Hiroko Hashimoto, Lecturer
Biography
Qualifications
Contact Details
Subjects Taught
Supervision
Research Interests
Publications
Biography
I started teaching Japanese as a part-time instructor at the Ajia Fukushi Kyoiku Zaidan, Nanmin Jigyoo Honbu, Himeji Teijuu Sokushin Sentaa (Himeji Resettlement Promotion Centre, Japan). As I enjoyed teaching there and learned a lot from the students, I decided to pursue further study in teaching Japanese as a second/foreign language. After completion of a one-year intensive training course at Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyuusho (the National Language Research Institute, Japan), I taught Japanese as a part-time lecturer at Tokyo Kokusai Daigaku (Tokyo International University). I then studied at the Tsukuba Daigaku, Chiiki Kenkyuu-ka (Department of Area Studies, Tsukuba University) and completed a Master of International Affairs.
After graduating with a Masters Degree, I came to Melbourne to teach at Monash. Since joining Monash University, I have taught and coordinated various language courses from the beginner level to the most advanced level. The Department sent me to Chiba University in Japan for six months in 1995 and also in 1996 with Monash Honours students who went to Japan as a part of their Honours program. I was there not only as a Japanese language teacher but also as a study abroad advisor, and advised the students on their homestays, research in Japan and studies at a Japanese university. It was a very exciting time when the Japanese government had just introduced the Short-term Exchange Promotion Program and the number of Japanese universities with which Monash had exchange agreements increased rapidly. I enjoyed working at the forefront of study abroad and especially enjoyed having close contact with the Honours students and other Monash students in Japan.
I have been involved in various course development projects including the publication of Monash original textbooks, Interacting with the Japanese: a comprehensive communication course, Books 1 and 2 in the early 1990s; and Current Issues in the Japanese Media (Japanese 11), which was a part of a GOLD (Global Online Learning Development) Project in 2002-2003.
While I was working for Monash, I completed my PhD under the supervision of Professor Simon Marginson of the Faculty of Education. The title of my thesis is Globalisation and the internationalization of universities in Japan: Issues of identity in student exchange. Now I combine my research interest with administrative work, and I am in charge of sending Monash students to Japanese partner universities.
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Monash University, Australia)
Masters of International Affairs (Tsukuba University, Japan)
Contact details
| Room: | 410 Menzies Building (Building 11), Clayton Campus |
| Phone: | (03) 9905 2288 (international: 61 3 9905 2288) |
| Email: | hiroko.hashimoto@arts.monash.edu.au |
| Fax: | (03) 9905 5437 (international: 61 3 9905 5437) |
| Mailing Address: | Dr H.
Hashimoto School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics PO Box 11A Monash University Australia 3800 |
Subjects Taught
I coordinate and teach Japanese 11 (Current Issues in the Japanese Media) and Japanese 10 (Interpreting and Translation) in 2006.
Supervision
MA
Learners' Interaction in Pair/Group Work in Japanese Classrooms (associate supervisor)
Honours
Working in Japan: The Case of Foreign Women Professionals
Postgraduate Translation Project (From English to Japanese)
U.S. Bilateral Security Alliances in the Asia-Pacific: Moving beyond 'Hub and Spokes' (Tow, W. 2003)
The Comparative Performance of Australia as a Knowledge Nation (Considine, M. et al. 2001)
Australian Wine: From the Vine to the Glass (Iland, P. and Gago, P. 1997)
Research interests
My initial research interest was in testing, and especially in aptitude tests, and I completed a study on the possibilities of an aptitude test for placement of students without any previous study of the language. My research interests then shifted to the cognitive aspects of comprehension and my research project for my Masters thesis focused on factors that influence the listening comprehension of learners of Japanese. The focus was not on linguistic knowledge but on background knowledge about the content of materials.
After I started teaching at Monash, I became interested in the acquisition of communicative competence by high school exchange students who have stayed in Japan for more than ten months. I have completed several research projects in this field, such as a longitudinal study of the acquisition of communicative competence by former high school exchange students, and the characteristics of their spoken Japanese. With the experience of looking after study abroad students, I extended my research interests to the cultural understanding of exchange students at the tertiary level and to broader issues of study abroad.
In my PhD project, I investigated the Japanese policies towards international students and identity issues of Australian exchange students at Japanese universities. My current research interest includes issues of identity in relation to study abroad, internationalization of universities, and intercultural communication.
I have also worked for other projects, which are directly related to language teaching. They include content- based advanced language teaching and development of on-line activities and multimedia resources for Japanese language teaching.
Publications
Book
1998. 『オーストラリアの大学生と見たニッポン』(Looking at Japan with Australian University Students). Tokyo: Heigensha.
