Education
My undergraduate degree is in French, from the University of California at Santa Barbara. My M.A. is in English, with a specialty in TESOL, from San Francisco State University. Both are great programs in lovely cities with interesting people!
Presentations
I have presented papers in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, the UK, the US, and the Netherlands, at conferences of the following organizations:
- Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT)
- Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
- Korea TESOL (KoTESOL)
- Thailand TESOL (ThaiTESOL)
- English Teachers Association of the Republic of China (ETAROC)
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT)
Papers
My current research concerns the training of Japanese secondary teachers of English. I am especially interested in their pedagogical beliefs and dilemmas. Relevant papers are:
(1999). Preservice requirements in Hokkaido. Japan Association for Language Teaching Hokkaido Chapter 1999 Proceedings. (61 - 66).
(2000). A pre-service teacher's retrospective verbalization of an EFL practicum lesson. Hokkai Gakuen University Studies in Culture, 16, 63 - 102.
(2001). The power of beliefs in the pre-service practice. The ThaiTESOL Bulletin, 14(2), 1-8.
(2002). Three dilemmas of three Japanese EFL teacher candidates. The Selected Papers from the Eleventh International Symposium on English Teaching / Fourth Pan-Asian Conference , Vol 2. (CD-ROM), p. 284 - 292. Taipei: Crane.
(2003). Time management beliefs and dilemmas: Secondary English teacher candidates in Japan. Hokkai Gakuen University Studies in Culture, 23/24, p.149-172.
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Last revised: October 29, 2004