Asako Hayashi

Education:

Ed.D., Developmental Studies (Language, Literacy, and Cultural Studies)
Boston University School of Education

M.A., Japanese Pedagogy, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

M.A., Special Education, Georgia Southwestern College

B.A., Broadcasting, Nihon University College of Art

Professional Experience:

Lecturer of the Japanese Language, University of California, Los Angeles
2001-present

Japanese Language Instructor, Harvard University
2000-2001

Japanese Language Instructor, Japan Society of Boston
1998-2000

Japanese Language Instructor, Georgia Southwestern College
1994-1995

Japanese Language Instructor in Japan
1992-1994

Other Work Experience :

Freelance translator and interpreter, 1989-present
<major works>

Translated for "USA EXPRESS" on TV Asahi Network ( 1989-1990)
Interpreted at the "Rolling Stones" Japan Tour 1990
Interpreted "Sting" Interview in 1990
Translated "Grammy Awards" for TV Tokyo in 1992
Interviewed / Translated "AEROSMITH" Interview in 1997

Freelance writer, making contract with a Japanese publishing company
Regular Article in “Buzz” Rockin’On, Japan, 1997-1998

Publishing:

Report, 1995, An Analysis of Second Language Acquisition: the relationship between second language acquisition and the age at the which a learner starts to learn the language.
Master Thesis, Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, GA.

Proceedings for Southeast Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ), 1998
The effect of music on Japanese language learning

Proceedings for the 6th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, 1998
Do we teach the Japanese language used in daily life? : A comparative study investigating the Japanese language of Japanese college students and of Japanese language textbooks

Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education ( CAJLE) News Letter,1999
The effect of music on Japanese language learning (in Japanese)

Bilingual Research Journal, March, 1999
Book Review: Multilingual Self

Dissertation submitted to Boston University, 2000 "Japanese-English Bilingual Children: A comparative study of attitudes toward bilingualism, language proficiency, and language use of Japanese students in three different bilingual education programs in the United States and Japan"

Gengogaku to Nihongo Kyooiku II: New Directions in Applied Linguistics of Japanese, 2001 "An analysis of the influence of the different word-orders of Japanese and English on code-switching by Japanese-English bilingual children" Kurosio Publishers

Presentation:

Presented at Southeast Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ) Conference, 1998
The effect of music on Japanese language learning

Presented at New York Conference on Asian Studies(NYCAS), 1998
There is a will, There is a way : A Case study of career development of a Japanese woman of the post World War II period

Presented at the Canadian Association of Japanese Language Education Annual Conference, 1998
Mom, I don't understand your language : An ethnographic study of bilingual acquisition of children whose parents have different native languages.

Presented at National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, 1999
Attitudes toward bilingualism of children in two different types of bilingual education programs

Presented at Southeast Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ) Conference, 1999
Innovative Japanese Language Teaching Techniques

Presented at the Canadian Association of Japanese Language Education Annual Conference, 1999
What is Bilingual Education?: A survey of the attitudes toward bilingual education and bilingualism of Japanese people.(In Japanese)

Presented at the National Association for Multicultural Education Annual Conference, 1999
Multicultural Education in two different types of bilingual/bicultural education programs in the United States and in Japan.

Presented at National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, 2000
What is Bilingual Education? A survey of Opinions on Bilingual Education and Bilingualism in Japan

Presented at National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference, 2000
Japanese-English Bilingual Children: A comparative study of attitudes toward bilingualism, language proficiency, and language use of Japanese students in three different bilingual education programs in the United States and Japan

Presented at Southeast Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ)Conference, 2000
Game as a tool of Japanese competence evaluation


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