Tomoko Iwai
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Instructor, Japanese LanguageLincoln Annex 2, Room 8 Phone: (808) 956-2088 |
Educational Background
B.A.: Carleton College, History, 1979
M.A.: University of Hawaii at Manoa, EALL, 1996
Ph.D: University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2010
Research Areas
Language pedagogy
Second Language Acquisition
Pragmatics
Textbook
Haig, J., T. Iwai, D. Yoshimi, & Y. Wada. (2002). Japanese for Oral Communication, an unpublished textbook currently used in the oral communication track in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.
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Online Publications
Iwai, T. (2007). “Becoming a good conversationalist: Pragmatic development of JFL learners.” In D. R. Yoshimi & H. Wang (Eds.), Selected Papers from Pragmatics in the CJK Classroom: The State of the Art. Honolulu: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/CJKProceedings.
Iwai, T., K. Kondo, D. J. Lim, G. E. Ray, H. Shimizu, & J. D. Brown. (1999). Japanese Language Needs Analysis 1998-1999 (NFLRC NetWork #13). Honolulu: Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii.
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Conference & Workshop Presentations
“Development of conversational competence among L2 Japanese learners.” Paper to be presented at the 2005 ATJ Seminar. Chicago, March 29, 2005.
“Development of conversational competence in L2 Japanese learners.” Paper presented in a colloquium “Developing a versatile notions of diversity in JFL classroom,” at Cultural Diversity and Language Education Conference. Honolulu, September 19, 2004.
“Teaching conversational competence in Japanese.” Guest lecturer at 2004 Japanese Summer Workshop, “Incorporating pragmatics into the beginning level JFL curriculum,” cosponsored by Center for Japanese Studies and National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawai‘i, August 10, 2004.
“Personal Story: why and how to teach it.” Brown Bag co-presentation at Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. April 18, 2002.
“Japanese for Oral Communication: new approach to Japanese language and culture.” Brown-Bag co-presentation at Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. March 21, 2002.
“Tell me about it: Teaching extended discourse in Japanese.” Co-presentation with Dina Yoshimi at HALT Conference, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, March 17, 2001.
“Japanese dinner conversation: socialization of older children.” Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2001 Annual Convention. St. Louis, February 27, 2001.
“Acquisition of discourse marker n desu by JFL learners.” Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2000 Annual Convention. Vancouver, Canada, March 14, 2000.
“Natural conversation as a model for language instruction.” Paper presented at 19th annual Second Language Research Forum , Honolulu, Hawaii, October 16, 1998.
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