KZOO held on April 29, 2006, at the Tokai University Auditorium, Hawai'i campus in Honolulu.

Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Statewide High Schools in Hawai’i by

KZOO held on May 12, 2007 - March 2009 at the Tokai International University.

Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Statewide High Schools in Hawaii by KSOO held on May 24, 2010 at the Mission Auditorium of the Honolulu City Office.

Awards and Honors: • U.S. Federal Government Scholarship, Indiana University, 1965-66. • EPDA Fellowship, University of Hawai‘i, 1968-69.

• UH Office of Administration Research Grant, September 1975 – June 1976. • UH Educational Improvement Fund, 1978-79; 1981-82; 1982-83. • National Resource Center for East Asian Studies Federal Support Fund, 1983-84; 1984-85. • CAPS Faculty Research Fellowship, 1984. • UH Research Relations Fund Grants 1987-88. • UH Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching Award, May l992. • Excellence in Teaching Award, September l992, by Dean, College of Languages,

Linguistics, and Literature. • HALT Excellence in Teaching Award, March 5, 1994. • UH Research Relations Fund Grant, 1993-94. • UH Japan Studies Endowment Faculty Research Award, June l, l994-May 31, 1995. • UH Educational Improvement Fund, l995. • UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project, Production of

a Teaching Practicum Textbook for Japanese as a Foreign Language, January l997. • UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project, Workshop on

the Japanese National Standards for the Japanese Language Section faculty, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures, UH. February, 1998.

• UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project Workshop on the Implementation of the Japanese National Standards for the Department. May, 1999.

• UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project, Production of Japanese 201 instructional materials development for 4 teachers, as Japanese Section Head, with Dr. Sohn, Chair of the EALL Department. Summer, 1999.

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• UH Japan Studies Endowment ・Faculty Research Award for the project, Mombusho’s Policy on Japanese Language Education for Foreign-Born Students in Japan. Summer 2000.

• UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project, "Instructional Materials and Development for Okinawan Language and Culture Courses." Summer - Fall 2003.

• Center for Japanese Studies – Instructional Materials Development for the Okinawan language and culture course. Jan. – Dec. 2005.

• Center for Japanese Studies - Project: Writing "Champuruu Handbook" Introduction of Okinawan Culture, in Okinawa, April - May 2008.

• Recognition given by the Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese (HATJ), Kapiolani Community College, Nov. 13, 2010.

* Listed in Who’s Who in America 2011, 65th Edition, A Marquis Who’s Who Publication, New Jersey, Dec. 2010.

Publications: Books: (* indicates refereed publication. ** review for refereed journal) Champuruu Handbook. with Tomoko Oshiro, Website publication, Center for Okinawan Studies. March 2010. Aloha Uchinaaguchi, with Tomoko Oshiro, Website publication. Center for Okinawan Studies. March 2010. Translation, Nijuuiseeki no Gaikokugo Sutandaazu, oyobi "Nihongo Gakushuu

Sutandaazu" [Standards for Foreign Language in the 21st Century, and "Standards for Japanese Language Learning," (Allen Press, Inc. KS, 1999)], Kyoko Hijirida as Translator, Tokyo: Japan Foundation Japanese-Language International Center, 2002. Pp. 108. [Publication Website: http://jpf.go.jp/j/urawa/world/kunibetsu/syllabus/sy-tra.html]

Resources for the Implementation of Standards for Japanese Language Learning –

Preschool – College, Compiled by the National Working Group on Japanese Language Competency Goals, Published by the Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese. January, 2000. With support of the United States-Japan Foundation, this document was also published at the Association of Teachers of Japanese Website: http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj. (I participated as a member of the NWG.)

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Video & Guidebook: Integrating National Standards in a Japanese Language Class, Kyoko Hijirida, Kazutoh Ishida, and Yuko Yamamoto, Published by National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, December l999.

*New Trends and Issues in Teaching Japanese Language and Culture. Edited by Haruko

Cook, Kyoko Hijirida, and Mildred Tahara. SLTCC Technical Report 15. Honolulu: National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, December l997. Pp. 164.

Communicating Effectively in Japanese for Business - Second year level -, (with Carrie

Sato) published by the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i. January 1992, 250 pages. Included in ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages & Linguistics, Washington, DC: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1992.

Fun with Hiragana - workbook -, (with Harue Summersgill and Satoko Dung) Tokyo:

Kashiwashoboo, 1992, 90 pages. ACTFL, Selected Listing of Instructional Materials for Elementary and Secondary School

Programs: Japanese. (ACTFL, 1989) (with Makino and Netsu), pp. 309-308. *Japanese Language and Culture for Business and Travel (with Muneo Yoshikawa).

Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1987, 375 pages. Hawai‘i - Okinawa Bunka Karuta (Cultural Information Cards) Set, (with Hiromi Matsuo,

Gary Oyler, Tomoko Oshiro and Hisako Sokei) published in Okinawa, Japan. March, 2000.

Articles: * "Kyozai to shite no uta" [Songs as Teaching Materials], Nihongo Kyoiku, 24 (1974), pp. 69-70. * "Application Activities and Techniques," Journal of the Association of Teachers of

Japanese, 9:2 & 3 (1974), pp. 21-27. "Meeting Individual Career-Related Needs in the Japanese Language Course: Tourism-

Oriented Japanese Language Curriculum," Proceedings of the Second National Curriculum on Individualized Instruction in Foreign Languages, (The Ohio State University, 1980), pp. 137-144.

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"A Japanese Cultural and Language Curriculum for Tourism-Oriented Students: A Prototype" (Dissertation), Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education: university Microfilms International, 1980.

"Classroom Management: A Hidden Curriculum," Proceedings of the HATJ-UH

Conference on Japanese Language and Linguistics (1982), pp. 35-40. * "A New Curriculum Design in Japanese for Travel Industry Management Majors,"

Applied Language Study: New Objectives, New Methods (Oklahoma: Oklahoma State University, 1983), pp. 77-83.

