Kyoko Kobayashi Hillman
Ph.D., Japanese language lecturer
Teaching Experiences
January 2020 - August 2025
Teaching all levels of Japanese
University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada
Responsible for courses, including a content-based language course on Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, in the Department of Asian Studies
Summer 2019
Taught Basic Japanese C3
International Christian University
Tokyo, Japan
Responsible for a section with other instructors during the summer program.
2017 - 2018
Taught Beginning Japanese I&II the George Washington University Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Responsible for the course, including the syllabus, and supervising the drill sessions taught by another instructor.
About Me
I have been teaching Japanese language in Japan and other countries, such as China and Nigeria.
My research interests include Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and research methodology in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA).
Education
2013-2020
Ph.D.
Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
University of Maryland, College Park
M.A.
Teaching Japanese as a Second/Foreign Language
University of Iowa
B.A.
Sociology,
Osaka Prefecture University
Teaching Effectiveness (from course evaluation results)
JAPN322 2023 Winter Term 1 ( Average 4.9 out of 5.0)
JAPN200 2023 Winter Term 1 (Average 4.85 out of 5.0)
JAPN361 2023 Summer Term 2 (Average 4.9 out of 5.0)
JAPN361 2022 Winter Term 2 (Average 4.9 out of 5.0)
JAPN323 2022 Winter Term 2 (Average 4.4 out of 5.0)
Contact
- https://kyokokh.com
- Latest CV available upon request
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kkh1225(at)terpmail(dot)umd(dot)edu
kyokokh(at)gmail(dot)com
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