Continuing Lecturer, Coordinator of Japanese Language and Culture Studies
Contact Information
kkunizane@uwaterloo.ca | Tel: 519-884-4404 ext. 28661
Education
MEd, Hiroshima University
Kumiko Kunizane has taught multi-level learners of Japanese as a second/foreign/additional language in Japan, the United States, New Zealand, South Korea, and since 2010 in Canada. Her scholarly interests include: second-language acquisition, curriculum design, assessment, feedback, plurilingual approach, and heritage language education.
Courses Taught
JAPAN 101R – First-Year Japanese I
JAPAN 102R – First-Year Japanese II
JAPAN 201R – Second-Year Japanese I
JAPAN 202R – Second-Year Japanese II
JAPAN 301R – Third-Year Japanese I
JAPAN 302R – Third-Year Japanese II
JAPAN 391R – Special Topics
Recent Publication & Conference Presentation
- 国実久美子・矢吹ソウ典子・有森丈太郎（2020年3月）「第31回全カナダ日本語弁論大会の報告－初のオンライン大会を終えて－」『世界の日本語教育』公益社団法人日本語教育学会 [Kunizane, K., Yabuki-Soh, N., Arimori, A. (2020, March). Report on 31st Canadian national Japanese language speech contest: Reflecting on the first online contest. Japanese language education in the world. The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language.]
- 国実久美子（2023年8月）「継承日本語学校と公立図書館の協働による読み聞かせの会の取り組み―地域の幼少期の子どもが日本語に触れる機会を増やすために―」母語・継承語・バイリンガル教育（MHB）学会 2023年度研究大会 [Kunizane, K. (2023, August). Implementing a Partnership Story-time between a Heritage Language School and a Local Public Library: Making Early Childhood Japanese Language Education More Accessible in a Community. The 2023 ONLINE Conference of the Japanese Society For Mother Tongue, Heritage Language, and Bilingual Education (MHB).]