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Dr Emi Sakamoto
(she/her)
BA (Hons), MA BA (Hons), MSc, PhD
Teams and roles for Emi Sakamoto
Lecturer in Japanese
Overview
I work in the Japanese programme and involved with teaching Japanese language modules Year 1, 2, 3 and Year Abroad. I am currently Module Leader of Year 2 Japanese module, Japanese Year Abroad Co-ordinator and Deputy Chair of Exam Board / Academic Lead Examinations. My research interests include Second Language speech acquisition (Japanese phonetics and phonology), foreign accent, peer feedback, language education. My research work spans the fields of Second Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Phonetics/Phonology, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Language Education, Japanese Teaching Methods and Identity Studies.
Teaching
The modules that I have contributed to:
- ML1549 Elementary Japanese
- ML5280 Intermediate Japanese (Module co-ordinator)
- ML4008 Study Programme in Japan: Semester - Autumn (Module co-ordinator)
- ML4009 Study Programme in Japan: Semester - Spring (Module co-ordinator)
- MLT406 Specialised Translation: Scientific and Technical
Biography
Education and Qualifications
PhD (Linguistics), The University of Edinburgh, UK
PhD programme completed (Foreign Language Studies, Applied Linguistics), Sophia University, Japan
MSc (Developmental Linguistics), The University of Edinburgh, UK
MA (Foreign Language Studies, Applied Linguistics), Sophia University, Japan
BA Honours (Japanese Language and Culture), Sophia University, Japan
Japanese Teacher Qualification
The Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test (authorized by The Japanese Minister of Education, Science, Sport, and Culture) passed in January, 1998
Honours and awards
MA Magna Cum Laude, Sophia University, Japan
BA Cum Laude, Sophia University, Japan
Professional memberships
The British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
Sophia University Linguistic Society
Japanese Association of Second Language Acquisition
Committees and reviewing
Journal Committee, The British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, from 2021
Senior Common Room member, Trevelyan College, Durham University, 2021
Committee member, Europe Japan Research Centre (EJRC), Oxford Brooks University, 2017-2018
Reviewer, The British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, 2016
Council member, Japan Society of Scotland (under the supervision of the Council General of Japan in Edinburgh, Chairman, Rev. Professor Stuart Picken), 2007-2010
Main Organizer, Second Language Acquisition Reading Group (with PG students and the alumni from multiple universities), Japan, 1998-2002
Leading member, Sophia Applied Linguistics Research Group, 1998-2002