VITA

Masako O. Douglas              

Affiliation: Department of Asian-Asian American Studies, California State            University Long Beach

Address: 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach CA 90840-1002

Telephone: 562-985-4645 (Dept.)

e-mail: mdouglas@csulb.edu

EDUCATION  

1992

 Ph.D. University of Southern California, School of  Education.  

1985

M.A.  Australian National University, Applied  Linguistics.  Major Program: Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language.  

1980

M.A.  Kobe City University of Foreign  Studies, Russian Language   and  Culture.  Major Program: Russian Linguistics

1977

B.A.  Kobe City University of Foreign   Studies, Russian Language and  Culture.

                 

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 

PRESENTATIONS  

October 2000 

Development of Japanese and English languages in young learners of  Japanese as a heritage language: connection between school and home. Workshop at Kodomo no Ie   preschool/Saturday Japanese language school

October 2000

Utilization of the technology in teaching  Japanese at UCLA: JWPce as a tool to learn kanji and vocabulary. Pre-conference, 10th Japanese –Korean Linguistic Conference.  University of California, Los Angeles.  

October 2000

 Curriculum for heritage Japanese learners: design and   measurement of its effectiveness: college level and young learners. Symposium on Japanese language education and  research. WCAAS (Western Conference of Association of  Asian Studies.

April 2000

Development of Web-based Kana exercised for Young Learners of Japanese as a Heritage or Foreign Language.  Teachers of Japanese in Southern California, Spring Workshop.  

March 2000  

 Development of Web-based Japanese placement test.  2000 Language Testing Research Colloquium. Vancouver, Canada. Poster session jointly presented with Greg Kamei and Yasuyo Sawaki.

November 1999  

Language across the curriculum: A case study to apply     Adjunct Model of content-based instruction to Japanese   content course (Introduction to Japanese Linguistics). Paper jointly presented with Masako Tamanaha and Shoichi Iwasaki at the Fall workshop, Teachers of Japanese in Southern California.

October 1999

Curriculum design for heritage learners at kindergarten level: A pilot study at a Saturday Japanese school. National  Conference on Heritage Languages in America.  Long  Beach, California. Jointly presented with Tamayo Harada in poster session.  

August 1999

Individualized learning utilizing the Internet and JWPce computer program: A case study of heritage Japanese       language learners.  Computer Assisted System for Teaching  and Learning/Japanese.  University of Toronto.  

May 1999

How to learn/teach kanji effectively: utilization of a     computer program in kanji study. Workshop “Utilization of Technology for Effective Teaching and  Learning Kanji”.   University of California, Los Angeles.  

May, 1999

 Computer-based language placement testing in Japanese.  Symposium on Language Assessment for Placement and Diagnosis in the University Context.  SCALAR Annual Conference. University of California, Los Angels.

April 1998

 “Communicative Activities: Revisit”.  Teachers of Japanese  in Southern California, Spring  Workshop.  

April 1998  

Curriculum Analysis: An Example of the First Year     Japanese Program at UCLA. Paper was jointly presented with Nina Yoshida at the Teachers of Japanese in Southern California, Spring  Workshop 

May 1997

Teaching advanced learners how to sustain discourse successfully with a native speaker of Japanese in a formal setting: An interview situation.  Symposium on  Discourse and Context in  Language Teaching.  Foreign Language  Resource Program, UCLA.  

March 1997

 The Effect of  tasks  on Japanese language acquisition.  Association of Teachers of Japanese Annual Seminar,     Association of Asian Studies Conference. Chicago.

June  1996

Project work at UCLA: A case study at the third and fourth year  level.  Paper was jointly presented with Noriko Akatsuka at the 10th New England Japanese Pedagogy  Workshop, Harvard University.     

November 1995

Project Work: An activity which connects a class room to a  real world,  Fall Conference, Teachers of Japanese in Southern California, November 5, Los Angeles.  

February 1995  

Teaching Culture Through Language,  Language Resource Program Symposium, University of California, Los Angeles.

October 1994 

A Theme-based Approach to Teaching Advanced Course: A Case Study, Western Conference of the Association of  Asian Studies, October 21-22, Claremont, California.   

Winter 1993 

Theme-Based course in 3rd Year Japanese: In-progress    report on designing a curriculum, Content-Based           Instruction in the Foreign  language Context, Language Resource Program Symposium, University California, Los Angeles.  

Fall 1993  

Kanji Learning Strategies.  Fall Conference, Teachers of Japanese in  Southern California.  

April 1993

Japanese Cloze Tests, Assessment in the Japanese          Classroom, California State University, Long Beach & Teachers of Japanese in Southern California.  

December 1990 

Effectiveness of Visual Aids and Natural  Approach,       Workshop was  offered as a part of Bilingual Methodology Course for ESL teachers, organized by De Neve & Associates.

PUBLICATION  

Douglas, M. O. (forthcoming). Teaching heritage language: Individualized learning. K. Nakajima (Ed.) Learning Japanese in the network.  

Douglas, M. O. (1999).

 Individualized learning utilizing the Internet and  JWPce computer program: A case study of heritage Japanese language learners.  Proceedings. Computer Assisted System for Teaching and Learning/Japanese. University of Toronto.  

Douglas, M.O. (1999).

 Intaa netto to konpyuutaa puroguramu (JWPce) o chuushin to shita kobetsu gakushuu koosu no ichi rei: nihongo keishoogo gakushuusha no    jissen shidou hookoku. [A case study of individualized learning utilizing the Internet and a computer program (JWPce): Heritage Japanese language learners.] Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education.  Newsletter. No.9. 2-5.  

Douglas, M. O. (1999).

Japanese Heritage Learners and Implication of  the Symposium Presentation by Guadalupe Valdes, “ The Problem of the 'Underdeveloped ‘ Code in Bilingual Repertoires: Pedagogical Implications”.  (Symposium was sponsored by Language Resource Program and Spanish-Portuguese Department at University of California, Los Angeles on January 29, 1999.)  Newsletter of the Teachers of  Japanese in Southern California, vol. 17, p. 5.  

Douglas, M. O. (1998).

A Practical Guide to Learning Kanji: For learners from an Alphabetic Background.  McGraw-Hill Co.  

Douglas, M. O.   (1996).

A Theme-based Approach: Curriculum Design for  Teaching an Advanced Course of Japanese as a Foreign Language. Japanese Language Education around the Globe, 6, pp.43-57.  

Douglas, M. O. (1994).

Japanese Cloze Tests: Toward Their Construction. Japanese Language  Education around the Globe, vol.4, pp.117-131,                    1994.  

Ogawa, M. (1985).

A Semantic Study of TOKI Constructions. Nihongo- gaku (Japanese Language Study), 4, pp.81-92. Tokyo: Meiji-shoin ublishing Co.  

UNPUBLISHED WORK

Dissertation

Ph.D. Dissertation: "Development of Orthography-related Reading/Writing Strategies by Learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language, 1992, University of Southern California.

Thesis

M.A. Thesis: "Semantics of TOKI Constructions: Concerning Time Relations When Two Events are Expressed in TOKI Constructions", 1984, Australian National University.

M.A. Thesis: "Funktsija Determinanta v Predladgenii (Functions of Determinant in a Sentence)", 1980, Kobe City University of  Foreign Studies.

Others

Douglas, M. O. 1998.  Computer Manuals for the Learners of Japanese at UCLA.

Douglas, M. O. 1997.  Manual for  the Teaching Assistants of the  2nd and 3rd year             Japanese   at UCLA.

Douglas, M. O. 1994.  Workbook for N. Mizutani’s  “Intermediate Japanese:                    Integrated Course, First Semester”.

Douglas, M. O. 1994.  Communication in Japanese: Functional and Socio-cultural   
              Approach. Intermediate level.

Douglas, M. O. 1994.  Advanced Japanese  100A: Workbook.

Douglas, M. O. 1994.  Advanced Japanese  100B: Workbook.

Douglas, M. O. 1994.  Advanced Japanese  100C: Workbook.

Douglas, M. O. (1993). Effectiveness of mnemonic devices  on Hiragana Learning.

Douglas, M. O. (1990). Role of Japanese language schools in Southern California.

Douglas, M. O. (1990). Program evaluation proposal.

Douglas, M. O. (1988). Quick Katakana (Mnemonic flash cards to learn Katakana    
        writing system).

Ogawa, M. (1982).  A Critique of a Japanese Textbook for Intermediate Level         
        Students: Integrated Spoken Japanese I.  

COURSES OFFERED AT CSULB

Japanese 201: Intermediate Japanese

COURSES OFFERED AT UCLA

Japanese 495: Methodology of Teaching Japanese as a Foreign language

Implementation of  an Adjunct Model  of  Foreign Language Across the Curriculum in Japanese 120, Introduction to Japanese Linguistics.

Japanese 15: Intermediate Reading and Writing for Japanese Heritage Speakers

Intermediate Modern Japanese (4-5-6)

Advanced Modern Japanese (100A-B-C)  

CREDENTIALS, CERTIFICATE & TRAINING

1999       Seminar: Getting acquainted and reacquainted with the Oral Proficiency Interview.  Department of Asian and Asian American Studies. California State University, Long Beach.

1988     ACTFL Oral Proficiency tester's four day work shop: ACTFL, Nov.                           1988.

1981      Japanese Teacher Training Certificate: YWCA, 1981.

 

1976      Teaching  Japanese as a Foreign Language, summer intensive          
                          training course: National Language Institute, Japan.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2000       Nominated to Luckman Distinguished Teacher Award by the         
                           Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of  
                           California, Los  Angeles

            1999       Nominated to Luckman Distinguished Teacher Award by the       
                           Department of East  Asian Languages and Cultures, University 
                           of  California, Los Angeles

1987-1992    Graduate Teaching Assistantship, East Asian Languages and    
                                 Cultures, University of Southern California.

