Basic Information

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Yuko ABE


Title

Head, Japanese Language Program

Nationality

JAPAN

Research Fields, Keywords

Intercultural Education, Japanese Language Education, intercultural communication

Research Field

The educational effects brought by the interaction between international students and local community

Intercultural Communication in the Multicultural Community

Fostering Learner's Autonomy
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Academic Background (Graduate Level) 【 display / non-display 】

  • Ochanomizu University, Graduate School, Division of Comparative Culture

    Doctor's Course, 2016/03, Completed, JAPAN

  • University of Sheffield, Graduate School, Division of Education

    Master's Course, 1997/06, Completed, UNITED KINGDOM

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Degree Earned 【 display / non-display 】

  • Doctor (humanities), Intercultural Education, Ochanomizu University, 2016/03

  • MA, Master of Education, University of Sheffield, 1900/03

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Professional Career On-Campus 【 display / non-display 】

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Japanese Language Program, Head, Japanese Language Program, 2017/04 -

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Japanese Language Program, Professor, 2017/04 -

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Japanese Language Program, Associate Professor, 2004/04 - 2017/03

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External Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Akita International University Japanese Language Program, Professor, 2004/04 -

  • Akita Prefecture Office Secretarial, Administrative Staff, 2003/04 - 2004/03

  • Minnesota State University,Akita Japan Area Studies, Lecturer, 1997/09 - 2001/03

  • University of Cambridge Faculty of Oriental Studies, Lecturer, 1996/09 - 1997/08

  • Japan Foundation, Japanese language Institute, Adjunct Lecturer, 1994/09 - 1995/08

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Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Intercultural Education Society of Japan, 1996/04 - , JAPAN

  • Association of Japanese language Education, 1998/04 - , JAPAN

  • Association for Language and Cultural Education , 2017/02 - , JAPAN

  • Academic Japanese, 2014/04 - , JAPAN

  • Japan CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)Pedagogy Association, 2017/06 - , JAPAN

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Field of Expertise 【 display / non-display 】

  • Intercultural Education

  • Japanese language education

  • intercultural education

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Academic Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Japanese Language Training for Foreign Employees Expected by IT Companies: An Analysis Based on Interview Surveys, Japanese Language Education Methods , vol.31 (1) (p.28 - 29) , 2024/09, Miho Kuwana, Yuko Abe, Emi Machida

    Research paper (university, research institution), Multiple Authorship, Japanese

  • A Practical Report of Japanese-Language Training for Foreign Employees of an IT Company: Individual Goal Setting and Can-do List Creation Based on Interview Surveys, Japanese Language Education Methods, vol.30 (2) (p.72 - 73) , 2024/03, Yuko Abe, Emi Machida, Miho Arai

    Research paper (research society, symposium materials, etc.), Multiple Authorship, Japanese

  • Use of Analogy in the Development of Intercultural Competence, Philosophies, vol.4 (2) (p.25 - 28) , 2019/05, Yuko Abe

    DOI:doi:10.3390/philosophies4020025, Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Philosophy/Ethics, English

  • Designing Co-learning in Multicultural Class: An Attempt to Foster Collaboration between Universities in Akita, vol.90 (p.23 - 35) , 2018/09, Miki Hirata, Yuko Abe, Chiharu Shima

    Research paper (scientific journal), Multiple Authorship, Japanese

  • The attempt of fostering community supporters by students continuous cooperative activities with international students, Japanese students, and administrative officer , Academic Japanese Journal, vol.10 (p.18 - 26) , 2018/06, Yuko Abe

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Japanese

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • The Global Education Effect and Japan: Construction New Borders and Identification Practices, Routledge, 2020/03, Neriko Musha Doerr (Editor)

    Scholarly Book, Allotment Writing, English

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Joint Research Activities 【 display / non-display 】

  • Liberal Arts Curriculum in Cross-Disciplinary Perspective, 2006/05 - 2008/03, Collaboration within a University

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • The 40th Conference of the Intercultural Education Society of Japan, Domestic Conference, 2019/06, Creating a multilingual environment at a hotel in Akita through industry-government-academia collaboration, Oral Presentation (general)

  • 異文化間教育学会第39回大会, Domestic Conference, 2018/06, 留学生、日本人学生、地域社会の異文化交流による親密性の深化―ウチとソトの境界を流動的に捉え直すしかけづくり―, Oral Presentation (general)

  • The 2nd World Congress on Analogy, International Conference, 2017/05, Use of analogy in development of Intercultural communication competence, Oral Presentation (general)

  • BATJ, International Conference, 2009/08, Poster (general), Japanese language education

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On-Campus Classes/Subjects In Charge of 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2025, Fall, JAS310-1_F, Intercultural Perspectives on Japanese Society

  • 2025, Fall, JAS310-I_F, Intercultural Perspectives on Japanese Society

  • 2025, Spring, JPN429-1_S, Higher Intermediate Japanese II Practice

  • 2025, Spring, JPN420-1_S, Higher Intermediate Japanese II

  • 2025, Spring, JPL420-1_S, Higher Intermediate Japanese II

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Community Activities Outside University 【 display / non-display 】

  • Hakuho Foundation, lecture for foreign Japanese language teachers，2019/11

    Lecture for Foreign Japanese language teachers

  • Akita Gender equal opportunity, Harmony Festa 2019 ，2019/06

    Lecture and symposium organized by Gender equal opportunity in Akita

  • Hakuho Japanese Language exchange program，2019/04 -

    Adviser and judge for Hakuho Japanese Language exchange program

  • Japanese Speech Contest ，2018/07

    Speech Contest, judge

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