Dr. Yoshiko Saito-Abbott Professor and Co-Chair Japanese Program Office: Room 112, Building 49 Office Hours: T/R: 2 - 3pm Phone: (831) 582-3795 Email: yoshiko_saito-abbott@csumb.edu Personal Web Site Education Ph.D., Foreign Language Education, Ohio State  University, 1989 Minor in Instructional Design and Technology, Ohio State  University, 1989 Area of Expertise Professional development of foreign language teachers Assessment in foreign language instruction Technology and Foreign language instruction Japanese for specific purposes (Business and Technical Japanese) Second language acquisition: motivation, anxiety, and other learner variables Certificates (From Japan) * = Licensed to teach Koto* Shamisen* Flower Arrangement* Tea Ceremony* Utai Shimai Courses Taught Beginning Japanese Intermediate Japanese Advanced Japanese Business Japanese Technical Japanese Supervised Teaching in Foreign languages Intensive Beginning, Intermediate courses Summer in Japan courses Japan: Land and People. (On-line Intermediate Japanese) Grants (Selected) • CFLP (California Foreign Language Project - Central Coast Site) grant, funded since1997 at $64.000 -$125per year. The project is responsible for in-service professional development for K-14 teachers of all foreign languages in the Central Coast area. • California Japanese Framework Project, funded for one year at $22,000, 1998-1999 by ATJ / US -Japan Foundation. The project is a statewide effort to implement national Standards for K-14 performance-based Japanese instruction. • PDJT (Professional Development for Japanese Teachers in Texas). $457,000. One time State Recognized Credential Program funded by US-Japan Foundation (1995-1997) Publications (Eight selected publications) • (2000, 2001 &2002 in print) Digital Stream: Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and Culture LARK, San Diego State University. • (in pint), Diversity and Inclusion of Social Political Issues in Foreign language Classroom: An Exploratory Survey. Foreign Language Annals • (2000) “Professional Development for the 21st Century: Retrospectives and Perspectives” Education and Professional Development for Japanese Language Teachers, Edited by Y. Tohsaku and S. Schmidt. Occasional papers. P.11-20, Association of Teachers of Japanese. • (1999) “Foreign Language Reading Anxiety”, Modern Language Journal. • (1997): “Factors of Attrition in Foreign Language classrooms: A Study of Beginning and Intermediate Level of College Students of Japanese,” Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, Vol.3 No1, pp.33-49. • (1996). “Professional Development for Japanese Teachers, ” Foreign Language Teacher Education: International Perspectives. Zena Moore, ed., University Press of America, pp.169-193.? • (1996): “Foreign Language Anxiety and Language Performance: A Study of Learner Anxiety in Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Level of College Students of Japanese,” Foreign Language Annals. Vol. 29, No.2, (p.239-251). • (1995). “Assessing Perceived Needs for Japanese Language Training in U.S. Business Education: Perspectives from Students, Business Faculty, and Business Professionals,” Foreign Language Annals Vol. 28, No. 1, Spring, pp. 103-115. Tests / Standards • Project director of California Japanese Framework Committee and currently developing framework for K-16 • Developed The University of Texas Examination for Advanced Placement or Credit by Exam for Japanese: Lower Division, which is administrated by Measurement and Evaluation Center at The University of Texas. • Developed Standards for The Certification of Japanese Teachers, Submitted to The Commission on Standards for The Teaching Profession for the State of Texas (May, 1995), and Approved by The State Board of Education (June, 1995) Service To Professional Organizations (Selected) • Board of Director: National Council for Japanese Language Teachers (NCJLT) • Conference Chair: Join Education’s Digital Stream: Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and Culture (since1999) • Director of Monterey Bay Foreign Language Project (Since 1997) • The American Educational Research Association (AERA), Second Language Acquisition Sig. Board member • Project Director, California Japanese Framework Project • Establishing a curriculum framework for secondary-level Japanese Language instruction in the State of Texas (1996) • Vice president. Teachers of Japanese Language and Culture Association of Texas (1994-1996)     This page was last modified: Oct 1, 2003 CSUMB World Languages and Cultures © 2003. All rights reserved.