上級日本語NETWORK

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Network Project Team

The Network project are researchers have been conducting two projects who are all involved in Japanese language education at various institutions in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. The first project was led by A/Prof Carol Hayes (ANU) and A/Prof Ikuko Nakane (UMelb) with the assistance of Dr Emi Otsuji (UTS) and Ms Nagisa Fukui (UNSW), Dr Masayoshi Ogino representing New Zealand’s Japanese Studies Aotearoa New Zealand (JSANZ) and Mr Masanori Nagami representing Singapore’s Japanese Language Teachers Association of Singapore (JALTAS). The project employed four research assistants, Ms Maho Fukuno (ANU), Ms Tamami Mori (UMelb), Ms Pepi Ronalds (Monash) and Dr Laura Emily Clark (U New England) who played an active role in collating and presenting the data.

The second project was conducted by A/Prof Carol Hayes (ANU), Dr Rowena Ward (Wollongong U), Dr Laura Emily Clark (U New England) and Dr Toshiyuki Nakamura. This project, also funded by the Japan Foundation Sakura Mini Grants, explored motivations of tertiary students studying Japanese at the intermediate and advanced levels.

Project report

Australian Network for Teaching Advanced Japanese Project Report (in Englsh) can be accessed here.

Senior Lecturer Rowena Ward

University of Wollongong

https://scholars.uow.edu.au/display/rowena_ward

Lecturer Toshiyuki Nakamura

Australia National University

https://researchprofiles.anu.edu.au/en/persons/toshiyuki-nakamura

Lecturer Laura Emily Clark

University of New England

Project Leader:

A/Prof Ikuko Nakane

Asia Institute, the University of Melbourne

https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/154915-ikuko-nakane

In memory of Prof Carol Hayes  
Japanese Language and Studies

The Australian National University

Professor Carol Hayes passed away on 16 October 2022. Dr Carol Hayes was Professor of Japanese Language and Studies in the College of Asia and the Pacific and Distinguished Educator at the Australian National University. Her research interests included the portrayal of social and cultural issues in Japanese creative production and Japanese language teaching methodologies and practice. A recipient of a 2013 OLT National Teaching Excellence Award, Carol was an innovation leader and early adopter in developing and supporting flexible and online learning within Asian Studies at the ANU, pushing boundaries in technical innovation to make language learning more exciting and student oriented. She will be remembered for her beautiful smile, positive energy and invaluable contributions to our field in our memories.

キャロル・ヘイズ博士は2022年10月16日に永眠されました。ここに心より追悼と彼女への感謝の意を表します。

ヘイズ博士は、オーストラリア国立大学アジア太平洋学部日本研究・日本語学科教授で、オーストラリア国立大学の特別教育者でもありました。彼女の研究テーマは、日本の創作活動における社会的・文化的問題の描写と日本語教育の方法論と実践でした。2013年OLTナショナル・ティーチング・エクセレンス・アワードを受賞したキャロルさんは、オーストラリア国立大学のアジア研究における柔軟性のあるオンライン学習の開発とサポートにおいて、技術革新の限界を押し広げ、言語学習をより刺激的で学生志向のものにする革新的なリーダーでした。

Senior Lecturer Dr Emi Otsuji

UTS

Senior Lecturer Nagisa Fukui

UNSW

Lecturer Masayoshi Ogino

Canterbury NZ

Senior Lecturer Masanori Nagami

National University of Singapore

Project Research Assistants

Tamami Mori

University of Melbourne

Maho Fukuno

RMIT University

Pepi Ronalds

Monash University