Tae
Kunisawa
4200 Altura Vista
Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
E-mail: tkuni.unm.edu/tae0315@hotmail.com; URL:
http://www.flj.info
Personal
information
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Nationality:
Japan
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Immigration
status:
Green card holder,
USA
Education
2004-Present Ph.D. student at Educational
Linguistics, the
University of New Mexico, New Mexico,
USA
2000~2004
Ph.
D. student, accepted by the Department of Secondary Education at the
University
of Alberta, Canada
1995
Master
of Education Degree, East Carolina University, North Carolina, USA
1976
Bachelor of Arts Degree, British and American
Literature, Kochi Women’s University,
Kochi, Japan
Special
Program
1996
Attended the Department of
Linguistics at Stanford
University for summer session, USA
1994
Received
advanced training in Japanese language instruction at Columbia
University, USA
1994
Participated
in the 11th Summer Seminar at the University of California in Santa
Barbara by
The National Council of Teachers of Japanese, USA
1993~1994 Received
training in foreign language instruction at the University of North
Carolina at
Chapel Hill, USA
1993
Received
advanced training in Japanese language instruction at Bryn Mawr
College, USA
1991~1993 Received
training in the Exchange in Teaching Program sponsored by the U. S.
Japan
Foundation, USA
Certification
1996
Certified
as a Japanese teacher in North Carolina, USA
1976
Certified
as an English teacher by the Kochi Prefecture Board of Education, Japan
Honor
2000~2002
Academic
scholarship from the University of Alberta, AB, Canada
1999
Compaq’s
Teaching with Computer Grant Technology Award, USA
1997
Nominated
for The Richard M. Jewell Award, NC, USA
1994
Academic
scholarship from The National Council of Teachers of Japanese, USA
1994
Writing
Project Award from Carnage Middle School, NC, USA
1993
Academic
scholarship from Bryn Mawr College, PA, USA
1991~1993
Academic scholarship from U. S.
Japan Foundation, NY, USA
Strength
·
Speaking in
Japanese with students approximately twenty minutes
after instruction using my gesture-imitation method, providing their
native
language skills are normal
·
Creation
of Asian Puppet Shadow Show to learn Japanese and perform the show at
auditorium, inviting an audience of six hundred people
·
Creation
of an effective Origami lesson
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Fluent
in Japanese and English
·
Working
with diverse populations of global communities
Computer
Skill
·
Hardware:
Windows 98, 2000
and XP
·
Software:
Microsoft Works
(Word, Excel,
Power Point)
Hyper Studio
Endnote
Coral Magic
20,000
Netscape
Communicator
(creation of homepage)
Microsoft
Onenote
Work
Experience
·
Research
Assistant: AB in Canada and NC in USA
2000-2004
Rearch assistant for JASPER
Project pilot
research to
assist
educational reform and second language education in Japan, and project
assistant
for the “Wearable, Wireless, Physical Monitor (WWPW) project, the
University of
Alberta, AB, Canada
Duties: To translate documents and provide training
to Canadian professors to develop a mutual understanding for their
successful
projects with the Japanese government
1996-1997
Research
Assistant, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Duties:
To
assist a principal investigator with a co-operative action research
project.
Also
to compare the effectiveness of satellite classes and regular classes
regarding
the motivation of high school students at Broughton High School,
Raleigh NC,
and Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill NC, USA
·
Instructor,
College Level: AB in Canada, NC and GA in USA, Kochi in
Japan and QLD in Australia
1996-
1999
Japanese
Instructor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA
Duties: To start
up a successful Japanese
language and culture program.
Taught
elementary Japanese; founded internship
programs with Japanese companies at the Research Triangle Park in NC;
assisted
in The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program; organized the Japanese
Puppet
Shadow Show; assisted in the Annual Japanese Speech Contest at Duke
University;
assisted in the Japan America Conference; involved in the International
Internship Program.
