Dr Reiko Yoshida

Reiko was awarded her PhD in 2008. For her PhD study, she examined corrective feedback and learners' private speech in Japanese language classes. During her PhD, she published articles in several internationally refereed journals. Her book based on her PhD study 'Learners in Japanese Language Classrooms: Overt and Covert Participation' was published in 2009. She taught Japanese language at  different levels at two universities in Australia.

She joined the University of South Australia in 2010 and has been coordinating and teaching Japanese courses from beginners to intermediate levels including Japanese In-Country course. Her teaching philosopy and approach are to develop learners' autonomy for Japanese language learning, by providing the learners appropriate scaffolding and giving them opportunities to find correct answers on their own.

She has been researching Japanese language learners' self-concepts in relation to their beliefs about language learning and motivation since 2010. Findings in the research has been published in journal articles as book chapters.Her research interests includes classroom interactions, learners' beliefs about language learning, motivation, second-language self-concept, and interculturality.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy University of New South Wales

• Master of Arts Monash University

• Master of Arts University of Technology, Sydney

• Graduate Diploma in Japanese Language Teaching University of Technology, Sydney