"Okinawan Language Notes," The Hawai‘i Herald, A Journal for Hawai‘i's Japanese

Americans, September 2, 1983, p. 12. * "Commonality and Relativity in Address-Reference Term Usages" (with Ho-min Sohn),

Language Research, 12:2 (1983), pp. 139-168. * "Language for Travel Industry Managers: Focus on Japanese" (with Susan Iwamura),

Foreign Language Annals, 19:1 (1986), pp. * "Cross-Cultural Patterns of Honorifics and Sociolinguistic Sensitivity to Honorific

Variables: Evidence from English, Japanese and Korean."(with Ho-min Sohn), Papers in Linguistics, 19:3 (1986), pp. 365-401.

* "Language Teaching Strategies: A Proficiency-Oriented Perspective in Japanese," in

John H. Koo and Robert N. St. Clair (eds.), Cross-Cultural Communication: East and West (Seoul: Smji Publishing Company, 1986), pp. 231-240.

"Reflecting on the Statewide Workshop," in Kyoko Hijirida and Hiromi Kawaji (eds.),

On Language Teaching--Papers from the 1986 10th Anniversary Workshops (Hawai‘i Association of Teachers of Japanese), 1987, pp. 78-80.

"Survey of Pre-College Level Japanese Textbooks and Instructional Materials—ACTFL

SLOM (Selected Listing of Materials) Project," Proceedings of the 9th HATJ-UH Conference on Japanese Linguistics and Language Teaching (Honolulu: HATJ, 1987), pp. 85-87.

"To Live a Hundred Years," Hawai‘i Pacific Press, August 1, 1987. "Internationalization of Business Education through Foreign Language and Culture

Studies," in ed. Kazuo Hara, The Internationalization of Higher Education, International Christian University, 1987, pp. 159-166.

"Some Thoughts on Japanese Language Education," East-West Journal, January, 1988.

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Review of Esther Sato and Masako Sakihara, Japanese Now, vol. 3, Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i press, 1987, in Hawai‘i Pacific Press, December 1988, p.45.

"ACTFL no nerai: Jitsuyo noryoku o ika ni sodateru ka" [ACTFL's Objective: Improving

Language Proficiency], The Monthly Nihongo (Tokyo: ALC Press), 1989, No. 6, pp. 100-102.

"Amerika ni okeru JSP karikyuramu no kaihatsu" [Development of Japanese Special

Purposes Curricula in the United States], The Monthly Nihongo (Tokyo: ALC Press), 1989, No.10, pp. 62-63.

"Nihongo kyoiku o gurobaru ni" [Japanese teacher education from around the globe],

Hawai‘i Pacific Press, August 1990, p. 36. * "Techniques and Strategies for Teaching Culture in Japanese Classrooms" (with Diane

Uyetake) in Japanese Language Education Around the Globe, vol. 1, 1991, pp. 201-209.

"Nihongo Kyoshi wa kyoiku-genba de dotaisho shite iru ka -- Jidai o han'ei shite kotoba

ga kawaru toki [How to handle the changing vernacular in the Japanese Language classroom]," in Gekkan Nihongo, Tokyo: ALC Press, 1991, No. 6, pp. 10-13.

"The Culture Component of Language Teaching", in SCHRIFTFESTSCHRIFT: Essays

on Writing and Language in Honor of John DeFrancis on His Eightieth Birthday, Sino-Platonic Papers, No. 27, ed. Victor H. Mair (Philadelphia: Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1991), pp. 221-227.

** "Review of Edward E. Daub, Byron R. Bird, and Nobuo Inoue, Basic Technical

Japanese, Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1990, in the Modern Language Journal (Autumn 1991).

* "Inquiry on the Cultural Component of Japanese Language Teaching--Survey Results

of Teachers of Japanese Language in Japan and America", in Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference, The society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Tokyo: Tokyo Gaikokugo Daigaku, May l992, pp. The Abstract of this article is to appear in Nihongo Kyoiku, (Journal of Japanese Language Teaching), 76, l992.

"My Trip to Switzerland--Meeting With A Multilingual Family", Hawai‘i Pacific Press,

February 1, 1993. p. 53-54. ** Book review, Kana for Busy People, by the Association for Japanese Language

Teaching (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1992. Pp. 80), in The Modern Language Journal, 77.2 (Summer 1993) p. 259.

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"East Asian Role Play Cards: Japanese," published by National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawai‘i. (With Hiple) Honolulu, Feb. l994.

"Watakushi no shi" (My Teachers), Hawai‘i Pacific Press, No. l94, February 1994, p. l6-l7. "Nihon ni okeru gaikokujin shijo no Nihongo kyoiku (Japanese Language Education for

Foreign Born Children in Japan), Hawai‘i Pacific Press, February l995, P.37. **Book review, Sing Japanese: The Fun Approach to Studying Japanese, by Peter Tse &

Seigo Nakazawa. (Tokyo: Kodansha International, l995. pp. l68), in The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 80, No. 1, Spring l996, 121-122.

*"Pootoforio Asesumento no Nihongo Kyoiku e no Ooyoo" (Application of the Portfolio

Assessment to Japanese Language Teaching), in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Chiba: Tsukuba University, May l996, pp. 193-198.

"Kaiwa Noryoku no Hyokaho (Assessment of Conversational Skills)," International

Symposium on Japanese Language Education, No. 3 (Jirin, China: Northeast Normal University Press) August l997, pp.52-58.

** Book review, Master The Basics, by Nobuo Akiyama & Carol Akiyama. (New York:

Barron's, l996. pp. 232), in The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 81, No. 4, Winter l997, p. 578.

Hawai‘i Nihongo Kyoiku Manpo (Walking Around Teaching Japanese in Hawai‘i), A

Monthly column in the Hawai‘i Pacific Press. More than 10 articles, such as "Japanese Language Forum," "Speech Contest," "Learning Strategies," "National Standards for Learning Foreign Languages," "Heritage Language Education," "Karuta and Teaching Materials," "Teaching Practicum," and "Hawai‘i Kyoiku Kai’s Kenshukai reports (In-service Teacher Development," etc. were written for the column. July l997 - May, 2001.

