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The Department of
Asian Studies

Hideko Shimizu

Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies (Japanese)
Japanese Language Program Coordinator

Dr. Shimizu holds a Ph.D.in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Japanese language pedagogy from the University of Denver. She has long experience teaching all levels of Japanese language and a range of other courses in Japanese culture, including kanji in Japanese orthography, Business Japanese, second language teaching methods and pedagogy, language & Japanese society, and Contemporary Japan.

Specializations

  • Attitudes toward teaching and learning vocabulary and kanji
  • Second language acquisition
  • Social networking approach in Japanese and foreign language education

Representative Publications

  • Shimizu, H. (2017). Social Networking Approach and Japanese language education research conference report for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
  • Shimizu, H. (2015) My experience after the World War ll. Tokyo: Sannox
  • Shimizu, H. (2013) Assessment of Learner Autonomy Through a Cyberspace Project. In: Kondo-Brown, K., Brown, J. D. & Tominaga, W. (Eds.).(2013). Practical assessment tools for college Japanese. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i, National Foreign Language Resource Center: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14569
  • Shimizu, H. (2010). Practical Kanji pedagogy for Japanese language teachers. Hamakawa, Y. (Eds.) Ch.2. Kanji education for children studying abroad. (pp.12-29) Kuroshio publications.
  • Mori, Y., & Shimizu, H. (2007). Japanese Language Students' Attitudes toward Kanji and their Perceptions on Kanji Learning Strategies. Foreign Language Annals. Vol. 40, No.3 Fall 2007; 472-490
  • Mori, Y., & Shimizu, H. (2007). Japanese Language Students' Attitudes toward Kanji and their Perceptions on Kanji Learning Strategies. Foreign Language Annals. Vol. 40, No.3 Fall 2007; 472-490
  • Mori, Y., Sato, K., & Shimizu, H. (2007).  Japanese language Students’ perceptions on kanji learning and their relationship to novel kanji word learning ability. Language Learning. 57:1. March 2007; pp57-85
  • Shimizu, H. and Green, K. (2002). Japanese Language Educators’ Strategies for and Attitudes Toward Teaching Kanji. Modern Language Journal. Vol. 86 Summer