Hisae Fujiwara
Assistant Professor of Japanese and Director of the Japanese Language Program
Degrees
Carnegie Mellon University, Ph.D.University of Iowa, M.A.
University of Iowa, M.A.
Expertise
-Vocabulary acquisition in Japanese as a foreign language-Kanji acquisition for students with alphabet-language backgrounds
-Using strategies for reading Japanese as a foreign language
-Content Based Instruction
Profile
My Research focuses on reading in a foreign language using various strategies, and on exploring Japanese language teachers' thoughts about and practices in teaching Kanji and identifying the underlying factors in Kanji acquisition for learners with alphabet-language backgrounds.Courses Taught
| JAPN | 10a | Beginning Japanese |
| JAPN | 20b | Continuing Japanese |
| JAPN | 120a | Topics in Contemporary Japanese Culture and Society |
Scholarship
Fujiwara, Hisae. "Teaching Japanese: Broadening Horizons through Learning Languages." Rev. of Nihongo o Oshieru: Kotoba wa Sekai wo Hirogeru, by Noriko Hirota. Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. Japanese Language and Literature vol. 45 of 1 2011: 119-122.