A Glimpse into Japanese Language Education in Hawai‘i, A Monthly column in the

Hawai‘i Pacific Press. One article on "Professional Development of Japanese Language Teacher in Hawai'i," was written for the column. March l998.

"Sekai no Daigakugai - Hawai‘i Daigaku (University Towns in the World - University of

Hawai‘i), Mita Hyoron, Keio University Publication, Pp 82-85. March l999.

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** Book review, Travelers’ Japanese, by Osamu Mizutani and Nobuko Mizutani. (Tokyo: The Japan Times, 1998. pp. 154.) Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. Volume 33, No.1, April 1999. Pp.102-103.

* "Nihongo Gakushuusha no tame no National Standards no Tokuchoo – Kurasu Jissen o

Tooshite no Koosatsu" (The National Standards for Japanese Language Learners - Perspectives from the Classroom Implementation), Proceedings for the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Tokyo, May 2000, pp.99-104.

* "Making Dynamic Instructional Material: Okinawan and Hawai‘ian Cultural Karuta,"

with Tomoko Oshiro and Hisako Sokei, in Sekai no Nihongo Kyoiku {Japanese Language Education Around the Globe}, (Tokyo: The Japan Foundation), Vol.6 (March 2001), pp.195-208.

"Making Cyber Friends in Your Target Language," in Teachers' corner. T. Araki, K.

Ikeda, L. Lanz, M. Sugawara, E. Yonekura & K. Hijirida, in LLC Newsletter, Spring 2003. Pp. 10 -11.

“Recent Developments in Okinawan Language Teaching in Hawai’i,” in The Ryukyanist,

A Newsletter on Ruykyu/Okinawa Studies, No. 64 (Summer 2004), pp.3-6. “Okinawan Language and Culture Courses: Contents and Implementation,” in Imin

Kenkyu, No. 2 (Naha, Okinawa: Imin Kenkyu Center, University of the Ryukyus, March 2006), pp. 43-50.

** Book review, Decoding Kanji: A Practical Approach to Learning Look-Alike Characters, by Yaeko S. Habein with the assistance of Gerald B. Mathias (Tokyo: Kodansha International), C 2000, in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp, July 2006. ** Book review, Nihongo kyoshi no tame no kanji; aidea bukku [Kanji Instruction Idea Book for Teachers of Japanese Language], edited by Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, Chieko Kano, and Junko Sakai (Tokyo: Sotakusha, Aril 20, 1995), pp.344, in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp, July 2006. ** Book review, Raku Raku Nihongo Raitingu: Writing in Japanese is fun by Masako Taguchi (Tokyo: ALC Press, Japanese Textbook Series), 1995, in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp in July 2006. ** Website review, http://www.peptool.net, by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) (Calf: University of Oregon 2005), in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp in July 2006. **Website review, http://japanese.about.com/ by About, Inc., (NY: A part of the New York Times Company, Founded in 1997), in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp in July 2006.

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**Book review, Situational Functional Japanese, Volume Three: NOTES & DRILLS, by Tsukuba Language Group (Tokyo: Bonjinsha), 1992, in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp in July 2006. **Book review, Sing Japanese: The Fun Approach to Studying Japanese, by Peter Tse & Seigo Nakazawa (Tokyo: Kodansha International), 1995, in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp in July 2006. **Book review, Hanasoo, Kangaeyoo, Shokyuu Nihon Jijoo, by “Nihon Jijoo” Purojekuto, Fukuoka Nihongo Sentaa (Tokyo: 3A Corporation), 1997, in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp in July 2006. **Book review, Utatte Oboeru Nihon’go – Hojo Kyoozai to shite no Uta, edited by Sasaki Michiko, (Tokyo: Bonjinsha), 1992, in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp in July 2006. **Book review, Minna no Nihongo Shokyuu: Yasashii Sakubun, by Kaoru Kadowaki & Kaoru Nishiuma (Tokyo: 3A Corporation), 1999, in the website: http://apps.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ResourceSearchParams.jsp in July 2006. ** Book review, Breeze into Japanese: Practical Language for Beginners, by Kazuko Imaeda (Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 2004, Pp.323) in The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 90, No.3 (Autumn 2006) p.445-446. "Kyoozai 'Champuruu Handobukku' Kaihatsu no Kokoromi - Okinawa kara Hawai no Iminshakai e [Instructional Material Development of 'Champuru Hadbook': From Okinawa to Hawai'i Diasporatic Society], No. 12-1 (Okinawa Kokusai Daigaku, Gaikokugo Gakkai [Sociey for Foreign Language], Okinawa International University, March, 2009), pp.1-18. "Current Issues in Japanese Language Teacher Teaching Practica: A Case Study of the University of Hawaii and Okinawa International University" (with Tomoko Oshiro) appeared in the Proceedings on The 21st Annual Conference of the Japan-United States Teacher Education Consortium (JUSTEC), Jan Williams as Editor, January 2010, p. 8-9. “Hawaii Daigaku ni okeru Okinawago to Bunka Koosu” [Okinawan Language and Culture Course offered at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa], Chi no Shinryo , Yawarakai Minami no Gaku to Shiso. Vol. 3 [Bridging of Knowledge, Flexible Scholarship and Thoughts from the South, Vol. 3], Edited by the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa Times, March 2010. Pp. 38-51. “Naze, Ima, Hawaii de 「Okinawa no Gengo to Bunka」Nanoka. - Hawaii Daigaku

no Jukoosei no shiten kara – [Why now “Okinawan Language and Culture”

in Hawaii? –From the students’viewpoint - ,with Tomoko Oshiro.Journal

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of Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, Okinawa International

University, Vol 15, October 2010, No. 1 (Serial no. 26). Okinawa, Japan. Pp. 1-35. PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Since 1981): Presentations of Research Papers at Academic Conferences and Workshop Lectures for Language Teachers Invitational: “Okinawan Language and Culture Courses taught at UH,” presented at a session on Worldwide Okinawan Studies Networking: “Okinawan Studies” in Global Contexts – Collaboration between university of the Ryukyus and University of Hawai’I, held in Okinawa on October 15, 2006. “Framework and Instructional Strategies for the Okinawan Language and Culture Course,” and “Instructional Material Development and Course Assessment,” presented at a Teachers Workshop sponsored by the Hawaii Kyoiku Kai, Pagoda Hotel, February 20, 2006. (with Waka Tominaga) “Okinawan Language and Culture: Contents and Implementation,” presented at the World Uchinanchu Scholars’ Conference, Peru, January 30, 2006. “Okinawan Language and Culture Courses at UH,” presented for Okinawa Tsushin Mita-kai, in Naha, Okinawa, July 2, 2005. “Upcoming Okinawan Language and Culture Curricula at the University of Hawaii-Manoa,” at the First Worldwide Uchinanchu Conference, Imin International Conference Center, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 2, 2003. "National Standards in Teaching Japanese and Implementation" presented for the REX

(Regional Exchange) Program sponsored by the Tokyo University for Foreign Studies in Tokyo, on June 27, 2003.

