Ms Taeko Imura

Ms Taeko Imura

BA, Dip Ed in ESL, MA, Dip in Computers Technology and Language Learning

Lecturer

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Research expertise

  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Language testing
  • Oral Proficiency
  • Computer Assisted Language Learning
  • Foreign Language Anxiety
  • Japanese teaching at secondary level

Current teaching areas

  • Japanese language

Publications

Refereed journal article

  • 2004 Imura, T. "Let learners talk with native speakers outside the classroom in your home country. Community Involvement project", Japanese-Language Education Around the Globe, 14, 125-148. Available at Japanese-Language Education around the Globe - Vol.14
  • Yamane, C., Okuyama, Y., Namba, A., & Imura, T. (2007). Perceptions of Japanese culture and Cross-Cultural Adaptability among Secondary Students: A study in Korea, Australian and Japan, Nihongo Gakuhoo, vol. 71, 53-66.
  • Namba, A., Yamane, C., Okuyama, Y., & Imura T. (2006). Perceptions of Japan and Japanese culture among secondary students: A pilot study in Japan, Australia and Korea, Sanyo review, 12, 113-124.
  • Sasaki, M., Kono M., Miyamaoto, R., Imura, T., Tsue N., Ingram D., Tateyama E., & Kondo, K.(2005). A pilot study of distant joint class in oral communication to create an intercultural learning community model via ICT, Akita Association of English Studies, 47,1-16.

Refereed conference paper

  • 2004 Imura, T. "The effect of anxiety on oral communication skills". Paper presented at the Educating: Weaving Research into practice, 2nd Annual International Conference on Cognition, Language and Special Education, Crown Plaza, Surfers Paradise, Vol. 2, 174-186.

Important and recent publications

  • 1996 Power Japanese Version 2.0, ON-CALL 10/2: 36-41

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