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Fumiko Yasuhara

Teaching Associate in East Asian Studies:
East Asian Studies
Phone: +1 401 863 2723
Phone 2: +1 401 863 2229
Fumiko_Yasuhara@Brown.EDU

I have been especially interested in teaching the introductory course of Japanese language and the Japanese culture to high school students (Upward Bound summer Program at Rhode Island College).

Biography

I have been teaching mainly the beginning Japanese courses since 1991 as a teaching associate at Brown University.

I have been teaching as a Japanese language instructor at Rhode Island College, only for summer Upward Bound Program (6 weeks) since 1998.

Interests

The Upward Bound summer Program (six weeks) exposes participants to new cultures and ideas by introducing the student to a particular language with which he/she has no prior knowledge. The course acquaints the student to a more global perspective by introducing the culture as expressed through language and by discussing the history, geographical location, and politics of its people. My course is an introduction to the Japanese language, its people, geography, history and unique culture. It emphasizes achieving spoken Japanese. Students also learn the Japanese writing system. At the end of the course, students are able to communicate with native Japanese at a basic level.

Awards

Received the Judges Award for the exhibition of Japanese ceramics for Show Of Hands at Jewish Community Center (Providence, Rhode Island), 1989.

Affiliations

N/A

Teaching

Japanese language (Japanese 100-200: Beginning Japanese ) at Brown University
Japanese language (Japanese 150 -250: Advanced Beginning Japanese) at Brown University

Japanese language and its culture (Beginning Japanese for high school students)
at Rhode Island College, Upward Bound summer Program

Funded Research

N/A