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Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature Department of Japanese Literature, Nishogakusha University
: Adjunct, The University of Tokyo

Degree: Ph.D., M.A (Linguistics)(University of Tsukuba)
B.A.(University of California, Berkeley)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201501073415578248
researchmap Member ID: B000244839

Research Interests

Research Areas

Major Research History

Apr, 2024 - Present

Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature Department of Japanese Literature, Nishogakusha University
2012 - Present

Part-time Lecturer, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2024

Assistant Professor, International Center, Keio University
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2017

Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Books and Other Publications

Tense Variation in Japanese and English Discourse

Hitsuzi Publishing, Mar, 2021
Corpus Linguistics and Japanese Language Education, Possibilities for the Analysis of Synonymous Expressions

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Mina Kobayashi, Madoka Konishi, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu (Role: Joint author)

Asakura Publishing, Mar, 2016

Major Papers

Atomic Bomb Survivor Testimonies as Sociolinguistic Data: An Approach from Discourse Analysis

Ikuko Okugawa

Interfaculty, 11 99-134, 2022 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

Slang in Japan “Yabe!”: Good meaning or Bad meaning?

GaijinPot (https://injapan.gaijinpot.com/uncategorized/2012/11/19/slang-in-japan/), Nov, 2012
Function Words Database collected from the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese (BCCWJ) (Ver. 0.9.1b)

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu, Shoju Chiba

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2011
Studies on Synonyms Using Corpus Linguistics: A Descriptive Study of Sorenanoni, Sonokuse, Soredeite

Ikuko OKUGAWA, with, Yuriko Sunakawa, Yukiko Shimizu

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) System at the University of California, Berkeley

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Report on Teaching Assistant Training at UC Berkeley, 4-7, 2009
Japanese Language Education III

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Educational Excellence Program in the Utilizing TA, University of Tsukuba, 50-56, 2009
Japanese Language Teaching Practice at The University of Ljubljana

Ikuko OKUGAWA

Reports of Japanese Language Teaching Practice, University of Tsukuba, (11) 1-34, 2008

Major Presentations

The comparative study of narrative discourse written by native Japanese speakers, learners, and Japanese children

ICJLE (International Conference on Japanese Language Education) 2024, Aug 1, 2024
Use of Benefactive Expressions by Japanese Natives and Learners in Storytelling Tasks

16th EAJS International Conference (24th EAJS Internatnional Symposium), Aug, 2021
Viewpoint Expressions in Discourse

Japanese Language Teaching Association in honor of Professor Fumiko Koide, Jun, 2020
Narrative structure and narrators' viewpoint

Ikuko OKUGAWA

International Symposium on Chinese-Japanese Comparative Linguistics, Aug, 2018

Committee Memberships

Sep, 2021 - Present

Coordinator, Intercollege Japanese Language Table
2021 - Present

Editorial Committee, Japanese Language Teaching Association in honor of Professor Fumiko Koide
2019 - Mar, 2024

Judge & Advisor, Japanese Speech Contest for Keio International Students
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2024

Coordinator, Keio KJSP
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2024

Coordinator, Keio Shor-term Japanese Language Program
2023

PhD Dissertation Committee member, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Humanities

Awards

2009

Research Grant for Language and Education, Viewpoint in Japanese Narratives Written by Japanese Native Speakers and Japanese Learners, Hakuhodo Foundation

Major Teaching Experience

Apr, 2024 - Present

ゼミナール
Apr, 2024 - Present

対照言語学①日英対照
Apr, 2024 - Present

言語と社会
Apr, 2024 - Present

日本語評価法
Apr, 2024 - Present

文学入門
Apr, 2024 - Present

日本語教育実習
Apr, 2024 - Present

日本語教育方法論
Apr, 2024 - Present

日本語教育史
Apr, 2024 - Present

日本語の構造②文字・表記
Apr, 2024 - Present

日本語の構造①音声・音韻
Japanese Applied Linguistics (Keio University)
Japanese Linguistics in Sociocultural Context (Keio University)
Intercultural Communication and Japanese Culture (Keio University)

Major Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Telling Stories in Japanese: Native Speakers and Learners, Analyzed with a View to Education

JSPS Grant KAKENHI, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2028

Ikuko Okugawa
Multilingual practice of HIBAKUSHA testimonies and learning model construction

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2020

Akira IKEDA
Fundamental research to clarify the mechanism of memory verbalization of Hibakusha testimonies

University of Tsukuba, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2018

Yoshiko NUMATA
An Analysis of Japanese and English Narratives: Focus on Viewpoint and Discourse Development

Leader, Research Project, Policy Research Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2016

Ikuko OKUGAWA
The Meaning for Globalization of the Multilingual Translation of Atomic Bomb Survivor Testimonies

Partner, International Research Institute for Studies in Language and Peace, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

Kunihiko Nagatani
Research for the formulation of basic grounds for the construction of a general database for the development of Japanese language learners’ dictionaries

Research Collaborator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) A, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2015

Yuriko Sunakawa
Discourse Development in Narrative Discourse

Leader, University of Tsukuba Basic Research Support Program, Type A, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2014

Ikuko OKUGAWA
Compilation of a balanced corpus of written Japanese: Infrastructure for the coming Japanese linguistics

Research Collaborator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) on Priority Areas, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2011

Kikuo Maekawa, Yuriko Sunakawa
What is ‘Natural’ Japanese Narrative?: A Comparative Study of Narrative Discourse among Native Speakers and Learners of Japanese

Leader, Hakuhō Research Grant for Language and Education (Grant No: 09-B-053), Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2010

Ikuko OKUGAWA
Research on Japanese pedagogy using the "Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese (BCCWJ)"

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2006 - 2010

SUNAGAWA Yuriko, INOUE Masaru, KOBAYASHI Mina, TAKIZAWA Naohiro, TOUNO Yukio, YAMAUCHI Hiroyuki, CHIBA Shoujyu, HASHIMOTO Naoyuki, KONISHI Madoka, CAO Dafeng, SHIMIZU Yukiko, HONDA Yukari, OKUGAWA Ikuko

Social Activities

Japanese Language Teaching Association in honor of Professor Fumiko Koide, Editorial Comittee

Edit, Consultant

2021 - Present
The ICJLE (International Conference on Japanese Language Education) Conference, Session Chair

Host
The AATJ (American Association of Teachers of Japanese) Conference, Session Chair

Host
Japanese Language Education in Europe

Consultant

Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe
The Japanese Journal of Language in Society (The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences) Peer Reviewer

Consultant
Pragmatics (International Pragmatics Association) Peer Reviewer

Consultant
JOURNAL CAJLE (Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education) Referee

Consultant

Media Coverage

FUTURES - Sense of Wonder - 「困難な時こそ自分を客観的に見つめよう」

JFN ラジオ, サードプレイス, May, 2020
Sense of Wonder (第1回ゲスト)「留学」

JFN ラジオ, サードプレイス, Oct, 2016
20世紀最後の巨匠バルテュス人と作品－その美意識に迫る―

ジャポニスム振興会東京公演, Sep, 2015

Other

“Seventh Forum for the Euro-Japan Academic Networking for Humanities Project: Fragmentation and Divergence — Towards the Management of Social Transformation,” Organized by University of Tsukuba and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

Mar, 2015 - Mar, 2015

Conferences Organized
“Fourth Forum for the Euro-Japan Academic Networking for Humanities Project: From Inter-disciplinary to Trans-disciplinary Studies,” Organized by University of Tsukuba, Paris, France.

Mar, 2013 - Mar, 2013

Conferences Organized
“Tsukuba English Model United Nations,” Assistant Organizer, University of Tsukuba.

Feb, 2013 - Feb, 2013

Conferences Organized
“Third Forum for the Euro-Japan Academic Networking for Humanities Project: Culture & Identity, Peace & Human Security,” Organized by University of Tsukuba, Kyoto, Japan.

Feb, 2013 - Feb, 2013

Conferences Organized
“Second Forum for the Euro-Japan Academic Networking for Humanities Project: Human Studies in the Twenty-first Century,” Organized by University of Tsukuba, Venice, Italy.

Oct, 2012 - Oct, 2012

Conferences Organized
Euro-East Asia Academic Forum on Japanese Studies, Organized by University of Tsukuba and Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Oct, 2012 - Oct, 2012

Conferences Organized