Curriculum Vitae
Dr Jun OhashiProfessional AddressAsia Institute Tel: +61 3 8344 4263 |
Degrees, Qualifications
| 2001 | Ph.D., The University of Melbourne |
| 1990 | M.Phil., University of Dundee, Scotland |
| 1985 | B.A. Department of Foreign Languages, Tamagawa University, Tokyo |
Career, Principal Offices, Principal Positions Held
| 1996- | Lecturer, Asia Institute |
| 1993-1996 | Teaching fellow, Department of Japanese, University of Stirling, U.K. |
| 1991-1992 | Chief instructor, Japanese Language, Department of Japanese, University of Stirling, U.K. |
| 1990-1991 | Japanese language instructor, Department of Japanese, University of Stirling, U.K. |
Research Interests
- Second language acquisition
- Cross-cultural / inter-language pragmatics
- Speech act theory
- Discourse analysis
- Sociolinguistics
- Politeness theory, and reciprocity - the speech act of thanking, and giving and receiving in Japanese in cross-cultural pragmatic perspectives
- Research on language use from non-western perspectives
Major Grants, Honours, Awards
- Japan Foundation Fellowship 2003 - 2004
- "The efficacious use of language study in Japan for British university students". Japan Foundation Endowment Committee Grant No. 796, 1993.
Principal Publications
Sole-authored chapter in book
- Ohashi, J. (1998) "Use of E-mail correspondence to facilitate the acquisition of Japanese language". In Berge, Z. and M. Collins (eds), Wired Together: The Online Classroom in K-12. New Jersey: Hampton Press, 1998, pp. 161-169. ISBN 1-57273-0935
Co-authored chapter in book
- Ohashi, J., Ohashi, H. and Paltridge, B. (2008) "Finishing the dissertation while on tenure track: Enlisting support from inside and outside the academy". In Casanave, C. and L. Xiaoming (eds), Learning the literacy practices of graduate school (pp.218-229), Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Sole-authored papers
- Ohashi, J. (forthcoming) Natural Conversation Reconstruction Tasks: The language classroom as a meeting place. PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies.
- Ohashi, J. (2008) Thanking episodes among young Japanese: A preliminary qualitative investigation. Japanese Studies. Vol.28, 3. 293-306.
- Ohashi, J., (2008) Linguistic rituals for thanking in Japanese: Balancing obligations, Journal of Pragmatics.
- Ohashi, J. (2004) Pragmatics of o-rei Japanese cultural way of thanking: Some teaching implications. In (Ed.) G. Wigglesworth, Refereed conference proceedings for Language education in Australian and New Zealand universities, 130-141.
- Ohashi, J. (2003) Japanese culture specific face and politeness orientation: A pragmatic investigation of yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Multilingua 22, 257-274.
- Ohashi, J. (2000) Japanese interlanguage transfer: effects of the Asian language/cultural backgrounds in acquisition of pragmatic competence in Japanese. Refereed conference proceedings for the Japanese Studies Association of Australia (p. 123-136)
- Ohashi, J. (1999) Speech act realisations of Chinese and Australian learners of Japanese when observing imbalances of social equilibrium. Refereed conference proceedings for the International Symposium on Japanese Language Education and Japanese Studies
- Ohashi, J. (1995) Communication Strategies: are they worth teaching? Japanese-Language Education around the Globe, Vol. 5: 61-74, The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute.
Co-authored papers
- Ohashi, J. and H. Ohashi (1995) Teaching Ageru/Mureru/Morau in Context: Theory to Practice. Journal of Japanese Linguistics and Education Vol. 2: 109-129, Nagoya gakuin University.
- Ohashi, J. and H. Ohashi (1993) Designing Tasks for Learner-Centred Teaching: Suggestions for meaningful tasks. Japanese-Language Education around the Globe, Vol. 3: 49-61, The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute.
PhD thesis
Ohashi, J. (2001) Giving, receiving, and thanking in Japanese: A cross-cultural pragmatic investigaton. Unpublished PhD thesis submitted to the department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics of the University of Melbourne