Recent Professional Development: Yoshiko Okuyama

Chronology of Education

  • Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), University of Arizona, 2000
  • MA, Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), University of Arizona, 1994
  • BA, American Literature, Toyo University, Japan, 1985

Teaching Experience at UH Hilo

Year Teaching
2001-present Assistant Professor of Japanese and Linguistics, Department of Languages, Humanities Division
1998-2001 Full-time instructor of Japanese and Linguistics, Department of Languages, Humanities Division

Recent Honors and Awards

Year Honor/Award
2006 Research Relations Fund, The University of Hawaii
2003 Competent Toastmaster (CTM) Award from Toastmasters International
2002 Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
2002 Seed Money Grant, The University of Hawaii
2002 Educational Improvement Fund, The University of Hawaii
2001 Assessment Grant, The University of Hawaii at Hilo
2000 Educational Improvement Fund, The University of Hawaii
1999 Faculty Research Travel Award, The University of Hawaii

Publications

Year Publication
2006 Immersed vs. Instructed Bilingualism. (manuscript submitted for) Japanese Association of Second Language Acquisition.
2006 Self-Determination in Adolescent Bilingualism. Academic Exchange Quarters. Academic Exchange Quarterly, Volume 10(1).
2005 Learner Autonomy via WebCT. (manuscript submitted for) Foreign Language Annals.
2005 CALL Vocabulary Learning in Japanese: Does Romaji help beginners learn more words? (in press) The CALICO Journal, 24(2).
2005 Distance Language Learning via Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (SCMC): Eight Factors Affecting NS-NNS Chat Interaction. The JALT CALL Journal, 1(2).
2002 Re-energizing, fulfilling, inspiring teacher's retreat in the park, Hawaii Tribune-Herald, October 27th
2002 CALICO Software Review: TileTag for Kana (Version 1.02)/TileSet Creater for TileTag (Version 1.0), The CALICO Software Review
2001 The teaching of culture in the language classroom. Ka Lono Hanakahi. University of Hawaii at Hilo.
1999 Review of Smart Start Japanese 1.01. The CALICO Journal, 17 (1), 168-178.

Scholarly Presentations

Year Presentation
2005 “Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication between Native and Non Native Speakers of Japanese” JALT-CALL Conference, June 3-6, Shiga, Japan
2004 “Learner Autonomy via WebCT” Annual Convention of American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages, Chicago, IL, November
2004 “Tracking Technologies and L2 Learner Behaviors in CALL” International Online Conference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research, September 25th-26th.
2003 "Learner Strategies Training: How long is good enough?"
The Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), October 16th â€"19th
2002 "The Merits of 'Native Speakers' in the Japanese Classroom" (poster presentation) The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), March 25th â€"29th
1999 "The Role of Sound in Japanese CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning)" The 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA '99)
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 1st â€"6th