Book Chapter
2003. The impact of study abroad on the cultural identity of university exchange students, in Anthony Liddicoat et al. (Eds.). Australian Perspectives on Internationalising Education. Melbourne: Language Australia, 103-115.
Unpublished dissertations
2004 Globalisation and the Internationalisation of Universities in Japan: Issues of Identity in Student Exchange. Dissertation, PhD, Monash University, Australia.
1990 Factors Influencing Listening Comprehension of Learners of Japanese: Focusing on Prediction with Background Knowledge. Dissertation, Masters of International Affairs, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Refereed Journal Articles
2006 「『多文化社会』オーストラリアの大学生にとっての日本留学の意義」 (Significances of studying abroad at Japanese universities for students from ‘multicultural’ Australia). 『オセアニア教育研究』(Oceanian Education Studies), 12: 81-95.
2006 「集中的な異文化接触経験と異文化間教育－『世界青年の船』船上セミナーでの実践からの考察」(An intensive multicultural experience and intercultural education: on board seminar on intercultural communication). 『異文化間教育』(Intercultural/Transcultural Education), 23: 50-68.
2005 Internationalisation of universities: the impact of the global expansion of English on Japanese universities. Transcultural Studies, 1: 1-21.
2004 「オーストラリアの大学からの短期留学プログラム参加者の勉学面での満足度」 (Academic satisfaction of exchange students from Australian universities). 『留学生教育』(Journal of International Students Education), 9: 181-191.
2001 「固定的文化観への挑戦－日本事情教育は『日本文化』対『異文化』の枠組みを超えられるか」(Challenging fixed ideas of culture: Can the teaching of nihon jijoo overcome the dichotomy of “Japanese culture” vs “other cultures“?).『21世紀の「日本事情」－日本語教育から文化リテラシーへ』” ('Nihon Jijoo' Education in the 21st Century), 3: 94-106.
2000. 「グローバリゼーションとオーストラリアの留学生政策」(Globalisation and Australian policy towards international students).『留学生教育』(Journal of International Student Education). 5:27-48.
1996. An Accelerated Course for Former Secondary School Exchange Students. Bulletin of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia. 16,1: 86-93.
1995. 「自己評価能力の育成――オーストラリアの元交換留学生の話しことばについて」(The Development of Self-Evaluation: The Spoken Language of Former High School Exchange Students). 『日本語教育論集』(Essays on Japanese as a Foreign Language). 12: 20-39. Centre for Teaching of Japanese as a Foreign Language, the National Language Research Institute, Japan.
1993. Language Acquisition of an Exchange Student within the Homestay Environment. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. 4, 4: 209-224.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
2003 「多様なリソースを活用した上級日本語クラスの実践と評価」 (Implementation and evaluation of an advanced Japanese subject using a wide variety of resources). Miyazoe-Wong (Ed), Japanese Language Education and Japanese Studies in Asia-Pacific: Current Trends and Future Directions. 235-246. Society of Japanese Language Education, Hong Kong.
2000 Internationalisation of universities and English as a language of instruction. Disc 3, AILA ’99 CD-ROM. Organising Committee of the 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics.
1991 Comprehension of spoken Japanese and sociocultural competence. Japan and the World. 3: 79-83. Australia-Japan Research Centre, Canberra.
Non-refereed articles
2002 「豪州の大学教育における日本語教育の目標と意義」 (Aims and significance of Japanese language education in Australian universities). 『大学教育目標輿日本語教育Update content. 論文集』(Aims of Japanese Language Education in Universities). 55-65. Tunghai University, Taiwan.
2001 「短期留学推進制度の影響－オーストラリアの大学の日本語教育の場合」(Promotion of the Short Term Exchange Program and its impact on teaching Japanese at an Australian university). In I. Kawakami and S. Miyazaki (Eds.), Designing the Future of Japanese Language Teaching in Australia: New Perspective between Australia and Japan. 30-43. The Japan Foundation Sydney Language Centre
2000 Study abroad at Japanese universities: getting the most out of the tanki-ryuugaku experience. P. Eckersall et al. (Eds.), Japanese Studies: Communities, Culture, Critiques. 103-110. Monash Asia Institute.
1996 「在日留学生の異文化接触と日本語習得」(Cross-cultural contacts and Japanese language acquisition of international students in Japan). 『豊橋技術科学大学技術開発・分析計測・工作センター年報』(Center Annual Reports. Technology Development Center, Research Center for Chemometrics, and Manufacturing Technology Center, Toyohashi University of Technology). 174-176. 吉村弓子氏と共著 (Jointly with Yoshimura, Y.)
