Kyoko Hijirida, Professor of Japanese (July 2003)
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Kyoko Hijirida, Professor of Japanese (January 2011) __________________________________________________________________ Education: B.A. in English Literature, (Tshushin Kyoiku) Keio University, 1963. Graduate Studies at Indiana University, 1965-1966. M.A. in Applied Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i, 1970. Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Hawai‘i, 1980. Employment: Instructor, Naha Junior High School, Okinawa, 1963-65. Instructor, Chubu Senior High School, Okinawa, 1968-69. Instructor, University of Hawai‘i, 1970 - 81. Assistant Professor, University of Hawai‘i, 1981- 86. Associate Professor, University of Hawai‘i, 1986 - 93. Professor, University of Hawai‘i, 1993 – 2010. Acting Director, Center for Okinawan Studies, August 2009 – July 2010. Professor Emeritus with University of Haawai’i, November 2010 - present Public/Professional Service: Judge and Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for state-wide Japanese language schools sponsored by KZOO and Hawai‘i Kyoiku Kai, 1974-93. Executive Board member, 1975-76; Executive Committee & Membership chairperson, 1984-85; Advisory Committee, 1985-86, The Hawai‘i Association of Foreign Language Teachers. School Board, Varsity High School, 1985-2003. President, Hawai‘i Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1985-87. Board Member, Japanese Educational Fund of Hawai‘i, 1986-91. Co-editor of On Language Teaching--Papers from the 1986 HATJ 10th Anniversary Workshops, 1986. Co-editor of Japanese Linguistics and Language Teaching—Proceedings of the 9th HATJ-UH Conference, 1987. 1 Auditor, Pi Lambda Theta, Hawai‘i Chapter 1988-91. Coordinator of Japanese Committee, SLOM (Selective Listing of Materials) Project, ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), 1986-88. Member, Board of Education's Task Force on Foreign Languages, 1989. Chief judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Hawai‘i High School Students sponsored by KOHO and NHK, 1990, l99l, l993. President, Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers, 1991-92. Judge, Honolulu District Foreign Language Festival, 1991, l992, 1993. Vice President, Academic Alliance in Hawaiian and Foreign Languages and Literatures, l995-96. HALT (Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers) Steering Committee, 1995-96. Member, ATJ Conference Program organizers in the AAS Conference held in Honolulu, April, l996. Member, Board of Directors, Association of Teachers of Japanese. September l997 - March 2000. Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Japanese Schools sponsored by KZOO- United Japanese Society held at Tokai University, Hawai‘i. April 5, l997. Member, Board of Council, Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai (The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language), June 24, l997 - June 23. 1999. Chair and Organizer of a roundtable discussion entitled "Professional Development for Japanese Language Teaches," at the annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Washington, D.C., March 26- 29, l998. Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Japanese Language Schools sponsored by KZOO held at Moa International, April, l998. Chair, ATJ Conference Program Committee for Thursday Seminar and International Panel in the AAS Conference to be held in Boston, March, l999. 2 Member, Board of Review for the National Standards for Japanese Language Learning. 1999. Member, National Working Group, served as a facilitator for implementation efforts toward National Standards for Japanese Language Learning, formed and funded by US-Japan Foundation, and held at Japan Foundation & Language Center in Los Angeles, June 20-21, 1998. In 1999 meetings held at Los Angeles in June, and at New Orleans in Oct. Member, Advisory Committee of the Japan Foundation & Language Center representing higher education. (Appointed for 2 years term: l998-2000) Meetings held in Santa Monica in January 20, 1999 and January 21, 2000. Member, Reappointed, representing the USA members, Board of Council, Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai (The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language), June l999 June 2001. Reappointed for the term: June 2002-3. Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for high school students in Hawai‘i by KZOO held at the East-West Center, March 25, 2000. Member of the invited review committee by Tokyo University for Foreign Studies in order to evaluate Gaimusho’s REX Program (Regional and Educational Exchanges for Mutual Understanding) on its 10 years-old program review, on June 2000. Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for statewide high schools in Hawai‘i by KZOO held on March 24, 2001, at the Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. April 19, 2003, at the Tokai University Auditorium, Hawai'i campus in Honolulu. Continued in 2004 and in 2005. Assisted the production on the High School Speech Contest Video for the KZZO Station, 2005. Member-discussion participants for the Conference on Japanese Language Teaching Credentials held at the Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office and Language Center, February 2-3, 2001. Advisor, Appointed by the Hawaii Kyoiku Kai consisted of the state-wide Japanese community schools in Hawaii. February 2004, 2005. A review writer for the Advanced Placement (AP) Teachers’ Resource Reviewing Project of AP Central, February 12, 2005, as part of the college Board’s ongoing development of Japanese language and culture courses for high schools nation-wide. Advisor, Appointed by the Hawaii Association of the Teachers of Japanese. 3 General Meeting at the Kapiolani Community College, July 2005 – March 2006. Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Statewide High Schools in Hawai‘i by KZOO held on April 29, 2006, at the Tokai University Auditorium, Hawai'i campus in Honolulu. Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Statewide High Schools in Hawai’i by KZOO held on May 12, 2007 - March 2009 at the Tokai International University. Chief Judge, Japanese Speech Contest for Statewide High Schools in Hawaii by KSOO held on May 24, 2010 at the Mission Auditorium of the Honolulu City Office. Awards and Honors: • U.S. Federal Government Scholarship, Indiana University, 1965-66. • EPDA Fellowship, University of Hawai‘i, 1968-69. • UH Office of Administration Research Grant, September 1975 – June 1976. • UH Educational Improvement Fund, 1978-79; 1981-82; 1982-83. • National Resource Center for East Asian Studies Federal Support Fund, 1983-84; 1984-85. • CAPS Faculty Research Fellowship, 1984. • UH Research Relations Fund Grants 1987-88. • UH Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching Award, May l992. • Excellence in Teaching Award, September l992, by Dean, College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature. • HALT Excellence in Teaching Award, March 5, 1994. • UH Research Relations Fund Grant, 1993-94. • UH Japan Studies Endowment Faculty Research Award, June l, l994-May 31, 1995. • UH Educational Improvement Fund, l995. • UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project, Production of a Teaching Practicum Textbook for Japanese as a Foreign Language, January l997. • UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project, Workshop on the Japanese National Standards for the Japanese Language Section faculty, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures, UH. February, 1998. • UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project Workshop on the Implementation of the Japanese National Standards for the Department. May, 1999. • UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project, Production of Japanese 201 instructional materials development for 4 teachers, as Japanese Section Head, with Dr. Sohn, Chair of the EALL Department. Summer, 1999. 4 • UH Japan Studies Endowment ・Faculty Research Award for the project, Mombusho’s Policy on Japanese Language Education for Foreign-Born Students in Japan. Summer 2000. • UH Japan Studies Endowment - Special Project Award for the project, "Instructional Materials and Development for Okinawan Language and Culture Courses." Summer - Fall 2003. • Center for Japanese Studies – Instructional Materials Development for the Okinawan language and culture course. Jan. – Dec. 2005. • Center for Japanese Studies - Project: Writing "Champuruu Handbook" Introduction of Okinawan Culture, in Okinawa, April - May 2008. • Recognition given by the Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese (HATJ), Kapiolani Community College, Nov. 13, 2010. * Listed in Who’s Who in America 2011, 65th Edition, A Marquis Who’s Who Publication, New Jersey, Dec. 2010. Publications: Books: (* indicates refereed publication. ** review for refereed journal) Champuruu Handbook. with Tomoko Oshiro, Website publication, Center for Okinawan Studies. March 2010. Aloha Uchinaaguchi, with Tomoko Oshiro, Website publication. Center for Okinawan Studies. March 2010. Translation, Nijuuiseeki no Gaikokugo Sutandaazu, oyobi "Nihongo Gakushuu Sutandaazu" [Standards for Foreign Language in the 21st Century, and "Standards for Japanese Language Learning," (Allen Press, Inc. KS, 1999)], Kyoko Hijirida as Translator, Tokyo: Japan Foundation Japanese-Language International Center, 2002. Pp. 108. [Publication Website: http://jpf.go.jp/j/urawa/world/kunibetsu/syllabus/sy-tra.html] Resources for the Implementation of Standards for Japanese Language Learning – Preschool – College, Compiled by the National Working Group on Japanese Language Competency Goals, Published by the Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese. January, 2000. With support of the United States-Japan Foundation, this document was also published at the Association of Teachers of Japanese Website: http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj.