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CONTACT KYOKO KOBAYASHI HILLMAN

TEACHING 8015 Mandan Rd. #304, Greenbelt, MD 20770 USA
EXPERIENCE Cell Phone (301)741-2736

E-mail: [email protected]

Hokkaido International Foundation, Hakodate, Japan.
Summer courses in Japanese.

Visiting Lecturer.
-Responsible for high-advanced level Japanese course.

June – August, 1999.
-Responsible for advanced level Japanese course.

June – August, 2012
June – August, 2011
June – August, 2005
-Co-responsible for student selection and special project work.
March – August,2006

Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan.
Japanese Language Instructor. September 2007 – July 2009
-Responsible for coordinating and teaching elementary and
intermediate level Japanese courses.

Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, Canada.
David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication.

Japanese Language Instructor. January - December, 2005.
-Responsible for special courses such as “Introductory Japanese for
Chinese Speakers” and “Learning Japanese from Movies.”
-Responsible for teaching Japanese to a group of Canadian students
preparing for a one-year corporate internship through Japan
External Trade Organization (JETRO)’s Coop Japan program.

Shenyang Aerospace Mitsubishi Motors Engine Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd., Shenyang, China.

Japanese Language Instructor. August – November, 2003.
Responsible for teaching Japanese to a group of Chinese executives

Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
International Student Center.
Associate Professor. 2000 - 2001.
Responsible for all levels of Japanese language courses
including Japanese for special purposes.

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EDUCATION KYOKO KOBAYASHI HILLMAN (page 2)

International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan.
Center for Japanese Education.
Summer Courses in Japanese.
Visiting Lecturer. July – August, 2000.
July – August, 1998.
Responsible for teaching elementary and intermediate level
Japanese courses.

The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Visiting Lecturer. 1997 - 2000
- Responsible for all levels of Japanese language courses.
- Co-responsible for business administration for the Japanese
language program.
- Co-organized the annual Japanese speech contest and the first
Asian film festival.

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Department of Asian Languages and Literature.
Teaching Assistant. 1996 - 1997.

Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Department of Japanese.
Native Speaker/Teaching Assistant. 1993 – 1994.
- Taught 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year Japanese.
- Lived in a language house, the “Japan House,” with students who
were studying Japanese.
- Supervised students’ Japanese language and cultural activities at
the “Japan House.”

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Second Language Acquisition PhD Program.
Graduate student. January, 2013 - Present.

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
M.A. in Asian Civilization; Teaching Japanese as a Foreign
Language. August, 1997.

MA thesis: “Teacher’s Language Use in First-year Japanese.”
This thesis provides a qualitative analysis of a teacher’s use of
English in the Japanese language classes of a university. This
study explores how Japanese language teachers should maximize
students’ exposure to the Japanese language while using the
students’ first language, English as a mediating tool.

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RELATED KYOKO KOBAYASHI HILLMAN (page 3)
EDUCATION
University of Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Japan.
GRANTS Bachelor of Sociology. March, 1989.

Brave Chinese Language Training Center, Shenyang International Science
and Technology Institute, Shenyang, China. December 2002 – August 2003.

- Enrolled in intermediate Chinese language courses.

National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Foreign Service Institute,
Arlington, Virginia. September – October, 2001.

- Enrolled in FAST Chinese language course.

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Tester Training Workshop, Dallas, Texas.
November, 1999.

- Obtained a full certification as a Tester of Japanese language.
June, 2001.

Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, Georgia.
Japanese Language Teacher Training Workshop.
Coordinator: Dr. Seiichi Makino, Princeton University.
- Studied basic Japanese pedagogy of the Proficiency Approach.
The course included teaching four skills in class, homework,
peer teaching and term paper. July – August, 1993.

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Research title: “Comprehensive Research for Japanese Public
Speaking and its Pedagogy” October, 2010.

University Fellowships/May Seminars --- Pedagogical Grants,
The College of William and Mary

Developed the first part of an interactive multimedia program
called “Nihongo Partner” which provides more opportunities
where students of Japanese language can practice their newly
acquired skills outside of the classroom. May, 1999.

