<Areas of Specialization>
Pre and post-service English Teacher Education, Region-specific Teaching Material Development, L2 Pragmatics, Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Speech Acts, English Activities in Primary Education
<Recent Research Projects>
- Pre-service Teacher Education Built on Collaboration with Local Schools: Teaching Practicums at Home and Abroad; funded by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (No. 17653109)
- The Active Plan: A Project to Support the Local Elementary Schools in Iwate Prefecture for the Sustainable Future; funded by MEXT (The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology)
- CCUP: Cross-Cultural Understanding through Picture Books; funded by Japan Foundation Global Center for Partnership
- WPB: Working with Picture Books
<Research Related Websites>
- CCUP
- The Active Plan (Take it easy!)
- The Picture Book: Mrs. Tabata's Tsunami Picture Story
- Note: This book is in copyright. No reproduction of any part may take place in any form without the written permission of the authors: The author of the picture story show is Yoshi Tabata and its commentary and English translation was done by Tomoko Yamazaki.
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- The Picture Book(PDF)
- Materials on Tsunami Disaster Prevention provided by the Town of Taro in Miyako City
- How to do on-line library research(PDF)