Associate Instructional Professor in Japanese
MA, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- 339 Pugh Hall
- rwada@ufl.edu
- 352-392-7550
- CV
Office Hours — Spring 2025
- Tuesdays 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and Fridays 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Or by appointment
Current Courses – Summer B 2022
-Beginning Japanese 2 – syllabus
Research interest and background
My area of study is Japanese linguistics and pedagogy. I am interested in the area of discourse analysis and second language speakers of Japanese. I have researched about the usage of certain linguistic functions by Japanese learners, using conversational data. I always have my research interest center on the leaner’s Japanese language use and apply the research to the development of Japanese language teaching
Teaching background
I have taught Japanese for four years as a teaching assistant at Carthage College and University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a part-time instructor, I have taught Japanese to international students from a variety of countries at summer study abroad program in Tokyo.
Courses taught
- JPN 1130 – Beginning Japanese 1
- JPN 1131 – Beginning Japanese 2
- JPN 2230 – Intermediate Japanese 1
- JPN2231 – Intermediate Japanese 2
- JPN3410 – Advanced Japanese 1
- JPN3411 – Advanced Japanese 2