Translation
2005 Marginson, S.「高等教育のグローバル市場と日本国内の市場」(Global and national markets in higher education) 横田雅弘他 (M.Yokota et al.)『アジア太平洋諸国の留学生受入政策と中国の動向』(Policies towards International Students in Asia Pacific Countries and Trends in China) 文部科学省科学研究費補助金（基盤研究Ｂ）平成15年度~16年度 調査報告書（中間報告）(MEXT Research Grant, Category B, 2003-2004 Interim Report) 291-297.
Conference presentations
2007 ‘Teaching interpreting and translation at advanced level Japanese’. Paper presented at JSAA (Japanese Studies Association of Australia) 15th Biennial Conference (Jointly with Takimoto, M.). Canberra, 1 - 4 July 2007
2007 ‘English, intercultural communication and inequality’. Paper presented at Social and Cognitive Aspects of Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 12-14 April
2006 30 years of student exchange between Australia and Japan. Paper presented at Japan Relates: Australia, Asia, the World Conference. Broome, 9-13 December.
2006 「上級レベルの日本語教育におけるオンライン活動やマルチメディア・リ ソースの導入」 (Development of on-line activities and multimedia resources for Japanese language teaching for advanced-level university subjects). (Jointly with Masato Takimoto).『第７回国際日本語研究・日本語 教育シンポジウム 予稿』(Proceeding, The Seventh International Symposium on Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education). 66-71. Hong Kong, 29-30 October.
2005 ‘National Presentation’ and cultural identity. Paper presented at Cultural Borders and Bridges: Europe and Asia Conference. Melbourne, 3-4 November.
2005 Social interaction of Australian university exchange students in Japan. Paper presented at JSAA (Japanese Studies Association of Australia) 14th Biennial Conference. Adelaide, 3-6 July.
2004 An analysis of an ‘intercultural exchange’ program: The Ship for World Youth. Paper presented at ASAA (Asian Studies Association of Australia) 15th Biennial Conference. Canberra, 29 June–2 July.
2003 Internationalisation of universities: The impact of the global expansion of English on Japanese universities. Paper presented at Border Crossing: Popular, Mass and Global Culture Conference. Melbourne, 2-3 October
2002 Study abroad and intercultural communication. Paper presented at the 13th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2002), Singapore, 15-21 December.
2002 Aims and significance of Japanese language education in Australian universities. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Japanese Language Education (an invited speaker). Tunghai University, Taiwan, 19-20 January.
2000 Policies towards international students: A comparative study of Japanese and Australian universities. Paper presented at ASAA (Asian Studies Association of Australia) 13th Biennial Conference. Melbourne, 3-5 July
2000 Quantity or quality: Challenges and future directions in teaching advanced Japanese. Paper presented at National LOTE (Languages Other than English) Conference (Jointly with Askew, D.). Melbourne, 26-27 November.
1999 「短期留学推進制度の影響－オーストラリアの大学の日本語教育の場合」(Promotion of the Short Term Exchange Program and its impact on teaching Japanese at an Australian university). Paper presented at JSAA (Japanese Studies Association of Australia) 11th Biennial Conference. Rockhampton, 1-4 December.
1999 University reform in Japan in the 1990s: An inquiry from the perspective of theories of globalisation. Paper presented at JSAA (Japanese Studies Association of Australia) 11th Biennial Conference. Rockhampton, 1-4 December.
1999 「多様なリソースを活用した上級日本語クラスの実践と評価」 (Implementation and evaluation of an advanced Japanese subject using a wide variety of resources). 『第４回国際日本語教育・日本語研究シンポジウム 資料稿』(Handouts of Papers, The Fourth International Symposium on Japanese Language Education and Japanese Studies). 63-70. Hong Kong, 20-21 November.
1999 Internationalisation of universities and English as a language of instruction. Paper presented at the 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 1999). Tokyo, 1-6 August.
1997 Study abroad at Japanese universities: getting the most out of the tanki-ryuugaku experience. Paper presented at JSAA (Japanese Studies Association of Australia) 10th Biennial Conference. Melbourne, 6-10 July.
1997 「短期留学の意義と課題」(Significance and problems of student exchange programs: From an Australian university’s point of view) 『異文化間教育学会第18回大会発表抄録』(Proceedings of the Intercultural Education Society 18th Annual Conference). 18-19. Kyoto, Japan, 31 May - 1 June.
1996 「コミュニケーション能力の習得に関する縦断的研究－高校の交換留学生の場合」(Longitudinal studies of acquisition of communicative competence: Case studies of high school exchange students) 『平成8年度日本語教育学会春季大会予行集』(Proceedings of Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language). 163-168. Ibaragi, Japan, 25-26 May.
