Misa Itai

Main subjects

Academic Writing, Linguistics, Intercultural Communication, Teaching Japanese, Japanese Grammar

Research theme/keyword

Linguistics, Japanese Language Education, Second Language Acquisition, Misuse Analysis, Academic Writing, Contrastive Analysis, Chinese-Japanese Translation

Final academic background/degree

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Ph.D.

licence · Qualification

Nationally qualified career consultant, librarian, Chinese language guide-interpreter, mental health care specialist, Japanese language teaching proficiency test

Affiliated academic society

Japanese Language Teaching Society, Japanese Teaching Methods Research Group, Second Language Acquisition Research Group

Major achievements

"Tendencies, Factors, and Teaching Methods of Misuse Appearing in PhD Dissertation Drafts of Chinese Learners of Japanese in the Doctoral Course: Focusing on Collocations, Corresponding Expressions, Ha/ga, Verbs, Adverbs, and Adjectives," Josai International University Graduate School Bulletin, (25) 127-148 (single authorship, 2022), Complete Guide to the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students: Reading Comprehension, (co-author, 2015), Japanese Misuse Dictionary: Learning Japanese from Misuse by Foreign Learners Law and Guidance Points (co-authored, 2010)

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