Biography
Since August 2023, I am an Assistant Professor of Japanese in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics at UL. Prior to joining UL, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of Toledo (Ohio, United States), and an Adjunct Professor of Japanese at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Once a semester, I collaborate with the Open University of Catalonia teaching a postgraduate module in General Linguistics for Translators.I hold a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Dublin City University, My thesis examined the need to bring together pragmatics theory and educational practices to prepare language and culture instructors to teach learners how to communicate effectively in Japanese as an L2. I was funded by the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies at Dublin City University (2017-2019) and the Irish Research Council (2019-2021).
Research Interests
- cognitive pragmatics
- interlanguage pragmatics
- L2 instruction
- teacher education