"Standards in Teaching Japanese in the US" presented for Foreign Students Center

(faculty and students in Japanese majors) at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, on June 22, 2003.

"Guidelines for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language in the US" presented to the

members of the Mokuyoo Gosan Kai, a community group in Honolulu, on February 20, 2003.

"Learning Styles" presented at the annual workshop of the Hawai‘i Kyoiku Kai, at the

Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, February 19, 2003.

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Invited by the Japanese Language Center of the Japan-Taiwan Association, to conduct

the Summer Intensive Teacher Development Program focusing on "the Classroom Activities" for Japanese language Teachers in Taipei and Kaohsiung, July 5-12, 2000 (with Masako Himeno from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Chikashi Furukawa of Tokai University in Taiwan).

"The Japanese National Standards" and "the Design of the Okinawa-Hawai‘i Bunka

Karuta as instructional materials," presented for the Asahi Culture Center痴 teachers Group, on June 10, 2000 at shibuya Kaikan in Tokyo.

"Tanoshii Nihongo Kyoiku," presented at the teacher development workshop for the

Hawai‘i Kyoikukai members, Honolulu, on February 21, 2000. Panel on "Japanese Teacher Education," presented at the Northeast Conference held in

New York, April 9-11, 1999. (ATJ supported session) "Recent developments for the Japanese heritage language schools," and "The Japanese

National Standards," presented for the Hawai‘i Kyoikukai members at the Honolulu Country Club, February 15, 1999.

"National Standards Pre-view Session," conducted for the HATJ members at KCC in

Honolulu, Dec. 28, 1998. "National Standards for Japanese Language Learning," presented a group of Japanese

teachers with Prof. Masako Himeno, Tokyo Gaikokugo Daigaku, in Tokyo. May 25, l998.

"International Conference aimed at the ATJ in l999 AAS Conference--Information

Sharing," presented at the Hyogiinkai, May 23, l998. "Views on Japanese Language Education in Hawai‘i," presented at the First Forum on

Hawai‘i Japanese Language Education, sponsored by Hawai‘i Kyoiku Kai held at Pagoda Hotel, Honolulu on May 17, l997.

"Kaiwa Nooryoku no Hyookahoo ni tsuite" (Assessment of Communicative Competence),

presented at the International Conference on Teaching Japanese at Northeast Normal University, Jirin, China, August 8, l996.

"Portfolio Assessment for Students and for Japanese Language Teachers," presented as a

guest lecturer at the Fall Conference at University of Texas in Austin Texas, sponsored by the Professional Development for Japanese Teachers Program. October 27-29, l995.

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"How to Design Authentic Materials for Teaching Japanese," presented at the teacher training program at Kapiolani Community College, August 8, 1995.

"Language Learning Strategies," presented at the teacher training program at Kapiolani

Community College, August 7, 1995. "CTAPS Summer Program for Teachers," presented with the teachers who participated in

the CTAPS Program at the ATJ Meeting on Sept. l7, l994, Kamehameha School. "Japanese Language Teaching in Hawai‘i," presented at the teacher training program at

Kapiolani Community College, August 22, l994. "Teaching Japanese for Foreign-born Children" invited to join the trainer team for the

Fuku Kyozai Workshop for Foreign Children in Japan, sponsored by Overseas Children Education Division, Ministry of Education (Mombusho), Saitama, Japan, August 3-9, 1994.

"Issues and Challenges Facing Hawai‘i and Other States", Moderator of panel discussion

at HATJ. Punahou School, Honolulu, June 9, 1994. "Teacher Training in Hawai‘i," presented as Invited speaker at KCC workshop in March

l994. The workshop was organized by the Challenge Japan Committee and sponsored by KCC.

"Portfolio Assessment and Instructional Material Development" presented at the

workshop for Japanese Language School Teachers, funded by the Outreach Program Center for Japanese Studies, Honolulu, April 1994.

"Teaching Japanese in the United States: Current Trends for FLES Programs", presented

in-service teacher education workshop sponsored by Hawai‘i Kyoikukai, Honolulu Kyoikukai, and Oahu Kyoikukai, January 3l, l994.

"Japanese for Elementary School Teachers", presented in-service teacher education

workshop sponsored by the California Department of Education/Clarendon School, San Francisco, August 8-13, 1993.

"Practices of Proficiency -Oriented Instruction: Application to Japanese", presented at

Workshop Conference on proficiency-oriented Korean Language Education, sponsored by the Center for Korean Studies, Jan. 31, 1993.

"Teaching Hiragana: The Association Method," presented to Maui Japanese language

teachers, August 6, l992.

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"Proficiency-Oriented Instruction and Testing," presented for the l992 group of Japanese high school teachers selected for REX Program sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education in Tokyo, May 27-28, l992.

"FLES Program" presented for members of Maui Nihongo Kyoiku-Kai at Wailuku

Hongwanji School. December 13, 1991. "Teaching Culture in Japanese Language Classes" presented for the Summer Teacher

Training Institute for Language Teachers, National Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i, July 1991.

"Oral Proficiency Testing," presented at the Japanese Language School of Tokyo

University of Foreign Studies. Tokyo, May 21, 1991. "Issues Surrounding Proficiency-Oriented Instruction" presented for the REX (Regional

Educational Exchange) teacher education program sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education at Tokyo University of foreign Studies, Tokyo, May 17-20, 1991.

