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Mayumi Oka, Lecturer IV, Japanese Language, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Japanese as a second language; pedegogy; language acquisition; to enhance reading comprehension of Japanese; to improve rapid reading skills of Japanese

EDUCATION:

  • MA, Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, 1985
  • BA, French Literature, Chuo University, Tokyo, 1975

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

  • "Rapid Reading Japanese: Improving Reading Skills of Intermediate and Advanced Students," Japan Times, 13th printing, 2004
  • English-Japanese Bilingual Dictionary of Metaphorical Expressions, Co-authored by Seiichi Makino, Kuroshio Shuppan, 2003
  • "To Enhance Students' Appreciation and Comprehension about Japanese Modern Poems Based on the Practice of Japanese Metaphorical Expressions," Proceedings of Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, 2000
  • "Curriculum Design: Speed Reading in Japanese for Foreign Students," Proceedings of Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, 1994
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