Haruko Sakakibara

EDUCATION AND DEGREE(S)

• MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, California State University, Sacramento
• BA in Linguistics, International Christian University in Tokyo

RESEARCH INTEREST(S)

• Phonology
• Teaching Methodology
• Effective study tactics for Japanese language learning suitable for different learning styles

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

• Japanese 1 - 6

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

BOOK(S)

• Sensibility and Education (translation)

PERIODICAL ARTICLES ON JAPANESE EDUCATION IN NCJTA NEWSLETTER
ESSAYS

• Jan Ken Po Gakko and I ( 10 article series) in Hokubei Times
• Evaluation of New Year's Essay Contest in Nichibei Times
• The Japanese and the Japanese American (Hawaii Hochi)

LYRICS AND MUSIC

• CD  "We Had to Go"-Musical Composition for Japanese American Internment Camp for California History Museum Presentation​​​

CURRENT PROJECTS

• On-line publication of Nihongo tutorial video series
• Bilingual website publication of the history of Japanese interned in Siberia after WWII
• Interpreting for Suzuki Piano Music Method

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2004 UCD Teacher of the Year
• Former Director, Jan Ken Po Gakko Cultural School in Sacramento
• Judge, Annual Japanese Speech Contest in San Francisco
• Judge, New Year's Japanese essay contest for Nichibei Tiimes and Hokubei Mainichi Newspapers