| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |