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  KOH, Tomoko

   Instructor by Contractual Appointment

   Japanese Language Program, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 2012/06~2015/05 〔Master Course〕, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University in the City of New York,, Completed
2. 2001/04~2008/03 Department of Area Studies, East Asia (Chinese), School of Foreign Studies, Osaka University, Graduated, B.A.
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■ Professional Background
1. 2026/04~2029/03 Instructor by Contractual Appointment, Japanese Language Program, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
2. 2025/04~2026/03 Instructor, Japan International Cooperation Center
3. 2020/04~2025/03 Japanese Language Education Specialist, The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai
4. 2019/04~2020/03 Regional Japanese Language Coordinator, Hyogo International Association
5. 2016/04~2019/03 Instructor, Osaka YMCA Japanese language school
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■ Present Specialized Fields
Japanese language education 
■ Books and Articles
1. Article Unearthing foundational questions of education in an alternative school: Insights from an exploratory team ethnography SLCE: Studies of Language and Cultural Education, 23 pp.359-380 (Collaboration) 2025/12
2. Article Practices and Outcomes of a Community-Based “Shimamuni LINE Sticker
Creation Workshop” for Language Revitalization on Okinoerabu Island Endangered languages of Japan / Descriptive and conservation studies on Japonic languages 4,pp.23-40 (Collaboration) 2025/07
3. Article “Reading and writing outoethnography: how autoethnographies are consumed Journa for Kyosei Studies 2,pp.100-124 (Collaboration) 2025/06
4. Article Exploring Conflicts and Dilemmas in Self-Introductions through Collaborative Autoethnography Japanese Association of Language Proficiency journal (12),pp.132-143 (Collaboration) 2024/07
5. Article A Study on Self-Reference and Other-Reference Terms and Cultural Proficiency: Analyzing the Japanese of the
Japanese-speaking Generation in Taiwan 40th Anniversary Commemorative Event of the Nanzan University Foreign Student Division Proceedings pp.53-62 (Single) 2016/03
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2025/03 Presentation【Title】Report on the Shimamuni LINE Sticker Creation Workshop in Okinoerabu Island (Conference】Conservation of Endangered Languages and Prosody of Japonic Languages 2024)
2. 2025/02 The Relationship Between Heritage Language and Identity Formation Seen Through Collaborative Autothnography (International Network for Translingual Japanese 2025)
3. 2024/08 Trans-Identity Formation Seen Through Collaborative Autothnography of Japanese Descendants and Chinese Diaspora (International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2024)
4. 2023/11 Where are you from? Exploring the conflict of self-introduction for learners of diverse backgrounds using the Trajectory Equifinality Model. (13th Society Japanese Language Education Hong Kong Symposium)
5. 2023/09 The Transformation of Our Identity as Children Who Grew Up in a Multilingual Environment: Learning 'Heritage Language,' Reclaiming the Self, and Letting Go of the 'Inherited Language' (Japanese Studies Association of Australia-International Network for Translingual Japanese 2023)
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■ Lectures
1. 2025/03 Anytime! Anywhere! A Culture Introduction That Requires No Preparation – Let's Shape and Share the Culture Within You
2. 2024/09 The Experience Brought by Collaboration in CAE and Creativity as a Community
3. 2024/03 A Workshop for Self-Expression in a Diverse society
4. 2024/02 When Asked to Teach Japanese Culture – Let's Design Interactive Exchange Activities for Mutual Learning
5. 2022/02 Let's Try! 'YASASHII Japanese' – Referring to Kobe City Hall's Initiatives
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2024/09~ The Japanese Society for Mother Tongue, Heritage Language and Bilingual Education (MHB)
2. 2023/08~ Japanese Studies Association of Australia
3. 2017/10~ Japanese Association of Language Proficiency
4. 2019~ ∟ Management Committee Member
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■ Course Titles
1. Advanced Japanese; Research Writing
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■ Academic Awards
1. 2008/05 Osaka University Osaka University, Recipient of the Osaka University President's Award
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
21039191