JIU Josai International University
HAYASHI Chiga
Professor
area of expertise: Japanese language education, pragmatics, Japanese language teacher training, cross-cultural communication
Research Themes and Keywords
Japanese language of hospitality (pragmatic analysis), Research on Japanese language teacher training, Japanese language support for foreign children
Final academic background/degree
Showa Women's University, Doctoral Program, withdrew from the program after earning all required credits; Aoyama Gakuin University, Research of International Politics and Economics, International Communication major, Master's in International Communication
Affiliated academic society
The Japan Society for Japanese Language Education, The Japan Society for Pragmatic Studies, The Japan Society for Tourism and Hospitality Education, The Japan Society for Intercultural Communication, The Japan Association for Specialized Japanese Language, SIETAR JAPAN Intercultural Communication
Major achievements
Chika Hayashi (2024) "Analysis of hotel staff's refusal of guests' requests: Focusing on the meaning of refusal behavior and hospitality response" Journal of Josai Josai International University, No. 32-2, pp. 23-44.
Hayashi, Chika (2023) "Refusal discourse by hotel staff in customer service situations: from the perspective of semantic formulas" Proceedings of the 48th International Academic Conference of the Korean Society for Japanese Linguistics, pp. 182-188. Korean Society for Japanese Linguistics.
Hayashi, Chika, Hatori, Miyuki, and Saito, Mitsugu (2023) Hotel Japanese: Hospitality Communication that Comes from the Heart, Ask Publishing.
Hayashi, Chika (2021) "The Actual Use of 'Sorry' in Customer Service Situations: Focusing on Apologies in Complaint Discourses," Josai International University Bulletin, No. 29-2, pp. 77-102.
Hayashi, Chika, Hatori, Miyuki, and Saito, Mitsugu (2020) "Omotenashi no Nihongo: Heartfelt Hospitality Communication" Ask Publishing.
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Social contribution activities
Sanmu City Board of Education commissioned Japanese language support for foreign children