Academic Background (Graduate Level) 【 display / non-display 】

Academic Background (Graduate Level) 【 display / non-display 】

• The University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Division of General Culture, Language and Information Sciences

  Doctor's Course, 2008/03, Accomplished credits for doctoral program, JAPAN

Degree Earned 【 display / non-display 】

Degree Earned 【 display / non-display 】

• Ph.D., Linguistics, The University of Tokyo, 2012/11

• M.A. in linguistics, Linguistics, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2003/03

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

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

• Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Foreign Language Education, Associate Professor, 2021/04 -

• Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Basic Education Foreign Language Education, Associate Professor, 2018/04 - 2021/03

• Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Basic Education Foreign Language Education, Assistant Professor, 2015/04 - 2018/03

• Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Basic Education Humanities,Art, Assistant Professor, 2013/04 - 2015/03

• Akita International University Graduate School of Global Communication and Language Japanese Language Teaching Practices, Lecturer, 2008/09 - 2017/03

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External Career 【 display / non-display 】

External Career 【 display / non-display 】

• Akita University of Art, part-time lecturer, 2013/04 - 2014/03

• Nogoya University of Foreign Studies, part-time lecturer, 2009/01

• Nogoya University of Foreign Studies, part-time lecturer, 2008/08

Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】

Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】

• The linguistic Society of Japan, 2019/04 - , JAPAN

• Korean Society of Speech Sciences, 2013/11 - , KOREA REPUBLIC OF

• Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, 2004/04 - , JAPAN

• Society for Japanese Linguistics, 2002/04 - , JAPAN

• Phonetic Society of Japan, 2001/04 - , JAPAN

Field of Expertise 【 display / non-display 】

Field of Expertise 【 display / non-display 】

• phonetics, sociolinguistics, contrastive study, Korean language education

Academic Papers 【 display / non-display 】

Academic Papers 【 display / non-display 】

• The Role of Vowel Devoicing in the Perception of Standard and Local Japanese: A Comparison among Tohoku, Kanto, and Kinki Listeners, NINJAL Research Papers, vol.28 (p.127 - 149) , 2025/01, Hi-Gyung Byun

  Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Japanese linguistics, Japanese

  

• The effect of post-stop fo on the perception of Japanese stops and its stability within individuals, Proceedings of the 36th General Meeting of the PSJ (p.159 - 164) , 2024/09, Hi-Gyung Byun

  Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Japanese linguistics, Japanese

• Teaching pronunciation in the winter teaching practice: The effects of teacher feedback on accent learning, Bulletin of Japanese Language Teaching Practices, vol.15 (p.387 - 393) , 2024/09, Hi-Gyung Byun

  Research paper (university, research institution), Single Author, Japanese

  

• Teaching Pronunciation in the Winter Teaching Practice: Listening skills of Tokyo accents by JLT students, Bulletin of Japanese Language Teaching Practices, vol.14 (p.322 - 328) , 2023/09

  Research paper (university, research institution), Single Author, Japanese

  

• Development of a website that supports teacher-driven Japanese pronunciation teaching, Proceedings of CASTEL/J 2023 (p.134 - 137) , 2023/08, Hi-Gyung Byun, Emi Yanagisawa

  Research paper (international conference proceedings), Multiple Authorship, Japanese

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

Books 【 display / non-display 】

• Japanese Pronunciation Teaching: Research and Practice, Knowledge Tree, 2023/11

  Scholarly Book, Multiple Authorship , Japanese

  

• A Practical Approach to Japanese Language Teaching, Bonjinsya, 2014/05

  Scholarly Book, Multiple Authorship , Japanese language education, Japanese

  

Academic Awards Received 【 display / non-display 】

Academic Awards Received 【 display / non-display 】

• Phonetic Society of Japan Awards, Outstanding Article Award , 2020/09, JAPAN, Award by an Official Scientific Society or Academic Journal, Hi-Gyung Byun, Linguistics

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display 】

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display 】

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2025/04 - 2030/03，The elucidation of the relationship between production and perception of Japanese stop consonants and its application to Japanese pronunciation education

  

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2022/04 - 2026/03，Development of "Japanese Pronunciation Laboratory" a pronunciation practice tool to support autonomous learning of Japanese language learners

  

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2020/04 - 2023/03，Developmental Theory and Empirical Investigation of Public Language

  

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2019/04 - 2025/03，Acoustic features of Japanese and Korean stop consonants and its relationship with pitch accent

  

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2017/04 - 2020/03，A contrastive study of Japanese and Korean stops: production and perception (principal investigator)

  

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

• The 38th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, Domestic Conference, 2024/09, The effect of post-stop fo on the perception of Japanese stops and its stability within individuals, Poster (general)

• 2024 International Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), International Conference, 2024/08, Japanese pronunciation teaching by non-native teachers, Oral Presentation (general)

• Project-Meeting "A Multifaceted Study of Language Problems in Multilingual and Multicultural Japan", Domestic Conference, 2024/03, Can vowel devoicing serve as a perceptual cue when judging local and standard Japanese?: Comparison among Tohoku, Kanto and Kinki listeners, Oral Presentation (general)

• CASTEL/J 2023, International Conference, 2023/08, Development of a website that supports teacher-driven Japanese pronunciation teaching, Oral Presentation (general)

• The 36th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, Domestic Conference, 2022/09, Development of a learner-oriented Japanese pronunciation learning tool, Poster (general), Japanese language education

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

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

• 2025, Spring, KRN100-1_S, Korean I

• 2025, Spring, KRN101-1_S, Korean I Practice

• 2025, Spring, KRN200-1_S, Korean II

• 2025, Spring, KRN201-1_S, Korean II Practice

• 2025, Spring, JLT211-1_S, Japanese Phonetics

Community Activities Outside University 【 display / non-display 】

Community Activities Outside University 【 display / non-display 】

• A member of editorial board for the Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan ，2019/04 - 2022/03

  Article reviewer

• High School - University Joint Course Program in fall 2019 Invitation to International Liberal Arts ，2019/11

  A lecture for high school students titled "Is the Korean language easy to learn for Japanese native speakers?"

• Guidance for high school students，2015/08

  Guidance for high school students