1991-1992      Alan J. Watson Memorial Fund Scholarship, School of        
                                    Education, University of Southern California

            1988-1991      Merit Scholarship, School of Education, University of                                        Southern California.

1982-1984      Australian National University Scholarship, Australian         
                                    National University.

1983                Teaching Assistantship, Japanese Department, Australian      
                                    National University.

GRANT

2000                Development of web-based self-access tutorial programs in            
                        Japanese.  Dean’s Office and Office of Instructional Development.                             University of California, Los Angeles

2000                TJSC  (Teachers of Japanese in Southern California) Grant for the    
                        development of web-based katakana mnemonic cards and 
                        exercises for young learners of Japanese as a heritage or a foreign 
                        language.

1999                           Development of  Web-based language placement examination. Joint project of Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL, Japanese and Korean programs in East Asian Languages & Cultures at University of California, Los Angeles.  Funded by Dean’s office, University of California, Los Angeles.

1999                           TJSC  (Teachers of Japanese in Southern California) Grant for the workshop: Utilization of Technology for Effective Teaching and  Learning Kanji.

1998                Instructional  Improvement Program Grant, Office of Instructional   
                        Development, University of California, Los Angeles.  For a        
                        project “Japanese Language Across the Curriculum”.

1997                New Course Development Grant, Office of Instructional                    
                Development, University of California, Los Angeles.  For the 
                course  “Japanese 15: Intermediate Reading and Writing for 
                Japanese Heritage Speakers”.

1996                           Scope and Sequence: Analysis of the teaching plans of Elementary and Intermediate Japanese programs.  Funded by Foreign Language Resource Program. University of California, Los Angeles.

 PROJECTS

  2000-             Development of web-based self-access tutorial                             program for learners of  Japanese as a foreign language.

  2000-             Development of Web-based katakana mnemonic cards and  
                         exercises for young learners of Japanese as a heritage or a foreign 
                         language. (First set of the exercise was completed and uploaded 
                         to the web in August, 2000)

 1999-              Development of computer-based Japanese placement  test. . Joint                        project of Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL, Japanese                        and Korean programs in East Asian Languages & Cultures at           
                        University of California, Los Angeles.  Funded by Dean’s office,    
                        University of California, Los Angeles.  (Prototype test, a goal of the 
                        first year, was completed in April, 2000).

1996-1997           Working together in pursuit of excellence: Improved Articulation in                         Chinese and Japanese. Pasadena City College.

1996-                        “Scope and Sequence”  project. Curriculum analysis: 1st and 2nd      
                        year Japanese curriculum at UCLA.  Sponsored by Foreign                
                        Language Resource Program. UCLA.

OFFICES HELD

 1994-1995      President, Teachers of Japanese in Southern California.

1992-1993       Vice President, Teachers of Japanese in Southern California

 1989                Board member, Teachers of Japanese in Southern California.       
                         1990-1992.

CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP ORGANIZER

 May 1999              Workshop on Utilization of Technology for Effective Teaching 
                                and Learning Kanji. University of California, Los Angeles.

 November 1996     UCLA Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Symposium.        
                                Steering Committee member.

 November, 1994    Fall Conference, Teachers of Japanese in Southern California

April 9, 1995          Spring Conference, Teachers of Japanese in Southern              
                                California.

COMMITTEE WORK

1999-Present             Foreign Language Resources Committee, University of          
                                  California, Los Angeles.

1999-Present             National Association of Heritage Japanese Learners                                      Education

1997-1998                           Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant Proposal Committee at                                  University of California, Los Angeles

 COMMUNITY SERVICE

 May, 1999                 International Management Fellows Program, Center for          
                                   International and Business Research.  Panel member for      
                                   formal presentation: Japanese Track.

May, 1998                 International Management Fellows Program, Center for           
                                  International and Business Research.  Panel member for       
                                  formal presentation: Japanese Track.

 May 9, 1997             International Management Fellows Program, Center for        
                                  International and Business Research.  Panel member for        
                                  formal presentation: Japanese Track.

May 17, 1996            International Management Fellows Program, Center for                                          International and Business Research.  Panel member for       
                                  formal presentation: Japanese Track.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

 1999-to the present            National Council of Japanese Language Teachers

 1988-to the present            American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language 
                                            (USA).

1986-to the present            Association of Teachers of Japanese (USA)


1986-to the present            Teachers of Japanese in Southern California


1989-to the present            Teachers of English to Speakers of Other                                                Languages.


1976-1982                         Nihongo Kyooiku Gakkai (Society for the Teaching of     
                                          Japanese as a Foreign Language) (Japan).