1996-1998
Visiting
scholar for The Japanese Language Teacher Training Program for
pre-college and
college teachers, Georgia Southwestern State University, GA, USA
Duties:
To
provide effective training for Japanese teachers at the pre-college
level. Due to a lack of a qualified
trainer for the
pre-college level, it was urgent for them to get the trainer.
1986~1991: Japanese
instructor, the University of Kochi, Kochi, Japan:
1988 (August) Japanese
Language and Origami instructor, the University of
Queensland, QLD, Australia
·
Instructor, High
School Level: NC in USA and Kochi in Japan
1991-
2000
Japanese Teacher,
Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, NC, USA
Duties: To
revitalize high
school Japanese language and culture program.
Taught
level one to level four at high school; Enloe High School, and
Broughton High
School; organized annual Asian Puppet Shadow Show; founded computer
assisted instruction in Japanese
language; used e-mail with Japanese schools in Japan;
established internship programs with Japanese companies at the
Research Triangle Park in NC: made a homepage for a Japanese club;
found and
supervised a Japanese club; organized outings to Japanese companies and
Japanese restaurants; helped American students appreciate and
understand
Japanese culture; organized an annual Japanese camp for Broughton High
School
students with Japanese host families who lived in NC; edited and
published a
Japanese student newsletter; organized a Japan Day for the Foreign
Language
Week; produced a video tape and banners of Japanese activities
1986~1991 Head
of English language teachers, Shiroyama High School, Kochi,
Japan
Duties: To
revive failing and poorly
implemented students council activities, to increase successful college
entrance and to improve English language instruction.
Taught
level one to level three; team teaching with native English speakers
from
Canada, England, USA, Australia and New Zealand on a weekly basis;
assisted in
the Prefectural Speech Contest, the American Field Service's Study
Abroad
Program, and students in their preparation for the English Proficiency
Test;
founded and ran an English club which met regularly, had meetings and
outings
with native speakers, helped students being exposed to the American
culture,
organized an annual English camp in the mountains giving students
opportunities
to experience outdoor activities with English speaking people
Leader of the Student Council,
Shiroyama High
School, Kochi, Japan
Organized
students’ annual cultural and
sports events, such as drama productions and sport days, which all
faculty
members and students participated in
Counselor, Shiroyama High
School, Kochi, Japan
Counseled
students for college, juvenile delinquency, and helped with job offers.
Author of
textbook on English conversation, Shiroyama High School, Kochi, Japan
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Instructor,
Middle School Level: NC in USA and Kochi in Japan
1991~2000
Japanese Teacher, Wake County
Public School System, Raleigh, NC, USA
Duties: To
restore a deteriorating and inadequately implemented middle school
Japanese
language and culture program.
Taught
level one and two at Carnage Middle school; created video tapes for
origami
lessons; organized an international night; founded computer assisted instructions in the Japanese language; created a homepage and materials for an
annual Asian Puppet Show;
e-mailed
with Japanese schools in Japan; organized outings to Japanese companies
and
Japanese restaurants; helped American students appreciate and
understand
Japanese culture.
1974~1975
English Teacher, Ino Middle School
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Instructor,
Elementary School Level: Kochi in Japan
1974
Elementary
School Teacher, Nishigawa Elementary School, Kochi,
Japan
Taught all
subjects
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Instructor,
Handicapped School: Kochi in Japan
1978~1982
Teacher,
Hidaka Handicapped School, Kochi, Japan
Taught all
subjects
·
Instructor for
Adult Education; NC in USA and Kochi in Japan
1997-present: Japanese
instructor for executives of US companies
1972~1986: English
teacher at night school, Yamada Night High School, Kochi,
Japan
·
Translator: Kochi
in Japan
1988~1989
Translated Professor Akiyoshi
Torii's book
Origami Which Children Fold To
Play With.
Tokyo, Ayumi Publisher, 1990.
Leader
ship
2000
Director
of Nippon club, USA (Japanese organization in NC)
1980~1985 Director
of Women’s Department at Labor Union Sohyo, Kochi, Japan,
when the Equal Employment Opportunity Law was founded in order to
ratify the
"United Nations Women's Decade" by United Nations.
1985~1990
Director of the Women’s
Department at a teachers' union and labor union, Kochi, Japan
1977~1980
Director of a nursery school,
Kochi, Japan
Grants
received:
Nippon
Club Grant (2000 & 1998), North Carolina Central University
Foundation
Grant (1999), PTSA at Broughton High School Grant (1995~1999),
Ajinomoto
America Inc.(1998) The Vision 360
Books-(1996), Japan Foundation Teaching materials (1994~1997), Kobe
Steel
Company, Japan Forum Teaching materials (1994)
Publication
1.
“Urashima,Taro
with Technology and Multicultural Education”,
2nd Annual Conference of Emerging Technology in
Teaching
Language and Culture Proceedings. Yoshiko Saito Abbot
ed.
Monterey, CA, USA: California
State University in Monterey Bay, 2000
2.
"Japanese
Club Homepage for college,
high school and middle school.” Tae
Kunisawa ed. Raleigh, NC, USA: Broughton High School, 1999
3.
"The
Puppet Shadow Show Momotaro." The Fourth Princeton Japanese
Pedagogy
Workshop Proceedings. Seiichi Makino ed.
Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton
University, 1996
4.
"The
Greatest Risk in My Life."
Coastal Plains Writing Project. Patrick Bizzaro, ed. Greenville, NC, USA: East Carolina
University Department of English, 1992
5.
"English,"
English Subtext book. Tae
Kunisawa, ed. Kochi: Shiroyama
High School, Japan, 1990
Major
Presentations
1.
“Gesturing:
Its Impact on Language Learning.” At The 12th Mid-Atlantic
Japanese
Pedagogy Workshop, Washington DC at George Washington University, USA,
June
2002.
2.
“Gesture
Imitation: Neuroimaging Studies” University of Chicago, Chicago, USA,
April
2002.
3.
“Storytelling
with Total Physical Response (TPR-S)” at the Intercultural and Second
Language
Council (ISLC), Edmonton AB Canada, USA, March 2002.
4.
“TPRStorytelling,
Japanese Folktale and Technology.” at the American Council on the
Teaching of
Foreign Languages, Boston, USA, November 2000
5.
“Japanese
Folktales with Puppet Shadow Show, TPR Storytelling and Technology.” 4th
International Conference on Foreign Language Education and Technology
co-sponsored by The International Association for Language Learning
Technology,
The Language Laboratory Association of Japan and The Korea Association
of
Multimedia- Assisted Language Learning, Kobe, Japan, August 2000.
6.
.
“Multicultural Education and Japanese Language Instruction by
Technology.” 3rd Annual Conference
of the National
Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Washington
DC USA,
May 2000.
7.
“Urashima,Taro
with Technology and Multicultural Education”,
2nd Annual Conference of Emerging Technology in
Teaching
Language and Culture at California State University at Monterey Bay,
Monterey,
CA, USA, March 2000
8.
“Urashima,
Taro by Puppet Shadow Show, TPR Storytelling and Technology,”
Southeast
Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ) 15th Annual
Conference
at Emory University, Atlanta, GA,USA, March 2000
9.
"The
Puppet Shadow Show, The Little Inch , to help high school and college students' comprehension with
computer assisted materials."
Conference on Virginia Regional Workshop in Japanese Language
Pedagogy
at Georgetown University, Washington D. C., USA, June 1999.
10.
"How
to teach four skills in the Japanese language to pre-college students,"
Conference on New York Japan Society, NY,USA,
November 1997.
11.
“Kagee,
Momotaro.” Conference on the Fourth
Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Workshop at Princeton University, NJ, USA,
May
1996.
Major Interests
Second language education; Gesture Imitation study; Sign Language; Vygotsky; Grammar: Puppet shadow show; Neuroscience; Japanese pedagogy; Computer assisted materials; Folktales; Japanese culture (origami, tea ceremony, brush writing, and cooking)
References will
be provided upon request