Kaoru Ochiai
Curriculum vitae

Instructor of Japanese

EDUCATION:

• Ph. D. candidate, TESOL: The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
• M.A., TESOL: The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
• B.A, English Literature: Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

• Applied Linguistics
• Sociolinguistics

MOST FREQUENTLY TAUGHT CLASSES:

• Elementary Japanese 1 & 2
• Intermediate Japanese 1 & 2

PUBLICATIONS:

MONOGRAPHS (written):

• Ochiai. (2003). Different Perceptions of Politeness and Use of Language in Making Requests between Japanese and Americans. Mississippi Language Crusader, 51. 12-26.

PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY ORGANIZATIONS:

• Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ)
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
• Colorado Japanese Language Education Association (CJLEA)
• Louisiana Japanese Teachers Association