Academic & Teaching staff

Mr. Kazuki Morimoto

Senior Teaching Fellow in Japanese

Mr. Kazuki Morimoto

+44 (0)113 343 3561

1. Biography

森本一樹

Education

MA in Asian Civilization, University of Iowa, USA

BA in Commerce, Doshisha University, Japan

Membership

BATJ Journal Coordinator, The British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ) 

2. Areas of Expertise

 

  • Teaching Japanese as a foreign language
  • Foreign language education and teaching methodology
  • Writing instruction, feedback and assessment

3. Publications

  • September 2004, "Chukyu sakubun shido to sono hyoka (Teaching and Assessing Intermediate Writing)", BATJ Journal No. 5, The British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
  • May 2003, "Jokyu kikitori no sutorateji: noto tekingu no gijutsu (Listening Strategy: Note-taking Skills)", Paper of the 15th International Conference on Japanese Language Teaching

 

 

4. Conference Presentations

  • September 2011, "Intermediate-advanced learners' speaking skills - Persuasiveness", The 14th BATJ Annual Conference at University of Oxford  (Joint presentation)
  • March 2011, Invited talk "The Japanese education in the UK: current situations and future tasks", International Workshop for Japanese Learners Corpus and Error Analysis" at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  • September 2010, "Teaching translation into the second language via the Wiki tool of the Blackboard", Language for 21st Century: Training, Impact and Influence by the Higher Education Academy at University of Sheffield
  • September 2010, "The use of grammar and vocabulary in English-Japanese translations and Japanese compositions written by intermediate-advanced learners", The 13th BATJ Annual Conference at University of Reading
  • January 2009, "What can we learn from the training programme for teachers of Japanese in Europe (Alsace Study Programme in July 2008)? ", The BATJ Workshop at The Japan Foundation London Language Centre
  • March 2007, "Japan: Society, History and Culture", Japanese Culture Workshop at Trinity & All Saints in Leeds
  • September 2005, "Learner's response to teacher's explicit and less explicit written feedback on their compositions", The 8th BATJ Annual Conference at Cardiff University
  • September 2003, "Teaching Intermediate Writing", The 6th BATJ Annual Conference at SOAS, University of London
  • September 2002, "Advanced Writing: Project essay", The 5th BATJ Annual Conference at University of Manchester
  • January 2001, "Advanced Writing", BATJ Workshop at University of Durham

5. Teaching Modules (Undergraduate)

  • EAST1210 & 1220 Basic Japanese Language (1) & (2)
  • EAST2300 Intermediate Japanese (1) (Module Convenor)
  • EAST2212/3 Japanese 2A/2C:Written Communication Skills
  • EAST2222/3 Japanese 2B/2D:Spoken Communication Skills (Module Convenor)
  • EAST3221 Japanese 3A: Written Communication Skills (Module Convenor)