Research Centre of Languages and Cultures
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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,... Read more
About me
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.
About me
About me
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
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2009 |
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Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
2
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2016 |
2
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Year | Output |
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2022 |
Open access
3
1
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2022 |
Open access
1
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2021 |
Open access
13
9
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2020 |
Open access
5
3
1
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2020 |
Open access
5
2
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2020 |
Open access
9
3
1
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2013 |
26
17
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2013 |
22
9
1
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2010 |
56
48
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2008 |
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2008 |
55
43
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2008 |
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2008 |
Open access
87
73
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Research
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Gunma University | JAPAN |
Rikkyo University | JAPAN |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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MemberApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2023 |
MemberJapanese Studies Association of Australia |
2023 |
MemberAmerican Association of Applied Linguistics |
2023 |
MemberApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2018 |
MemberJapanese Studies Association of Australia |
2018 |
MemberAssociation of Japanese Language Teaching (Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai), Japan |
2018 |
MemberAmerican Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages |
2018 |
MemberApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2017 |
MemberJapanese Studies Association of Australia |
2017 |
MemberAssociation of Japanese Language Teaching (Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai), Japan |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages |
2017 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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The role of semiosis and affordance in the suggestopedia language classroom | Completed |