1996 「ホームステイと異文化理解」(Homestay and cross-cultural understanding: From both host families’ and students’ points of view) 『異文化間教育学会第17回大会発表抄録』(Proceedings of the Intercultural Education Society 17th Annual Conference). 130-131. Tokyo, Japan, 1-2 June.
1995 「海外の日本語教育における教室外活動の支援とその効果」(Intercultural contact with Japanese people in teaching Japanese as a foreign language overseas) 『異文化間教育学会第16回大会発表抄録』 (Proceedings of the Intercultural Education Society 16th Annual Conference). 26-27. Fukuoka, Japan, 3-4 June.
1993 Conversation analysis of an exchange student. Paper presented at JSAA (Japanese Studies Association of Australia) 8th Biennial Conference. Newcastle, July.
1987 「適正テストの可能性－未習者のプレースメントの手がかりとして」(Aptitude tests in language teaching for placement of beginners). Paper presented at the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Osaka, Japan, 16 May.
Textbooks, teaching materials published in a commercial journal
2004 Japanese 11 (Current issues in the Japanese media) Unit Book. Melbourne: Monash University
Neustupny, J.V., Muraoka, H., Spence-Brown, R., Utsumi, Y., Hashimoto, H., 1992, Interacting with the Japanese: A Comprehensive Communication Course. Book 1. Japanese Studies Centre, Melbourne
Neustupny, J.V., Muraoka, H., Spence-Brown, R., Utsumi, Y., Hashimoto, H., 1992, Interacting with the Japanese: A Comprehensive Communication Course. Book 2. Japanese Studies Centre, Melbourne
石井恵理子、橋本博子 1988「タスク･リスニング－桜の季節」『日本語ジャーナル』３月号 102-105. (Ishii, E. and Hashimoto, H., 1988. Task Listening: Sakura Season. The Nihongo Journal. 3, 3. March. ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.
石井恵理子、橋本博子 1988「タスク･リスニング－贈りものをする」『日本語ジャーナル』２月号 102-105. (Ishii, E. and Hashimoto, H., 1988. Task Listening: Gift-Giving. The Nihongo Journal. 3, 2. February. ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.
石井恵理子、橋本博子 1988「タスク･リスニング－着物の魅力」『日本語ジャーナル』１月号 102-105. (Ishii, E. and Hashimoto, H., 1988. Task Listening: Charm of Kimono. The Nihongo Journal. 3, 1: 102-105. January. ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.)
石井恵理子、橋本博子 1987「タスク･リスニング－年越しそばを食べる」『日本語ジャーナル』12月号 102-105. (Ishii, E. and Hashimoto, H., 1987. Task Listening: Year-End Soba. The Nihongo Journal. 2, 12: 102-105. December. ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.)
石井恵理子、橋本博子 1987「タスク･リスニング－歌舞伎を鑑賞する」『日本語ジャーナル』11月号 98-101. (Ishii, E. and Hashimoto, H., 1987. Task Listening: Kabuki Appreciation. The Nihongo Journal. 2, 11: 98-101. November. ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.)
石井恵理子、伊藤博文、塩谷由美子、橋本博子 1987「タスク･リスニング－忍者って何だ？」『日本語ジャーナル』10月号 102-105. (Ishii, E., Ito, H., Shiotani, Y., and Hashimoto, H., 1987. Task Listening: Discovering Ninja. The Nihongo Journal. 2, 10: 102-105. October. ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.)
石井恵理子、伊藤博文、塩谷由美子、橋本博子 1987「タスク･リスニング－秋の夜長を楽しむ」『日本語ジャーナル』９月号 102-105. (Ishii, E., Ito, H., Shiotani, Y., and Hashimoto, H., 1987. Task Listening: Long Autumn Nights. The Nihongo Journal. 2, 9: 102-105. September. ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.)
石井恵理子、伊藤博文、塩谷由美子、橋本博子 1987「タスク･リスニング－お化け」『日本語ジャーナル』8月号 102-105. (Ishii, E., Ito, H., Shiotani, Y., and Hashimoto, H., 1987. Task Listening: Blood-Curdling Spooks. The Nihongo Journal. 2, 8: 102-105. August. ALC Press, Tokyo, Japan.)
阿部祐子、磯浦美恵子、楠本篤子、橋本博子、福永英夫、宮川康子 1986 『漢字の練習』 姫路定住促進センター (Abe, Y., Isoura, E., Kusumoto, A., Hashimoto, H., Fukunaga, H., and Miyagawa Y. 1986. Practicing Kanji 2. Himeji Resettlement Promotion Centre, Hyogo, Japan.)