Dr Etsuko Toyoda
Japanese Studies Room 319 Tel: +61 3 8344 5463 |
Background
Etsuko Toyoda has a BA in Communication from International Christian University in Japan and a MA in Japanese linguistics from Tsukuba University in Japan. She recently complete her PhD study on the development of character recognition skills in learners of Japanese.
Etsuko joined Asia Institute (former Department of Japanese and Chinese) in 1997. Prior to joining Asia Institute, she was a tutor at International Christian University and Sophia University in Japan. She has also taught Japanese in China and Thailand.
Research Interests
Etsuko's teaching and research interests include second language acquisition, Japanese linguistics, word and character recognition, and Japanese writing system.