"Strategies and Techniques for Integrating Culture in Japanese Language Classes,"

presented at the 6th HALT International Conference, Hon. March 16, 1991. "Japanese Language for Practical Purposes," presented for the center for Asia-Pacific

Exchange, November, December 2, 1990. "Fun with Teaching Hiragana: The association method," presented at the HATJ

conference, Honolulu 1990. "Current Trends and Issues of Japanese Language Teaching in the U.S." presented the

first in-service teacher education workshop by the Japan Foundation at the Japanese Language International Institute, Tokyo, December 1989.

"Incorporating Proficiency Testing," presented to high school Japanese language teachers,

sponsored by the Dept. of Education, State of Hawai‘i, August 12, 1989. "Scoring and Interpreting Tests, especially Proficiency-Based Tests", at the invitation of

Academic Alliance in Hawaiian and Foreign Languages and Literatures at its Workshop on Tests at Kamehameha School on February 18, 1989 in Honolulu.

"Testing/Teaching for Proficiency," at the 10th UH-HATJ Conference on Japanese

Linguistics and Language Teaching at Mid-Pacific Institute on, March 29, 1989 at HATJ's invitation.

"Japanese Instructional Materials for the Pre-College Level in the United States,"

presented at the Annual Conference of ACTFL, Monterey, California, November 18-23, 1988 at ACTFL's invitation.

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"Activities Developing Speaking Skills," at the Teacher Workshop sponsored by ACTFL

at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia in May 1988. "Teaching for Proficiency -- the Speaking Skill," presented at the Teacher Workshop on

"Planning and Teaching for Proficiency" by ACTFL in Atlanta, Georgia, November 20-25, 1987.

"Goals of Japanese Language Education," presented at the Seminar of Japanese Language

School Teachers, sponsored by Maui Kyoiku Kai, June 1987. "Language Teaching Strategies: A Proficiency Oriented Perspective in Japanese."

Presented at the panel on "Foreign Language Education: Problems and Solutions," at the International Conference on Cross-Cultural Communication: East and West, August 1985, Seoul, Korea.

"Languages for Travel Industry Management," presented at the HALT Conference on

Language and Culture: East and West, March 1985, Honolulu. "ACTFL/ETS Proficiency Guidelines and Interview Techniques in Japanese," presented

at the Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers, March 1985. "Proficiency Guidelines and Interview Techniques in Japanese," conducted workshop at

the HATJ Conference, March 1985. "Trends and Issues on Foreign Language Education," presented at the Japanese

Immigration Centennial Conference for Japanese Language School Teachers, sponsored by Oahu Kyoiku-Kai, February 1985.

"TPR: Its Theoretical Background," presented at the Annual Teachers Conference of

Japanese Language School Teachers, sponsored by the Honolulu Kyoiku-Kai, March 1984.

"The Importance of Aural Comprehension in Studying Japanese," presented at the

Annual Teachers Conference of Japanese Language School Teachers, sponsored by Oahu Kyoiku-Kai, March 1984.

Contributional: "Current Issues in Japanese Language Teaching Practice: A case study of

University of Hawaii and Okinawa International University" with Tomoko Oshiro, at the Japan/United States Teacher Education Consortium Conference 2009, East-West Center Imin Kaikan, Honolulu, September 17-20, 2009.

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“Focusing on Expeted Learning Outcomes and Teaching Strategies for the Okinawan Language and Culture Course,” on the panel on “Text & Teaching Materials Development: Champuru Handbook for Okinawan Culture Studies,” with Tomoko Oshiro and Makiko Show at the International Conference on Developmental Education, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, March. 19, 2008.

“Sharing of Teaching Ideas and Tools,” with Teruko Castell, Sachiko Okamoto,

Yoko Okubo, Loren Otake, Waka Tominaga, Satomi Wise, and Yukiko Yamaguchi (students from JPN620 Practicum), at the Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese (HATJ) conference, Kapiolani Community College, April 21, 2007.

“Daigakuin ni okeru JFL kurasu kyoiku jisshu e no teigen: 10-nen no jissen o kaerimite,

[Looking Back on 10 Years of Practice: Suggestions on How to Implement Feedback Sessions and the National Standards in a JFL Teaching Practicum at the Graduate Level],” presented with Waka Tominaga at the International Conference on Japanese Language Education, Columbia University, New York, August 5-6, 2006.

“Japanese Speech Contest for High school students” (with M. Uehara, S. Oi, and J. Agena), at the 19th annual HALT Conference, Leeward Community College, Hawaii, February 26, 2005. “Recent Developments of Okinawan Language Teaching in Hawai’i.” Presented at the

Cultural Diversity and Language Education Conference, held September 17-19, 2004 at the Imin Kaikan in Honolulu, sponsored by the National Foreign Langauge Resource Center and the Center for Second Language Research.

"Making Cyber Friends Project in Your Target Language," with JPN 620 Practicum

students, at the HALT/Hawai‘i TESOL Conference, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, February 22, 2003.

"JSL Policies for Foreign-born Children in Japanese Public Schools," with K. Ishida, Y.

Kobayashi, and R. Gibson, at the 16th Annual Hawai‘i Association of Language

Teachers Conference, at Hawai‘i Pacific University, March 9, 2002. "Sharing of Newly Developed Japanese Language Instructional Materials - Video on the

Japanese National Standards, Hawai‘i and Okinawa Bunka Karuta, Rice in Asia"

presented at the Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers’ Conference, held on

April 1, 2000 in Hawai‘i (with Tomoko Oshiro, Hisako Sokei, and Merle Doi).

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"Implementation of the National Standards in the In-service Teaching Practicum," presented at the Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, held during July 24-28, 2000, in Hawai‘i.

"Nihongo Gakushuusha no tame no Nashonaru Sutandaado no Tokuchoo: Kurasu Jissen

o tooshite no koosatsu,"(Characteristics of the National Standards for Language Learners: Perspectives from the Classroom Process." Accepted to be presented by the Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai held at Daito Bunka University on May 19, 2000 in Japan.

