{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2023-08-23T19:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T23:08:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2023\/08\/xx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2023\/08\/xx-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2023\/08\/xx-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2023\/08\/xx.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Bledsoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Time Faculty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lecturer<br \/>\nJapanese<br \/>\nCOED 466<\/strong><br \/>\njbleds11@uncc.edu\u00a0 <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Jordan Bledsoe is a lecturer of Japanese, teaching all levels of Japanese language as well as Japanese culture-related courses. After living in Kyushu and Okinawa for two years, Jordan then earned a B.A in Japanese and an M.A. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. He is excited about the Japanese language and culture and is a very animated instructor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational Background<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>M.A., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching &#8211; Japanese,\u00a0Brigham Young University (2011)<\/li>\n<li>B.A.,\u00a0Japanese, Brigham Young University (2009)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Japanese Culture\n<ul>\n<li>Japanese Folktales<\/li>\n<li>Censorship in post-WW2 Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Japanese Language\n<ul>\n<li>Ambiguity Tolerance<\/li>\n<li>Inductive vs Deductive Instructional Methods<\/li>\n<li>Hypothetical and Counterfactual Conditionals in Japanese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Select Courses <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Japanese Language\n<ul>\n<li>JAPN 1201: Elementary Japanese I<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 1202: Syllabus Spring 2017\u00a0\u2013 Elementary Japanese II<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 2201: Intermediate Japanese I<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 2202: Intermediate Japanese II<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 3201: Upper Intermediate Japanese I<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 3202: Upper Intermediate Japanese II<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 4050: Topics in Japanese \u2013 Interpretation<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 4422: Practicum in Translation II &#8211; Folktales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Japanese Culture\n<ul>\n<li>JAPN 1502: Meaning and Purpose through Japanese Values (Global Arts\/Humanities: Japanese Studies)<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 2208: Japanese Culture and Society<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 2209: Introduction to Japanese Civilization and Culture<\/li>\n<li>JAPN 3140\/3170: Anime and Popular Culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Personal Biography Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am proudly silly and a little weird. I celebrate neurodiversity. I value kindness and authenticity above most qualitieis. I love being around people who are passionate about something. I am the father of five kids that keep me very busy. I enjoy a variety of (primarily geeky) hobbies &#8211; Magic the Gathering, video games, 3D movies, guinea pigs. I also enjoy helping my brother with his <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elkmountaintents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canvas tents<\/a>\u00a0business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Bledsoe Full Time Faculty \u00a0 Lecturer Japanese COED 466 jbleds11@uncc.edu\u00a0 Overview Jordan Bledsoe is a lecturer of Japanese, teaching all levels of Japanese language as well as Japanese culture-related courses. After living in Kyushu and Okinawa for two years, Jordan then earned a B.A in Japanese and an M.A. in Second Language Acquisition and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2ZrOV-5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jordan-bledsoe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}