Chiga Hayashi

HAYASHI Chiga

Professor (Global Communication, Japanese Language Education)

area of expertise: intermediate language pragmatics, cross-cultural communication, pragmatics,

job title

Head Japanese Studies Program

Main subjects

Japanese language education Research (semantics/pragmatics), Japanese language education Research (Japanese language acquisition Research)

Research Themes and Keywords

Pragmatic analysis of Japanese language used in receptions, Research on Japanese 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

message

I am also in charge of seminars in the field of Japanese language education Research. Recently, I am particularly interested in "Japanese hospitality" and activities that "connect learners with society." Many of the students taking the seminars are Research the fields of interlanguage pragmatics and Japanese language education. After graduation, I aim to train Japanese language teachers who can work not only in Japan but also overseas. So far, our graduates have taught Japanese in Canada, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and other countries.