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KYOKO KOBAYASHI HILLMAN (page 4)

PUBLICATIONS Components and Development Patterns of Japanese Shikiji Speeches:
PRESENTATIONS Characteristics of One Genre in Japanese Public Speaking
Co-authored with Nozomi Fukasawa
Joural of Technical Japanese Education, Vol.14,
The Society for Technical Japanese Education. December 2012.

Report on teaching oral presentation skills in Japanese textbooks:
Basic research for establishing the pedagogy for Japanese public speaking
Co-authored with Nozomi Fukasawa
In Research Bulletin, Vol.14, International Student Center,
Kanazawa University. March 2011.

Introduction to Academic Presentations: The First Step for Japanese
Language Learners and Japanese Students (Textbook)
Co-authored with Kanae Miura, Takao Okazawa, and Nozomi Fukasawa
Hitsuji Syobo Publishing. December 2006.

The significance of international exchange based on exchange agreements
with schools overseas and its weakness: The case of Kanazawa University
In Research Bulletin, Vol.5, International Student Center,
Kanazawa University. March 2002.

Japanese language education overseas: Report on the College of William
and Mary
In Research Bulletin, Vol.4, International Student Center,
Kanazawa University. March 2001.

How Japanese language learners at non-elementary levels create long
speech acts: a qualitative analysis
In Research Bulletin, Vol.4, International Student Center,
Kanazawa University. March 2001.

How students’ composition shifted from simple sentences to complex
sentences: a comparison between the first and the eighth compositions.
In Bulletin of the ICU Summer Courses in Japanese, Vol.15,
International Christian University. December, 1998.

International Conference on Japanese Language Education at Nagoya, Japan.
August, 2012.

Poster-Presentation on “Characteristics of Address Speech in Japanese
as a Genre in Public Speaking”
(co-presented with Nozomi Fukasawa).

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KYOKO KOBAYASHI HILLMAN (page 5)

The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language,
Tokyo International University, Saitama, Japan. May, 2011.

Presented “Structure of Business (Address) Speech in Japanese:
One Genre in Japanese Public Speaking”
(co-present with Nozomi Fukasawa).

International Conference on Japanese Language Education at Taipei, Taiwan.
July, 2010.

Presented “Characteristics of Address Speech in Japanese
as a Genre in Public Speaking”
(co-presented with Nozomi Fukasawa).

Japanese Studies Association of Australia- International Conference on
Japanese Language Education at Sydney, Australia. July, 2009.

Presented “Characteristics of Business Speech in Japanese and its
Application Possibility to the Japanese Language Education”
(co-authored with Nozomi Fukasawa).

National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Foreign Service Institute,
Yokohama Field School. Yokohama, Japan. April, 2007.

Presented “Introduction to Academic Presentations”
(co-presented with Nozomi Fukasawa).

The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Kanazawa
University at Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. Fall, 2005.

Poster presentation on “Research and Development of an
Introductory Textbook on Academic Presentations for Japanese
Language Learners”
(co-presented with Kanae Miura and Nozomi Fukasawa).

Course for comparative culture between China and Japan at Northeastern
University at Shenyang, China. November, 2002

Taught 3 day lectures on Japanese people’s concept of Uchi and Soto.

Workshop at Foreign Language Institute, Kanazawa University
at Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. July, 2001

Presented “Foreign language education at the College of William
and Mary.”

Program for the Basic Japanese Language Education at Ishikawa Japanese
Studies Center, Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange
at Kanazawa, Ishikawa. November, 2000.

Taught two day lectures on Japanese pedagogy and assessment.

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LANGUAGES KYOKO KOBAYASHI HILLMAN (page 6)
MEMBERSHIP
Southeast Association of Teachers of Japanese at Wakeforest University at
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. March, 1999.

Presented “How students’ composition shifted from simple
sentences to complex sentences: a comparison between the first and
the eighth compositions.”

Native speaker of Japanese; Fluent in English;
Basic knowledge of Mandarin Chinese.

The Society for Teaching Japanese As A Foreign Language
(Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai)
The Society of Technical Japanese Education
(Senmon Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai)

References available upon request.

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