TAICHI YAMASHITA Curriculum Vitae Address: 206 Ross Hall Ames, IA 50011 E-Mail: Taichiy@Iastate.Edu Homepage

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TAICHI YAMASHITA Curriculum Vitae Address: 206 Ross Hall Ames, IA 50011 E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: https://eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu/taichiy/

EDUCATION 2016- Ph.D., Applied Linguistics & Technology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Expected in 2021) 2014-2016 M.A., Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 2010-2014 B.A., English Education, Mie University, Mie, JAPAN

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION 2016 Teaching English in International Contexts Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 2015 Completion of Teacher Training of Japanese, ALLEX Foundation Washington University, St. Louis, MO 2014 High School English Teaching License, Mie Board of Education, JAPAN Middle School English Teaching License, Mie Board of Education, JAPAN Elementary School Teaching License, Mie Board of Education, JAPAN

RESEARCH INTERESTS Corrective Feedback in Second Language Writing Second Language Writing Assessment Explicit Knowledge and Implicit Knowledge Computer-assisted Language Learning Task-based Language Teaching

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2016 The theorization of learning in automated corrective feedback program (IRB-certified) Faculty Mentor: Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2016 Studying writing processes through keystrokes logging: Effects of individual, contextual, and instructional variables (IRB-certified) Principal Investigator: James Ranalli Iowa State University, Ames, IA

2016 The Effectiveness of Computer-assisted Explicit and Implicit Prompts on the Acquisition of Transaction Verbs in Japanese (IRB-certified) Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Faculty Mentor: Andrew Farley 2016 The Effectiveness of Focused and Unfocused Corrective Feedback on Japanese orthography, overall accuracy, fluency, complexity, and learners’ perception (IRB-certified) Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Faculty Mentor: Idoia Elola 2016 The Investigation of Strategy Use among English Learners of Chinese and Japanese for Learning Hanzi and Kanji (IRB-certified) Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Faculty Mentor: Greta Gorsuch 2015 The Effectiveness of Structured Input and Structured Output Activity in the Acquisition of Japanese Comparative Sentences (IRB-certified) Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Faculty Mentor: Andrew P. Farley 2015 The Investigation of Strategy Use among English Learners of Chinese and Japanese for Learning Hanzi and Kanji Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Faculty Mentor: Greta Gorsuch

TEACHING INTERESTS English as Second/Foreign Language Japanese as Second/Foreign Language Second Language Acquisition Second Language Writing

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016 Instructor of Japanese, EF International Language Center, Tokyo, JAPAN 2016 Graduate Part-time Instructor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX JAPN2302 Second Course in Japanese II JAPN4300 Individual Study in Japanese 2015 Graduate Part-time Instructor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX JAPN2301 Second Course in Japanese I JAPN4300 Individual Studies in Japanese 2015 Graduate Part-time Instructor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX JAPN1502 Beginning Course in Japanese II

2014 Graduate Part-time Instructor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX JAPN1501 Beginning Course in Japanese I 2012-2014 Paid Volunteer, Kizuna Kyoshitsu, Mie, JAPAN Teaching Japanese to immigrant children 2010-2015 Part-time Instructor, Meiko Gijuku (After-school study center) Mie, JAPAN

ADDITIONAL TRAINING 2016 Pre-service Teacher Training EF International Language Center, Tokyo, JAPAN Weekly workshop for 4 weeks, teaching practicum 2014 Teacher Training of Japanese, ALLEX Foundation Washington University in St. Louis, MO 8-week intensive training, teaching practicum, Japanese pedagogy 2013 Teaching Practicum Elementary School Attached to Mie University, Mie, JAPAN 2-week intensive pre-service teacher training 2012 Teaching Practicum Hakusan Junior High School, Mie, JAPAN 4-week intensive pre-service teacher training