"From Learning Scenario to Lesson Plan," presented in the session on "Japanese

Standards in Action," at the HALT Conference, East-West Center, April 17, 1999. A Panel on "Professional Development for Japanese Language Teachers," presented at

AAS Conference at Washington D.C., March 27-29, l998. "Pootoforio Asesumento no Nihongo Kyoiku e no Ooyoo" (Applicatiion of the Portfolio

Assessment to Japanese Language Teaching), presented at the Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai held at Tsukuba Daigaku on May 26, l996 in Japan.

"Improving Japanese Language Teacher Proficiency: An Intensive Summer Study

Program in Japan," (with Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku and Merl Doi) to be presented at ACTFL '95 Convention which will be held on Nov. l7 - l9, l995 in Anaheim, California.

"In-service Teacher Education for Foreign Born Children in Japan – New Challenges for

Language Teachers -, presented at l7th Annual Conference, Hawai'i Educational Research Association, February 25, l995.

"Japanese Language Curriculum Materials Produced by CTAPS," presented at the

Academic Alliance in Hawai‘ian and Foreign Languages and Literatures, February 11, l995.

"Developing Global Friendships: Orientation Program for Students Traveling Abroad",

(with Kaneshiro, Tanaka, Mowrer), presented at the NAAPAE, Honolulu, in April 1994.

"Portfolio Assessment: Enhancing Your Repertoire of Language Assessment," presented

at MIT/ATJ Conference in Boston, on March 25, l994. "Portfolio Assessment," presented at the Ninth Annual International Conference, (with

Anita Bruce) Honolulu, on March 5, l994. "Curriculum Alignment", presented at the 8th HALT International Conference, Honolulu,

March 6, 1993.

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"Inquiry on the Cultural Component of Japanese Language Teaching--Survey Results of Teachers of Japanese Language in Japan and America," presented at the 30th Annual Conference of Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai held in Tokyo, May 30-3l, l992.

"Survey on the cultural component of Language Teaching" presented at the HATJ

Conference in Honolulu, March l992. "A Report on the First In-Service Teacher Training at the Japan Foundation International

Japanese Language Institute," at the HATJ Conference, Honolulu, March, 1990. "The Association Method of Teaching/Learning Hiragana," presented at the HALT

International Conference, Honolulu, March 17, 1990. "Speaking on Teaching for Proficiency--Features of Real-World Language Use" at the

HATJ Workshop at University of Hawai‘i, March 1988. "Internationalization of Business Education through Foreign Language and Culture

Studies," presented at the Conference on the Internationalization of Higher Education, sponsored by the Pacific Region Association for Higher Education, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, August 1987.

"Language Teaching Strategies: A Proficiency-Oriented Perspective in Japanese," on the

panel "Foreign Language Education," International Conference on Cross-Cultural Communication: East and West, Seoul, Korea August 7-10, 1985.

"Language for Travel Industry Managers, " (with Susan Iwamura) presented at the

Second Conference on Foreign Languages for Business and the Professions, April 1984, Michigan.

"Japanese for Specific Purposes," presented at the AAS Conference, March 1983, San

Francisco. "A New Curriculum Design in Japanese for Travel Industry Management Majors,"

presented at Applied Language Study, an International Conference, February 1983, Oklahoma.

"Precedence Hierarchy in Cross-Cultural Variables of Honorific Expressions," (with Ho-

min Sohn) presented at the Linguistic Society of America conference, December 1982, San Diego.

"Curriculum Development Procedures: Theory and Application to a Tourism-Oriented

Japanese Course," presented at the NAAPAE Conference, April 1981, Honolulu. "Classroom Management: A Hidden Curriculum," read at the HATJ Conference in

Honolulu, 1981.

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"Language Study for Career," presented at the HATJ Conference in Honolulu, 1981. Memberships in Professional Organizations: • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (retired in 2010) • American Educational Research Association (retired) • Association for Asian Studies (retired) • Association of Teachers of Japanese (retired) • National Council of Teachers of Japanese Language • Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers

• Hawai‘i Association of Teachers of Japanese

• The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (Japan) (retired in 2010) • Academic Alliance in Hawaiian and Foreign Languages and Literatures (the

organization - discontinued)

Service Activities at the University of Hawai‘i 1. EALL Executive Committee Member, 11981-82. 2. EALL Personnel Committee Member, 1981-82. 3. EALL Coordinator for Japanese Undergraduate Program, 1981-82. 4. Task Force member for Japanese Curriculum Committee, 1981-82. 5. Ad Hoc Committee Member in Faculty Merit Awards, 1981. 6. Course Coordinator for Japanese 105. 7. Faculty Senate Member of the College of Arts and Sciences (three times elected since

last promotion, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-88. 8. College of Arts and Sciences Nomination Committee Member, 1984. 9. Lecturer at Japanese language teachers workshop on: Alternative Resources to

Teaching Japanese," sponsored by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies Program, Outreach Program, October 1982.

10. Workshop on language study entitled "Survival Japanese," sponsored by CAPS. 11. Workshop for high school teachers on Okinawan language, culture and geography,

sponsored by CAPS. 12. EALL Department Seminar Lecturer, 1982. 13. Guest lecturer for the class Japanese 475, The Sociolinguistics of Japanese (Professor

Reynolds) 1985. 14. Course coordinator for Japanese 202, Fall 1988, Spring 1989. 15. Ad-hoc committee on Second Language Curriculum Center, September 1988. 16. Advisory Committee member on Second Language Teaching and Curriculum Center,

March 1989, and 1990-93. 17. Member, Board of Education Task Force on the Study of Second Languages, 1989.

