Biography
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3064A JFSB
Biography
Shinsuke Tsuchiya received his Ph.D. in Japanese Language Pedagogy from The Ohio State University and an MA in Second Language Acquisition from Brigham Young University. His interests are in language teacher training and second language socialization. His dissertation explores how language teachers and students perceive “native” and “nonnative” speakers of the target language (i.e. Japanese and Chinese), and how their perceptions are related to their background characteristics, such as their gender, first language, language level in the target language, language program, ethnicity, and age. He also documented the unique language socialization process of “divergent” language teachers, or those who do not fit in the stereotypical types of “native” and “nonnative” speakers of the target language, such as dialect speakers, heritage speakers, and non-L1 English nonnative speakers of Japanese. His research interests also include L2 Japanese narratives and measuring L2 Japanese proficiencies. He is a certified ACTFL OPI tester.
Degrees
BA, Linguistics, BYU, 2009
MA, Second Language Acquisition & TESOL Certificate, BYU, 2011
PhD, The Ohio State University, 2016
Interests
Research interests include perceptions of native speakers, language socialization of language teachers and students, language teacher training, second language acquisition and assessment. He is currently working on a research project dealing with the socialization experiences of Japanese language students in an immersion program at a foreign language housing. He is also working on creating listening and reading proficiency assessment test items following the ACTFL guidelines, as well as speaking proficiency assessment test items using elicited imitation. He is co-authoring a new Japanese textbook series NihonGO NOW!, which will be published in 2019.
Research Interests
language pedagogy, identity, language immersion and mental health, second language acquisition and socialization, and L2 Japanese narrativesTeaching Interests
Japanese language courses (all levels), language teaching methodology, language immersion (Japanese House)Education
- Ph.D., Japanese Pedagogy , Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Second Language Studies, The Ohio State University (2016)
- M.A., Language Acquisition and Teaching , Japanese, Brigham Young University (2011)
- B.A. , Linguistics , TESOL, Brigham Young University (2009)
Licenses and Certifications
- Brigham Young University, TESOL Certificate (2011 - Present)
- ACTFL, Oral Proficiency Interview Rater (Japanese) (2014 - 2018)
Honors and Awards
- Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching, Association for Asian Studies (2016 - 2016)
- The NFMLTA/NCOLCTL Graduate Students Research Support Award, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2016 - 2016)
- Graduate Teaching Associate Assistantship, The Ohio State University (2011 - 2016)
- Atsushi Onoe Fund, The Ohio State University (2015 - 2015)
- Linguistics Scholarship, Brigham Young University (2010 - 2011)
- TESOL Certificate Scholarship, Brigham Young University (2010 - 2011)
- Humanities Foreign Language Student Residence Housing Scholarship, Brigham Young University (2009 - 2011)
- Language Acquisition Scholarship, Brigham Young University (2009 - 2011)
- Kenneth and Wilma Gardner Scholarship, Brigham Young University (2008 - 2009)
Memberships
- American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (2016 - Present)
- Utah Association of Teachers of Japanese (2016 - Present)
- American Association of Teachers of Japanese (2011 - Present)
- National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2016 - 2017)
Professional Citizenship
- Other, UATJ (Utah Association of Teachers of Japanese) (2023 - Present)
- Member, AP Japanese (2021 - Present)
- Committee/Council Member, Annual Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching (2020 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Japanese Language and Literature (2020 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (2018 - Present)
- Other, ACTFL (2016 - Present)
- Officer (specify in Other), American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (2014 - Present)
- Other, ACTFL (2014 - Present)
- Other, ALLEX (Alliance for Language Learning and Educational Exchange (2023 - 2023)
- Conference-Related Role, American Association of Teachers of Japanese (2021 - 2023)
- Other, JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching Program) (2023 - 2023)
- Other, Critical Language Scholarship (2022 - 2023)
- Other, Utah Association of Teachers of Japanese (2019 - 2022)
- Guest Speaker, Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (2022 - 2022)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Linguistics (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Qualitative Research in Education (2021 - 2021)
- Guest Speaker, Utah Association of Teachers of Japanese (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Language, Culture, and Curriculum (2020 - 2020)
- Guest Speaker, Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh (2020 - 2020)
- Other, American Association of Teachers of Japanese (2019 - 2019)
- Other, Missionary Training Center (2018 - 2018)