Chiga Hayashi

job title

Head Japanese Studies Program

Main subjects

Japanese Language Teaching Methodology (Teaching Methodology), Japanese Grammar B, Intercultural Communication Theory, Japanese Language Teaching Practice I & II, International Exchange Seminar I, II, III, IV

Research Themes and Keywords

Japanese language education, Japanese language for welcoming guests, respectful expressions, speech act theory, relevance theory, hospitality Japanese language education, refusal conversation, Japanese language support for foreign students

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

Support for Japanese language education for foreign students in Sanmu City