EDUCATION

 

University of California, Los Angeles                                                                                                                            1993-1999

Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics

                      Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL

                      Ph.D. Dissertation, The Acquisition of Segmental Timing by Children in a Japanese

                      Immersion Program (September 1999).

 

University of London, UK

M.Phil. course in TESOL                                                                                                                                                               1992-1993

Institute of Education, Department of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

                     

M.A. in Phonetics                                                                                                                                                                                    1991-1992

University College London, Department of Phonetics and Linguistics

                      M.A. Thesis, Some Aspects of Discourse Intonation in English: Function and Attitude 

                      (September 1992).

 

University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan                                                                                                                             1985-1987

                      M.A. in Education with a concentration in English Language Teaching

                      Graduate School of Education

                      M.A. Thesis, Accentual Patterns of English Words Spoken by Japanese (March 1987).

 

Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan                                                                                                                                           1979-1984

                      B.A. in English Language and Literature

                      School of Education

                      Studied abroad at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (1981-1982).