Chiga Hayashi

job title

Head Japanese Studies Program

Research theme/keyword

Hospitality Japanese (Pragmatic Analysis), Research on Japanese Teacher Training, Japanese Language Support for Foreign Children

Final academic background/degree

Showa Women's University doctoral course without credits / Master's degree

Affiliated academic society

Japan Society of Tourism and Hospitality Education, Professional Japanese Language Society, Japanese Language Education Society, SIETAR-Japan (Intercultural Communication Society)

Major achievements

"Usage of 'Sorry' in Customer Service Scenes: Focusing on 'Apology' in Complaint Discourse" Journal of Josai International University Vol.29 No.2 pp.77-102 Josai International University 2021 Analysis of Discourse Conveying the "Heart" of Hospitality: From the Perspective of Semantic Official Analysis of Staff Responding to Guest Requests, "BAT Journal" No.20: pp.42-52 20British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ) 2019, co-authored "Omotenashi no Nihongo" ASK Publishing 2021, co-authored "New Dictionary of Basic Terms for Japanese Language Teaching Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test Preparation" ASK Publishing 2019

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extracurricular activities

December 2020 Creation of teaching materials for the Agency for Cultural Affairs project of the Zenyokyo Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2019 Agency for Cultural Affairs Japanese language education human resource development and training curriculum development project (Association for Applied Japanese Language Education) "Development of training curriculum for Japanese language teachers for workers [newly appointed]" Business" teaching material creation

Social contribution activities

Sanmu City Board of Education commissioned Japanese language support for foreign children