Yukiko Yokono

Qualified Japanese Teacher with vast experience teaching in academic and professional environments. Skilled in creating a communicative and task-based class atmosphere. Capable of providing comprehensive support for educational staff working in cultural outreach programs and holding a deep respect for diversity in culture, religion, and personality. A dependable employee with impeccable time management skills. Adapt to developing and maintaining detailed processes to achieve organizational objectives.

https://languages.uncc.edu/

➢ AKITA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY –Akita, Japan

MA in Japanese Language Teaching Pedagogies

➢ KANDA UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES –Chiba, Japan

B.A. in English with Minor in Japanese Language Teaching

TEACHING:

Courses taught at UNC Charlotte

JAPN 1201-1202: Elementary Japanese

JAPN 2202-2202: Intermediate Japanese

JAPN 2205: Japanese Oral Communication

JAPN 3050: Topics in Japanese Language (Kanji)

JAPN 3105: Japanese Immersion

JAPN 3201-3202: Upper Intermediate Japanese

JAPN 3225: Faculty-Led Spring Break Program in Japan

JAPN 4100: Japanese Language Proficiency Test Preparation (N3)

JAPN 4101: Japanese Language Proficiency Test Preparation (N2)

JAPN 4410: Professional Internship in Japanese

JAPN 4900: Introductory Research Project

LACS 4690: Senior Seminar

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

➢ Joint Presentation – The 3rd JAAL (The Japan Association of Applied Linguistics) in JACET (The Japan Association of College English Teachers) Online Conference 2020

Japan-US Class Collaboration Using COIL and How It Affects Students by Dr. Koichi Sawasaki

➢ Presentation – SEATJ, the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 2020

Cultural exchanges via Flipgrid© and ML (Mailing List):

How to Effectively Interact beyond Textbooks and Time-zones

➢ Joint presentations – FLANC, Durham, North Carolina, 2018

1) Engage and Advocate! Connecting Japanese Language Learning to Our Communities with Yasuko Takata Rallings, Wake Forest University, Fumi Iwashita, UNC Chapel Hill, and Misa Yamamoto, Appalachian State University

2) Empowering Students Language Learning through Peer Support with Chikako Mori, UNC Charlotte

➢ Presentation – SEATJ, the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 2018

Students’ Reflections on Faculty-Led Travel to Japan

➢ Joint presentation–FLANC, Durham, North Carolina, 2014

K-16 “Fureai Nihongo” Vertical Articulation through Collaborative Presentation with Dr. Fumie Kato and Chikako Mori, UNC Charlotte

➢ Joint presentation–FLANC, Durham, North Carolina, 2013

New Experience with the Improved Sophia University and UNC Charlotte “Pen-Pal Project” with Dr. Fumie Kato and Chikako Mori, UNC Charlotte

➢ Joint presentation–College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA, 2013

Student Motivation as an Indicator of Learning Outcome with Kaori MIyashita-Theado

Tomoko Okimoto, UNC Charlotte

PUBLICATIONS:

➢ “Japanese Language Education in North Carolina.” Japanese Language Teaching Practices, Action Research Papers. Akita International University, Graduate School of Global Communication and Language, Report (in Japanese), 2015, pages 5-6.

➢ “Methods to Confirm Students’ Comprehension through Interactions in Class.” Japanese Language Teaching Practices, Action Research Papers. Akita International University, Graduate School of Global Communication and Language, Report (in Japanese) 2011, pages 96-113.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

➢ The Japanese Teachers’ Association of Charlotte (JTAC) USA                                        2012~

➢ The Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) USA                                        2012~

➢ The American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) USA                                        2012~

➢ The Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ) USA                                        2013~

➢ The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Japan                                       2012~