Teaching Professor of Distinction ? Japanese Language Coordinator
Asian Languages and Civilizations
yumiko.matsunaga-1@colorado.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Japanese, University of Wisconsin Madison
M.A., Japanese, University of Wisconsin Madison

Regional and Thematic Interests:

East Asia
Language

Publications:

  • Matsunaga, Y. 2020. “Learners’ Investments and Identities in the Japanese House: A Study of JFL Learners Living in Foreign Language Housing.” In J. Bown, W. Baker-Smemoe, & D. P. Dewey (Eds.),?Language Learning in Foreign Language Houses?(pp.293-318). Auburn, AL: International Association for Language Learning Technology.
  • Mori, J., & Matsunaga, Y. 2017. “Becoming a conversationalist at the dinner table: Topic management practices by a JFL student living in foreign language housing.” In T. Greer, M. Ishida, & Y. Tateyama (Eds.),?Interactional competence in Japanese as an additional language: Pragmatics & interaction?(pp.293-331). Honolulu, HI: National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  • Wahls, N., Méndez-Betancor, A., Brierley, M., Pinzón, V. A., Matsunaga, Y., Bocanegra, N., and Vidaurrázaga M. B. 2017. “Collaborative Learning in Global Online Education Using Virtual International Exchanges.” EDUCAUSE Review. ()

Proceedings:

Matsunaga, Yumiko and Hacke, Mariko. 2023.?“オンライン会話練習プログラムTalkAbroadを利用しての異文化学習プロジェクト?(Intercultural Projects in Japanese Using the Online Video Chat Program TalkAbroad).” Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education, Montreal, Canada. ()

Research Interests:

Japanese linguistics; second language acquisition; Japanese language pedagogy; ethnography.