JIU Josai International University
Koji Hagihara
HAGIHARA Koji
Associate Professor (Majoring in Global Communication, Japanese Language Education)
area of expertise: Linguistics, Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Language Education
Main subjects
Fundamentals of Global Communication (Research Methods and Survey Methods) and (Translation and Interpretation), Global Communication Research (Linguistics), Research Methods Overview (Research Resource Search and Paper Writing)
Research Themes and Keywords
Japanese Grammar, Japanese Language Teaching Practice, Plurilingualism/Pluriculturalism, Multicultural Symbiosis
Final academic background/degree
Institute for Advanced Research in Social Sciences/Doctor
Affiliated academic society
Japanese Language Association, European Association of Teachers of Japanese, Japanese Language Education Association (Public Interest Incorporated Association), Japanese Language Teaching Methods Research Group, Second Language Acquisition Research Group, Japan Association for International Student Education, Japanese Grammar Association, Japanese Language/Japanese Language Education Research Group, Koide Memorial Japanese Language Education Association, Spanish Association of Japanese Teachers, Japanese Proficiency Research Association, Japanese Speech Communication Association, British Association for Japanese Language Education, Japanese Language Education in a Multicultural Society Research Group
Major achievements
HAGIHARA Kôji, 2015, "Transitive/intransitive verb pairs: from linguistics to the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language", doctoral thesis, School of Advanced Research in Social Sciences (EHESS).
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extracurricular activities
Participation in the European Research for Japanese Language Education eV (EIJaLE) (July 2011 to present)
Social contribution activities
Advisor at the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Organization for Foreigners (October 2022 to present)