PRESENTATIONS (12) Yamashita, T. (Mar, 2017). The Effects of In/direct Corrective Feedback in EFL Writing. Poster presentation at TESOL International Convention 2017, Seattle, WA Yamashita, T. (Mar, 2017). The effects of explicit and implicit CF on the acquisition of Japanese transaction verbs. Paper presentation at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, OR. Yamashita, T. (Nov, 2016). The Effects of Un/Focused and In/Direct Feedback. Paper presentation at The Japan Association For Language Teaching (JALT), Aichi, JAPAN Hung, H., & Yamashita, T. (Nov, 2016) The investigation of strategies used by American learners of Hanzi/Kanji. Poster presentation at American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Boston, MA Yamashita, T. (Oct, 2016). The effectiveness of focused and unfocused corrective feedback on Japanese orthography, overall accuracy, complexity, fluency, Paper presentation at Symposium on Second Language Writing, Temple, AZ Yamashita, T. (Oct, 2016). The significance of triangulation in written corrective feedback research. Poster presentation at Midwest Association of Language Testers conference, West Lafayette, IN

Yamashita, T. (Jun, 2016). The comparative effects of focused and unfocused CF. Paper presentation at Chubu English Language Education Society, Mie, JAPAN Yamashita, T., & Hung, H. (Apr, 2016) The Investigation of Strategies Used by American Learners of Hanzi and Kanji. Paper presentation at Conference on Applied Linguistics & Intercultural Communication in Higher Education, Lubbock, TX Yamashita, T. (Apr, 2016). The Effects of Focused and Unfocused Written Corrective Feedback on Japanese Orthography and Learners’ Perception. Paper presentation at Conference on Applied Linguistics & Intercultural Communication in Higher Education, Lubbock, TX Yamashita, T. (Apr, 2016). The effectiveness of focused and unfocused corrective feedback on Japanese orthography, overall accuracy, complexity, fluency. Paper presentation at TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Languages Conference, West Chester, PA Farley, A., Iizuka, T., & Yamashita, T. (Mar, 2016). The Effectiveness of Structured Input and Structured Output. Paper presentation at Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference, West Lafayette, IN Hung, H., & Yamashita, T. (Oct, 2015). The Investigation of Strategy Use among English Learners of Chinese and Japanese for Learning Hanzi and Kanji. Paper presentation at Graduate Student Research Conference, Lubbock, TX

PUBLICATION (1) Yamashita, T., & Hung, H. (2016). The investigation of learning strategies of American learners of Chinese and Japanese for character learning. East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 1, 140-149. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.60201

INVITED TALKS 2015-Fall “How to use Illiad” Instruction for Illiad, Document Delivery Service LING 5328 Teaching English in International Contexts Instructor: Greta Gorsuch Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 2015-Fall “How learners of Japanese as a foreign language process written texts” LING 5328 Teaching English in International Contexts Instructor: Greta Gorsuch Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

TRAVEL GRANTS 2016 GPSS Professional Development Grants, Iowa State University For Japan Association For Language Teaching ($180)

2016 Professional Travel Funding, Iowa State University For Symposium on Second Language Writing ($500) 2016 Graduate Student Travel Funding, Texas Tech University For Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference ($200)

HONORS/AWARDS 2016-2018 Presidential Scholar Fellowship Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2015 Runner-up Presentation, Graduate Student Research Conference Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 2014 President Award, Mie University, JAPAN

MEMBERSHIP 2016- American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2016- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 2016- American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2016- Chubu English Language Education Society (CELES)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2016- Reviewer, The Language Teacher 2016-2018 Research Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2016 Presentation Facilitator, Second Language Research Forum, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY 2016 Volunteer, American Association of Corpus Linguistics and Technology for Second Language Learning, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2016- Reviewer, East European Journal of Psycholinguistics 2016- Reviewer, Journal of Modern Education Review 2016 Publication Committee, Conference on Applied Linguistics & Intercultural Communication in Higher Education Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

LANGUAGES Japanese (Native) English (Advanced) Portuguese (Beginner)

SKILLS

MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, SPSS, Praat