Curriculum Vitae:

Education

• 1976 Bachelor of Arts (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies:1972-1976)
• 1982 Master of Education (Hyogo University of Teacher Education:1980 -1982)

Work Experiences

• Teacher of English as a foreign language at Hyogo Prefecture senior high schools (1976-1988)
• Lecturer of English as a foreign language at Kenmei Women’s College (1988-1991)
• Associate Professor of English as a foreign language at Kenmei Women’s College (1991-1993)
• Associate Professor of English as a foreign language at University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences (1993-1996)
• Professor of English as a foreign language and Media & Communication Studies at University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences (1996-2012)
• Professor of English as a foreign language and Media & Communication Studies at Juntendo University, School of Medicine (2012-2015)
• Professor of English as a foreign language and Media & Communication Studies at Kobe Gakuin University, Faculty of Global Communication (2015-present)

Main Research Interests:

• Studies on dynamic symbolic language and its application in educational scenes
• Studies on use of computer-mediated new media for language teaching
• Comparative studies on prosody of spoken languages