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18. Member, Curriculum Committee for the Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction. 19. Member, Personnel Committee for the Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction. 20. Chair, Council of Teacher Education for Hawaiian and Foreign Languages (1991-93). 21. 2l. Member, Testing Committee, National Foreign Language Resource Center at

UH; activities to work on Role Play Cards (Asian Set) and OPI videotape production. 22. Evaluator of experimental JPN 101-102 Courses implemented in Fall 1992 for

Japanese Program at UH, Hilo campus. 23. EALL Personnel Committee Member, 1993-94. 24. EALL Curriculum Sub-Committee I Member, 1993-94. 25. Presentation of "New Course Proposal JPN 730T: Teaching Practicum," at the

Graduate Forum for Applied Linguistics in Japanese, Spring 1994. 26. EALL Department Seminar lecturer, Fall l994. 27. EALL Department Seminar lecturer, Spring 95. 28. EALL Personnel Committee member, l995-96. 29. EALL Curriculum Committee member, l995-96. 30. Co-Chair (with Dr. Austin Dias), Council of Teacher Education for Hawaiian and

Foreign Languages (l995-96). 31. EALL Japanese 101 course coordinator, Spring l997. 32. EALL Personnel Committee member, l996-97. 33. EALL Curriculum Committee member, l996-97. 34. EALL Department Seminar Presentation on the Fall l996 Teaching Practicum Process,

Spring l997 (with four participants). 35. EALL Performance-Based Testing Task Force member, l997-98. 36. EALL Curriculum Committee member, l997-98. 1998-99. 37. EALL Personnel Sub-Committee member, l997-98. 38. Co-Chair (with Dr. Austin Dias), Council of Teacher Education for Hawaiian and

Foreign Languages (l997-98), (1998-99), (l999-2000). 39. Coordinator of OPI workshops for EALL members, February, l998. 40. Lecturer, "SOPI and OPI and their implications for teaching," for EALL members,

February 24, l998. 41. Conducted two-week Japanese language teacher-training workshop for a group of 30

students from Kyorin University, Japan, July 27-August 7, l998, through the UH Outreach College. (The Second Kyorin workshop for a group of 10, was conducted during July 99)

42. EALL Japanese Section Head, August 1998-May 99. 43. EALL Department Seminar Presentation on the Fall 1998 Teaching Practicum on the

Japanese National Standards and Implementation Process. (with four participants) Feb. 4, 1999.

44. EALL Curriculum Committee member, Academic year 1999-2000. 45. Co-coordinators of the workshop on the Japanese National Standards for the

departmental members. Professor Tohsaku was invited as Speaker. May, 1999. 46. Sub-Committee Member to Develop New 3-Credit Conversational Courses (J101-

202) for JCC. February-May 2000. 47. Presented her research results on "Japan’s Monbusho Policy on Japanese Language

Education for Foreign-Born Students" with Kazutoh Ishida at the Center for Japanese Studies Seminar on November 3, 2000.

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48. EALL Personnel Committee member, 2002-3. 49. EALL Curriculum Committee member, 2002-3. 50. EALL Chair's Advisory Committee member, 2002-3. 51. Presented "Cyber Friends Project in the Japanese 101 Context," by the Fall 2002 JPN

620 Practicum group (Ikeda, Lanz, Sugawara, Toth, Yonekura with Hijirida at EALL's Brownbag Seminar, Feb. 18, 2003.

52. Served as a panelist for the UHM faculty Mentoring Program summer Series 2004, “Bird’s Eye View of a Dossier”- what do the DPC and the TPRC see and what do they look for in a dossier”” held on June 16, 2004. Again served for the similar program as a panelist on May 20. 2005.

53. Served as a member of LLL Research Committee (RTRF) appointed by Dean, LLL. 2004-2006.

54. EALL, Personnel Sub Committee member, 2005-2006. 55. EALL, Personnel Committee member, 2006-2007. 56. Discussion panel on “Okinawa’s Challenges in the 21st Century,” by the UHM Center

for Japanese Studies, April 11, 2007. 57. EALL, Personnel Sub committee member, 2008-2009. 58. EALL, Japan Culture Day – prepared & presented Okinawan Dances and Songs with

the students of JPN 471, Okinawa Language and Culture. Oct. 2006 - 2008. Oct. 2009. 59. Personnel Subcommittee Member, 2009-2--10. 60. Coordinating and conducting "Monthly Lecture Series," from the Center for

Okinawan Studies, (as the Center Director), October 2009 - April 2010. 61. Presented "Developing Website Materials: Aloha Uchinaaguchi & Champuruu

Handbook," with Tomoko Oshiro for the 'Monthly Lecture Series' by the Center for Okinawan Studies. March 18, 2010 at the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium.

Lectures and Other Professional Services to the Community 1. Guest Panelist for Japanese Language Education Foundation on Radio KOHO to

discuss Japanese curriculum for community Japanese schools, 1982. 2. Guest speaker for Japanese Language Education Foundation at Radio KZOO,

February 1983. 3. Guest speaker for graduation ceremony at McCully Japanese School, June 1983. 4. Staff assistant for DOE Total Immersion Institute for Japanese language teachers,

August 1983. 5. Guest speaker for graduation ceremony at Manoa Japanese Language School, June

1984. 6. Reviewer for publications for Cultural Resource Materials Guide, August 1984.

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7. Director of the DOE six-day Total Immersion Institute for Japanese Language Teachers, August 1984 (one week).

8. Consultant for material development for upper level afternoon school programs for

Hawai‘i Kyoiku Kai, January 1985.

9. Featured speaker at a leadership Training workshop for the United Okinawan Association. Topic: Japanese Language and Culture, July 1988.

10. Lecturer at teachers' study-tour group at UH, July 1988. 11. Guest speaker at Gajimaru Kai's year-end meeting. Topic: Ningen Keisei to Nihongo

Kyoiku (Human Development and Japanese Language Education), December 1988. 12. Lecturer for the Center for Asian-Pacific Exchange, Nov. 1989, Dec. 2, 1990 and Nov.

1993. 13. Consultant for the East-West Center CTAPS (Consortium for Teaching Asian and

Pacific Studies in Schools) Secondary Japanese Language Teachers' Program in Japan, supported by US Japan Foundation and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Education, April 1994-March l995.

14. Guest speaker at Gajimaru Kai's year-end meeting. Topic: Nihon no gakkoo ni okeru

gaikokujin shijo nihongo kyooiku (Japanese language education for foreign born in the Japanese school system), November 25, 1994.

