SECTION 3:  Japanese Instructional Faculty

Courses taught	Faculty member	Highest degree	Professional development	Familiarity with Secondary Curriculum Framework and Assessment	Special Awards and Recognition	K-12 Collabor- ative Work
JPNE 121, 122,211,212	YUKARI FUJIWARA Full-time Lecturer	MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages	Attended the following workshops: 2002        “DEAI Workshop by the Japan Forum,” a 4-hour workshop for Michigan and Ohio teachers of Japanese, EMU, May, 2002 2000        Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference Annual Meeting, Northwestern University, Naperville, IL. 1999      “Japanese National Standards:  Follow-up Workshop,” a 3-hour workshop conducted for Michigan Teachers of Japanese.  Sponsored by the Japanese Teachers Association of Michigan. Livonia Stevenson High School.  May, 1999. 1999      “Standards for Japanese Language Education,” a 4-hour workshop conducted by Dr. Hiroko Kataoka, California State University at Long Beach, Senior Pedagogy Specialist at Japan Foundation Language Center, January, Eastern Michigan University. 1999      Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference Annual Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.	.		1996-1998 Assistant Japanese Language Teacher, Japanese language program at West Bloomfield High School, sponsored by Japanese Language Exchange (JALEX)
JPNE 121,122,344, 345,361, 446,447,494	MOTOKO TABUSE Professor JAPANESE SECTION HEAD	Ph.D. in Foreign Language Education	Presented at the following conferences 2002        “Cultural Differences in the American, German and Japanese Business Worlds” (to be presented with Dr. John Hubbard, Eastern Michigan University) at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Salt Lake, Utah. 2002        “DEAI Workshop II: Using the CD/ROM and the Internet Resources-,” (to be presented with Mr. Michael Kluemper, Jasper High School, Indiana).  Michigan Foreign Language Association Annual Meeting. Lansing, Michigan. 2002        “Cultural Differences in the American, German, and Japanese Business Worlds,” (to be presented with Dr. John Hubbard, Eastern Michigan University) at the 2002 Annual Meeting of MFLA, Lansing, Michigan.              2002            インターネットを使用した日本語継承語教育の促進” at the Third International Conference on Computers and Japanese Language Education organized by the Computer-Assisted System for Teaching & Learning Japanese (CASTEL/J).  San Diego, California, July 11-14, 2002. 2002        “DEAI Workshop by the Japan Forum,” a 4-hour workshop for Michigan and Ohio teachers of Japanese, EMU, May, 2002 Presented at the following conferences (last three years) 2001    "Current Issues on Japanese Teacher Education:  Alliance Report" at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ), Naperville, IL  April 2001. 2001 "Japanese Business Practices,? at the Annual World Fair, Muskegon Community College, Muskegon Michigan. February, 2001. 2000 "Factors of Learner Anxiety in Non-Cognate Critical Languages," (co-presented with Dr. Yoshiko Saito-Abbott, California State University at Monterey Bay) at the 2000 ACTFL Annual Conference, November, 2000. Boston, MA. 2000 "Lowering Anxiety Level in the FL Reading Classroom: The Case of Arabic and Japanese," (co-presented with Dr. Salim Khaldieh, Wayne State University, MI) at the 2000 ACTFL Annual Conference, November, 2000. Boston, MA. 2000 "EMU Opens the World for You!" (co-presented with Dr. Cere, Dr. Palmer & Dr. Zinggeler, Eastern Michigan University) at the Annual Conference of the Michigan Foreign Language Association (MFLA). October, 2000. 2000   "A Study of CALL Listening Behaviors and Strategies of Learners of Japanese," at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese, Washington University in St. Louis, MO. April, 2000.	