Dr Hirofumi Asada
Lecturer
Division of Japanese as a
Second Language
Institute of Foreign
Language Education
Kurume University, Japan
Qualifications:
MA (University of Queensland)
PhD (La Trobe University)
Area of study:
Applied linguistics
His research interests include
interaction between sociolinguistics and second language acquisition,
particularly linguistic and cultural adaptation processes in study abroad
contexts.
Doctoral dissertation:
Asada. H. (2010). Linguistic and cultural learning
processes of Chinese university exchange students in Japan. Unpublished PhD thesis. La Trobe
University, Australia.
Selected publications:
Asada, H. (2006). Longitudinal
effects of informal language in formal L2 instruction. JALT Journal, 28(1), 39-56.
Asada, H. (2004). Foomaru kara infoomaru e: Chuugokujin ryuugakusee no nihongo hatsuwa shiryoo ni mirareru gengo sesshoku [From formal to informal: Language contact in
Japanese oral discourse of Chinese exchange students]. Bulletin of Fukuoka Jogakuin University, Junior College, 40, 1-17.
Asada, H. (2004). Nihongogakushuusha no hoogenishiki to sanshutsunooryoku:
CHILDES danwashiryoo [Practical knowledge of local dialect by JSL learners: CHILDES
discourse]. Scientific
Research C-2 (No. 13680366). Tokyo: Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science.
Asada, H. & Harrington, M. (1998). Knowledge of gendered sentence-final forms in Japanese as a second
language. The Australian Review of
Applied Linguistics: Issues in teaching and learning of Japanese, 5(15),
11-28.
Asada, H. (1998). Daini gengo toshite no nihongo no otoko kotoba onna kotoba: danjosa o shimesu bunmatsu hyoogen ni oite no nihongo gakushuusha no sanshutsu jyuyoo nooryoku [Gender-specific speech style in Japanese as a
second language: Productive and receptive knowledge of gendered sentence-final
forms]. The Society for
Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, 96, 25-36.
Selected presentations:
Asada, H. (2011). Nihon ni okeru gengo bunka sesshoku: Joshidaigaku de manabu chuugokujin ryuugakusee [Chinese overseas students’ linguistic and
cultural contact at a Japanese women’s university]. Paper presented at The 2011 International Science Symposium:
Japanese Language Education and Research in Taiwan. Providence University.
November 26. Conference proceedings C4 (pp. 1-8).
Asada, H. (2011). Linguistic and cultural
contact: Sojourners in a study abroad context. Paper presented at Discourse, Power, and Resistance Conference
of the Association for Qualitative Research. Rydges Tradewinds Hotel, Cairns. August 23-25.
Asada, H. (2004). Informal language
contact on formally instructed L2 learners. Paper presented at The 29th Annual Congress Applied Linguistics
Association of Australia. The University of South
Australia. July 15-17.
Asada, H. (1998). Forms
of gender-related speech in Japanese as a second language. Paper
presented at The 3rd Pacific Second
Language Research Forum. Aoyama Gakuin University. March 26-29.
Asada, H. (1997). Gender-related speech
style in Japanese as a second language. Paper presented at The 22nd Annual Congress Applied Linguistics Association of Australia. The University of Southern Queensland. October 1-4.
Lecture:
Asada, H. (2011). Chuugokujin ryuugakusee ni yoru nihongo gakushuu purosesu [Learning processes of Japanese as a second language by Chinese overseas
students]. School of Foreign Languages, Hangzhou Normal
University. March 9.
Grant:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C-2
from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Nihongogakushuusha no hoogenishiki to sanshutsunooryoku;
no. 13680366), the Ministry of Education, 2001-2003.