15. Judge for Japanese Speech Contest for JAIMS (Japan-America Institute of

Management Science), July 21, 1995. 16. Member, invited to participate in a national conference to discuss the National

Standard for Japanese language education (k-12), at the Japan Foundation, Santa Monica, California, April 14-15, l995.

17. Consultant for "Japanese Language Teacher Initiative Program," conducted by CTAPS at the East-West Center, funded by the US Japan Foundation and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Education, June 1995-March 1996. (Reappointed)

18. Consultant and Tester of OPI, Kapiolani Community College, Office of the

Community Extension Program (work for Louis Vuitton, Hawai‘i), March, April l996. 19. Reader of a manuscript for Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese.

November l996.

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20. Moderator for the Session "Language and Perception" at the First College-Wide Conference for Students in Language, Linguistics and Literature (LLL). March 15, l997.

21. A Selection Committee for "HALT Excellence in Teaching Award" co-sponsored by

HALT and the Honolulu Advertiser in March l997. 22. Oral tester for the Level 4 group at the Japanese Speech Contest for World Language

Festival, DOE-Punahou School, Punahou, April l2, l997. 23. A Selection Committee for "HALT Excellence in Teaching Award" co-sponsored by

HALT and the Honolulu Advertiser in March l998. 24. Observer/Commentator on the Kenshukai (Teacher Development workshop) for state-

wide Japanese language school teachers, sponsored by the Hawai'i Kyoiku Kai. March, l998.

25. Observer/Commentator on the Kenshukai (Teacher Development Workshop) for

state-wide Japanese language school teachers, sponsored by the Hawai‘i Kyoiku Kai. February 15, 1999.

26. Observer/Commentator on the Kenshukai (Teacher Development Workshop) for

state-wide Japanese language school teachers, sponsored by the Hawai‘i Kyoiku Kai. February 21, 2000.

27. As an Advisory Committee member for the Japan Foundation at Los Angeles,

participated in language program assessment meeting for funding program. January 21, 2000.

28. Presentation of " Hawai‘i and Okinawan Cultural Karuta," made to the Gajimarukai

members at Central YMCA on January 6, 2001. 29. Observer for state-wide Japanese language school teachers, sponsored by the Hawai‘i

Kyoiku Kai. February 21, 2000, also in 2001, 2002, and in 2003. She made a presentation on” Learning Style” at sheraton Waikiki Hotel on February 18, 2003.

30. Consultant for the East-West Center CTAPS (Consortium for Teaching Asian and

Pacific Studies in Schools) K-12 Asian Languages and Social Studies Teachers' Program (for Developing Teaching Portfolio, Lesson Units, and Assessment Portfolio), supported by CTAPS and NRCEA (National Resource Center for East Asian Areas at UH), June 10-18, 2001.

31. Invited guest speaker. Presented the “Guidelines for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign

Language in the Us” as the invited speaker for members of Mokuyoo Gosankai, a community group in Honolulu, on February 20, 2003.

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32. Appointment of Advisor for the Hawaii Kyoiku Kai. February 12, 2005-2007. 33. Invited by the DOE to participate in the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards

III forum, February 23-24, 2005 at Hawaii Convention Center, to review the newly-revised World Languages’ Standards for both elementary and secondary schools.

34. Invited as a guest on Radio Station FM21 (Naha) with Professor Moriyo

Shimabukuro of the University of the Ryukyus in a one-hour program, “Community Resources Hour,” April, 2008 during the spring 2008 sabbatical.

35. Invited commentator at the Annual Teachers Workshop for the Hawaii Kyoiku Kai, at Waikiki Regent Hotel, Febrarty 15, 2008 -2009. 36. As the collaboration effort with the University of the Ryukyus, Kyoko participated in the KZOO's community program to present the recent progress of collaboration with the University of the Ryukyus and others, with Professors Masahide Ishihara and Joyce Chinen of the University of West Oahu, on Feb. 7, 2010 at KZOO Broadcast Station in Honolulu. 37. Visited the University of the Ryukyus as a director of the Center for Okinawan Studies, and participated in preparation discussions for a forthcoming collaboration workshop on Okinawan studies in Hawaii during Jan 4-9, 2011. 38. Appointed as the instructor (volunteer) for the monthly Uchinaaguchi Class at the Hawaii-Okinawa Culture Center in Waipahu since April 2009. - Post-Retirement Record For Kyoko Hijirida - Address: 1105 Palekaiko Street Pearl City, Hawaii 96782 Phone: (808)-455-8736

* Retired from University of Hawaii at Manoa May 31, 2010

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* Approved by the UH Administration during November 2010 to the status of: Professor Emeritus with University of Haawai’i at Manoa. November 2010 – present * Nominated and Awarded by the Japaneses Government: Zuiho Chuju Sho, the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, on November. 3, 2011. * Conference Presentation: Presented: “Hawaii-Okinawa Kenkei Komyunitii ni okeru Okinawa-go Keishoo nit suite,” [Revitalization efforts of the Okinawan language at the HUOA Okinawan Language Classroom in the Hawaii-Okinawan Communities in Hawaii], Sept. 17, 2014 in Okinawa. * Publication:

Books: Hijirida, Kyoko and Tomoko Oshiro (2011) Introduction to Okinaan Culture. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Articles:

Kyoko Hijirida, “Revitalization efforts of the Okinawan language at the HUOA Okinawan Language Classroom in the Hawaii-Okinawan Communities in Hawaii” in the Conference Proceedings, supported by Foundation for endangered Languages, Sept. 17, 2014 in Okinawa. Kyoko Hijirida, “Kiki Gengo Zaidan Dai 18-kai Taikai ni Shusseki Shite, “ In the Hawaii Pacific Press, Nov. 1 and Nov. 15 issues of the year 2014, Honolulu, HI. Services: Volunteer Instructor, HUOA Uchinaaguchi Class at the Hawaii Okinawa Culture Center, Since 2009. To continue to serve as a Commentator of its Annual Teachers Workshop for the Hawaii Kyoiku Kai, Private Japanese Language Schools’ state-wide organization in Hawaii. President, Gajimaru-Kai May 2015 – Present

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