(1)                 Author of “Chapter I:  Inventory of Standards, Frameworks, and Guidelines” in Standards for Japanese Language Learning:  Preschool—College compiled by the National Working Group on Japanese Language Competency Goals, 2000. (2)               Evaluator for Japanese Certification Programs 2001-Present Foreign Language Core Group Member, Periodic Review/Program evaluation, Office of Professional Development Services, Michigan department of Education. Lansing, Michigan. 2001-Present Foreign Language Program Evaluator (Russian and Japanese Certification Programs),  The Michigan Department of Education, Periodic Review/Program Evaluation, Office of Professional Development.  Lansing, Michigan.	2002 Teaching Excellence Award, the Alumni Association, Eastern Michigan University. 2001        World College Travel Grant ($1000.00).  The funding was granted to assist my trip to Japan to recruit prospective students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. 2001 Washtenaw Community College/Mitsubishi Project, 2001. ($1128.00 per 5 weeks x 2 sessions.) 2001 Japanese Business Society of Detroit Grant ($2000.00).  The funding was granted for the Japanese section to conduct Heritage Language Research. Dr. Oketani is a co-director. 2001 Conference on Language Teacher Certification Travel Award ($14000) to cover the travel cost to attend the conference, funded by the Alliance of Association sof Teachers of Japanese.	P-12 collaborative work (Last 5 years:  Detailed description of activity reports are available upon request) National level collaborative work: Dr. Motoko Tabuse is the President of the National Council of Japanese Language Teachers, a national organization consisting of P-16 Japanese teachers in the United States and Japan. She is also the Director of the Japanese National Honor Society since 2000. Dr. Tabuse is an active board member of the Alliance of the Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)--a national alliance of Japanese teachers and researchers organizations.  She is a reviewer of professional journals (e.g., Foreign Language Annals, ACTFL's official journal.)  Dr. Tabuse also served as an advisory board member for the Georgia Public Television's Japanese Program, "Irasshai," a distance learning program for high school and college level learners of Japanese. In 1999, she served as a director and organizer for the annual Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ) Conference held at Eastern Michigan University in April. The CATJ conference participants included K-16 teachers and researchers of Japanese from the United States and Japan.    State level collaborative work She is one of the founders of the Japanese Association of Teachers of Japanese (JTAM)--Michigan's K-16 teachers' organization, and is currently serving as an active board member of JTAM. She offers various workshops for teachers of Japanese in Michigan and Ohio since 1995.  Dr. Tabuse served as the primary consultant for the Michigan Japanese Improvement Project between 1992 and 1995 and offered over 20 workshops and presentations for the K-16 level Japanese teachers in Michigan. Dr. Tabuse served as a judge for the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 Michigan Japan Bowl.  Community level collaborative work Dr. Tabuse serves as a co-director of the Detroit School of Japanese project, and sends EMU Japanese graduate students as teachers to the Detroit School of Japanese to educate Japanese K-12 children who reside in the greater Detroit area. In May 2002, Dr. Tabuse served as the Director and Judge for the Michigan High School Japanese Composition Contest, sponsored by Ameritech.  Dr. Tabuse has visited Michigan K-12 schools to make presentations about the Japanese language culture and religion. As the advisor of the Eastern Michigan University's Japanese Student Association, she assists in hosting the annual Japanese Appreciation Dinner events at Eastern Michigan University, inviting the area school children and educators as well as community people who are interested in Japanese culture.
