Graduate Programs  

Teaching Asian Languages MA (TALMA) Program at UCLA

• 1-year program focused on university-level Asian language teaching (Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) 

• We accept applications annually.

East Asian Linguistics PhD Program at UCLA

• We welcome applications from qualified candidates each year. 

• I invite applications from prospective PhD students whose research interests lie in the study of Japanese language in its context of use, particularly in one or more of the following areas: applied linguistics, CA-informed language teaching, interactional linguistics, interactional sociolinguistics, register studies, semantic change, and computer-mediated communication.

Current and Past Courses

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Undergraduate Courses

• Asian Language Pedagogy (Asian 104)

• Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (Japanese M120/ Linguistics M116)

Graduate Courses

• Issues and Practices in Teaching Asian Languages (Asian 204 A/B)

Old Dominion University (ODU)

• Beginning Japanese (JAPN 111)

• Intermediate Japanese (JAPN 212)

• Japan: A Cultural Odyssey (JAPN 310/ WCS 310)

• Japanese Society and Language (JAPN 335)

• Analyzing Japanese Conversation (JAPN 422/522, undergraduate & graduate)

• Japanese through Anime, Manga, and Fiction (Topic course)

• Grammar and Usage (Topic course)

• Grammar for Written Japanese (Topic course; undergraduate & graduate)

• Japanese Language Acquisition and Teaching (Topic course; undergraduate & graduate)

• Academic Reading in Japanese (Independent study course; graduate)

University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)

• Beginning Japanese (JPNS 1010 & 1020)

• Intermediate Japanese (JPNS 2110 & 2120)

• Advanced Japanese (JPNS 3110 & 3120)

• Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese (JPNS 4110 & 4120)

• Japanese Sociolinguistics (JPNS 4050/5050, undergraduate & graduate)

• Second Language Acquisition of Japanese (JPNS 4070/5070, undergraduate & graduate)