Faculty of Arts Asia Institute

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Etsuko Toyoda

Japanese Studies


Professional Address

Asia Institute
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010, Australia

Tel: +61 3 8344 5463
Fax: +61 3 9349 4870
E-mail: etsuko@unimelb.edu.au

Degrees, Qualifications

2007 PhD The University of Melbourne, Australia
1991 M.A. The University of Tsukuba,
Japan
1981 B.A. International Christian University,
Japan

Career, Principal Offices, Principal Positions Held

1998- Senior tutor, Asia Institute
1997-1998 Senior tutor, Department of Japanese and Chinese, The University of Melbourne
1996- Senior tutor (sessional), Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
1992-1996 Tutor (sessional), International Christian University, Japan
1992-1995 Tutor (sessional), Sophia University, Japan
1991 Tutor (sessional), The Japanese Language School, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
1984-1986 Language specialist, The University of Chiangmai, Thailand
1984 Language specialist, Da-Lian Foreign Language Academy, China

Research Interests


Recent Publications (* refereed)

Co-authored chapter in textbook

  1. (With Ezaki, Y.) "Kanji" in Japanese for University Students Today, Intermediate 1, H. Quackenbush, T. Nakamura, Y. Suzuki, & M. Tanaka (eds.), International Christian University, 1995.

Sole-authored papers

  1. "Teaching Japanese speaking skill to develop monitoring ability". Japanese Language School Journal, 18, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1991. (In Japanese.)
  2. "Difficulties in kanji learning". Sophia International Review, 17, Sophia University, 1995. (In Japanese.)*
  3. "Learners' feelings toward kanji study". Journal of Japanese Language Teaching [Nihongo Kyouiku], 85, 1995. (In Japanese.)*
  4. "The relationship between the characteristics of kanji shape to production". The Research Centre for Japanese Language Education Annual Bulletin, 5, International Christian University, 1995. (In Japanese.)*
  5. "An oral communication class focusing on the use of monitoring". Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Language Teaching Association, Himeji Dokkyo University, 1995. (In Japanese.)
  6. "Teaching kanji by focusing on learners' graphemic awareness". ARAL Series 5 - Issues in the teaching and learning of Japanese, No. 15, 1998, pp. 155-168.*
  7. "Development of graphemic awareness and reading proficiency". Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Second Language Research in Japan, 9, International University of Japan, 1998, pp. 76-88.*
  8. "Cognitive processes on kanji in reading". Journal of Japanese Language Teaching Association [Nihongo Kyouiku Kenkyuukai], Vol. 6, 1998, pp. 59-71. (In Japanese.)*
  9. (2000)"Graphemic awareness in kanji recognition". Proceedings of 10th Conference of Japanese Studies Association of Australia, Japanese Studies Centre.*
  10. Toyoda, E. (2000) Arduous but Exciting: Web-creation project in Japanese, Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 13, No 4 pp 439-446*
  11. Toyoda, E. (2001) English-speaking learners use of component information in processing unfamiliar Kanji. ARAL, Vol 23, No 1*
  12. Toyoda, E. (2001) Exercise of learner autonomy in Project-Oriented CALL, CALL-EJ On-line 5 (2)*
  13. Toyoda, E. (2001) English-speaking learners' use of component information in processing unfamiliar Kanji. ARAL, Vol 23, No 1

Co-authored papers

  1. (With Watanabe, H) "An empirical study of perception, recognition, and short-term memorisation of kanji. Bulletin of Japanese Language, 20, Centre for International Students, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1994. (In Japanese.)
  2. (With Watanabe, H) "The effectiveness of introducing kanji with emphasis on their constituent elements". Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of Japanese Language Education Methods, Tokyo Technical College, 1994. (In Japanese.)
  3. (With Suzuki, Y., Ohno, H., Katoh, Y., Takashima, M., Kijima, H., & Komai, R.) "CAI for advanced Japanese reading: an analysis of student learning records. Proceedings of the 6th Conference of Japanese Language Education Method, Reitaku University, 1996. (In Japanese.)
  4. (With Saita, I., Harrison, R., Inman, D., Debski, R. and Iguchi,, Y.) "Web page creation project - learning Japanese language using Internet". Research Report of JET Conferences, No. 6, 1998, pp. 21-28.
  5. (With Harrison, R., Inman, D., and Saita, L.) "Collaborative teaching and learning of Japanese using the Internet". Proceedings of the 1998 WorldCALL Conference (CD-ROM), J. Gassin, M. Smith and D. Cunnningham (eds.), The University of Melbourne, 1998.
  6. Toyoda, E. & M. Kubota (2000). The difference in word recognition processes of words written in Kanji versus Kana among English native speakers, Japanese Linguistics 8, The National Research Institute pp. 96-109*
  7. Kubota, M. & Toyoda, E. (2001) Language Strategies employed for learning words written in Kanji versus Kana, ARAL, Vol 24, No 2*
  8. Toyoda, E. & Hashimto. Y. (2002) Improving a placement test battery: What can test analysis programs tell us?, e-journal of Asian linguistics and language teaching Issue 2 http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/languages/asaa_ejournal/all_issues.htm
  9. Toyoda, E. & Harrison, R. (2002) Categorization of text chat communication between learners and native speakers of Japanese, Language Learning and Technology On-line 6(1).

Book review

  1. New Catalogue for Teaching Japanese. A Guidebook for Japanese Teachers, 1994.
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