JPNE 121,122, 344, 345, 444, 494	Hitomi Oketani-Lobbezoo	Ph.D. Associate Professor (Tenured)	Presented at the following conferences (last 3 years). "Construction of Japanese Heritage Language System in Mid-west Areas in the U.S. - Interim  Report. " National Conference on Heritage Languages in America.  Virginia. October 18-20, 2002. "Japanese Heritage Language Education through the Internet: Preliminary Report."  The third International Conference of CASTEL/J 2002, University of California, San Diego. CA. July 11-14, 2002. "Construction of Japanese Heritage Language System in Mid-west Areas in the U.S. - Preliminary Report." Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) 2002 Annual Conference, The Japan Foundation Toronto Culture Center, Toronto, Ontario.  June 27 - 30, 2002. Panel Discussion - "K-16 Articulation." Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) 2002 Annual Conference, The Japan Foundation Toronto Culture Center, Toronto, Ontario.  June 27 - 30, 2002. "Evolution of Dual-Language and Dual-Identity: Minority Language Maintenance and Identity Formation of Japanese-Canadian Youths."  2000 Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, California State University, Long Beach, CA.  October 6-7, 2000. Symposium on "Heritage Japanese Language Education Research."  2000 Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, California State University, Long Beach, CA.  October 6-7, 2000. Panel Discussion -"Heritage Japanese Language Education Research -Political/Socio-Psycholinguistic Issues." 2000 Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, California State University, Long Beach, CA. October 6-7, 2000.	To enhance educational support for diverse population in K-12 classroom settings, Dr. Oketani is investigating how the Heritage Language Part in National Standards as well as Michigan Foreign Language Standards on Japanese language teaching in Michigan are best integrated into the curriculum to provide K-12 teachers with the knowledge and expertise to fully support the specific needs of the increasing number of Japanese heritage language students in schools.  With funding support of Japanese Business Society of Detroit Foundation, "the Teaching Japanese Material Development for Japanese Heritage Children Project -Year 2" as well as the Seminar: "Raising children to become Japanese-English bilingual" are underway. She has extensively studied bilingual (Japanese and English)/heritage language education models, in particular in Canada, and is currently developing teaching methods and assessment programs that can be incorporated in teachers' classrooms. Strong support of heritage language students in K-12 classrooms provides major pedagogical benefits to all students as the heritage language students provide a very much enriching contribution to the learning environment for all students. The objective of this effort is to enhance the current curriculum framework and assessment, to further enhance the multi-cultural nature of the learning environment, and to include global perspectives into the teaching. She is one of three project members in the publication of Oral Proficiency Assessment for Bilingual Children (2000) published by editions SOLEIL Publishing Inc.  The book brings together the current bilingual theory as well as wide-ranging expertise of educators and classroom teachers to support bilingual and trilingual children's language development. It contains sample tests in four languages, Japanese, English, Portuguese and Chinese, as well as forty picture vocabulary cards and thirty-two picture role-play cards.	Sept. 2001-April 2002 World College Fellow  To establish Exchange Programs with universities in Japan Eastern Michigan University	Dr. Oketani is one of the founders of the Japanese Teachers Association of Michigan (JTAM) which consists of Michigan K-12 Japanese language teachers and future teachers.  Currently she is serving as board member/advisor.  Every spring, JTAM organizes the Annual Japan Bowl for Michigan Japanese language students where 200-300 high school students participate and compete in their knowledge of Japanese language and culture.  The winners go to National Bowl which is held in Washington D.C.  Further, since the foundation of this association, various workshops were organized for K-12 teachers' professional development. Dr. Oketani also serves as Vice President of the Canadian Association of Japanese Language Education.  She organizes its Annual international Conference where not only K-16 Japanese language teachers from North America, but also teachers from Europe and Japan participate.  She has been Conference Chair every year since 2000. In 1999, Eastern Michigan University, Japanese Section hosted the Central Association for Teachers of Japanese (CATJ) Conference.  This is a Conference for K-16 Japanese Teachers from Mid-west areas.  Dr. Oketani served as co-organizer as well as grant writer in order to implement the Conference. With grant support by Japanese Business Society of Detroit, Dr. Oketani is conducting the Teaching Japanese Material Development for Japanese Heritage Children Project. Since April 2000, Dr. Oketani serves as Director of the EMU/Japanese School of Detroit Project.  In this project, with grant support from the Japanese School of Detroit, EMU students (as Graduate Assistant or Student Assistant) teach various subject matter in Japanese language to students whose heritage language is Japanese.  As an extension of the 'EMU/Japanese School of Detroit Project' and the 'Teaching Japanese Material Development for Japanese Heritage Children Project,' currently Dr. Oketani is preparing a seminar for parents whose children share Japanese language and culture heritage.  In May 2002, Dr. Oketani served as Judge for the Michigan High School Japanese Composition Contest, sponsored by Ameritech. In summer 1998, as Visiting Scholar invited by The National Language Research Institute, Japan, Dr. Oketani joined the project of “International Study on Japanese Language Education for K-12” in Japan. From January to April 1997, as Lead  Instructor, Dr. Oketani conducted the workshop “Developing Oral Proficiency Interview Test for K to Grade 8 Bilingual." From September 1996 to March 1997, as Curriculum Consultant, she took initiative in development of a Video Production, “Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language to Kids,” International Internship Program, Japan.

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