Katsumi Iwasaki

Last Updated :2023/09/06

Affiliations, Positions
Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, Professor
E-mail
katsuiwahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-7-1,Kagamiyama,Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-6375 FAX : (+81)
Self-introduction
I conduct research in German education and CALL. In particular, I have been studying how to apply the concept of constructivist learning to German Education at Japanese universities with a help of Information and Communication Technology.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 1993/10/01, 1997/03/31, Fukui University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor
  • 1991/04/01, 1993/09/30, Fukui University, Faculty of Education, Lecturer
  • 1997/04/01, Hiroshima University, Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, Associate Professor
  • 2010/04/01, 2014/03/31, Hiroshima University, Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, Vice Director
  • 2016/04/01, Hiroshima University, Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, Institute Director
  • 2011/01/01, Hiroshima University, Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima Univwersity, Graduate School, Division of Letters, German studies, 1989/04, 1991/03
  • Kanazawa University, Graduate School, Division of Letters, Japan, 1985/04, 1989/03
  • Kanazawa University, Faculty of Law and Literature, Japan, 1978/04, 1985/03

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., Hiroshima University
  • Master of Arts, Kanazawa University

Educational Activity

  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Research Fields

  • Humanities;Linguistics;Foreign language education

Research Keywords

  • German Language Education
  • CALL
  • Software Development
  • e-learning
  • Corpus
  • parallel Corpus
  • Theory of Language
  • Machine Translation
  • Natural Language Processing

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japanische Gesellschaft für Germanistik, 1989/04
  • Japan Society for German Data Processing Studies (DDJ), 1989/10
  • Germanistenkreis in Hiroshima, 1997/04
  • The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET), 2006/08
  • Japan Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (JACTFL), 2014/03
  • Community for Innovation of Education and learning through Computers and communication networks (CIEC), 2001/08
  • Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (JAECS), 2004/10
  • Arbeitskreis für deutsche Grammatik, 1991/06

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic German I
  2. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic German I
  3. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic German II
  4. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic German II
  5. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Basic German III
  6. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Basic German III
  7. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Basic German IV
  8. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Basic German IV
  9. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Overseas Language Seminar (German)
  10. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Overseas Language Seminar (German)
  11. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Overseas Language Seminar (Russian)
  12. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Overseas Language Seminar (Russian)
  13. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Advanced Communication in German IA
  14. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Advanced Communication in German IIA
  15. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Advanced Communication in German IIIA
  16. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Advanced Communication in German IVA
  17. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Computers as a Tool in Language Studies and Teaching

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Unterrichtspraktikum für Magisterstudenten (written in German), Protokoll vom 11. Ferienseminar für Germanisten und Deutschlehrer Osaka 10-14 März 1986., 80-82, 19870301
  2. Another Image of Ottilie (written in Japanese), Forschungsbericht der Germanistischen Abteilung an der Universität Kanazawa, 5, 14-19, 19880301
  3. Deutschverstehenssystem auf dem Basis der Montague-Semantik (written in Japanese), Magisterarbeit(Germanistik mit linguistischem Schwerpunkt), 19890101
  4. VERSTEHENSSYSTEM FÜR EINEN KLEINEN ABSCHNITT DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE - Ein theoretischer Ansatz der ’Semantik möglicher Welten’ durch systeminterne Welt-Generierung in PROLOG - (written in German), Forschungsbericht der Germanistischen Abteilung an der Universität Kanazawa, 7, 1-15, 19900901
  5. ★, System zum Verstehen von Deutsch durch systeminterne Welt-Generierung (written in Japanese), Die Deutsche Literatur (Zweigbezirk Chugoku-Shikoku der japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik, 23, 55-63, 19901001
  6. Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung in PROLOG und Gramatiktheorien (written in Japanese), Network (Information Media Center of Fukui University), 5(4), 3-11, 19920301
  7. Texteingabe-Programme in PROLOG (written in Japanese), Memoirs of the Faculty of Education Fukui University, 44, 33-46, 19920701
  8. Ein hal-automatisiertes Worttrennungssystem in PROLOG (written in Japanese), Forschungsbericht der Germanistischen Abteilung an der Universitaet Kanazawa, 9, 1-17, 19930301
  9. Computerunterstuetzte morphologische Analyse von deutschen Verben in PROLOG (written in Japanese), Memoirs of the Faculty of Education Fukui University, 46, 1-20, 19930501
  10. Computerunterstuetzte morphologische Analyse von deutschen Adjektiven, Nomen und Artikeln in PROLOG (written in Japanese), Memoirs of the Faculty of Education Fukui University, 48, 1-23, 19940701
  11. Computerunterstuetzte deutsceh morphologische Analyse und PROLOG (written in Japanese), Forschungsbericht der Germanistischen Abteilung an der Universitaet Kanazawa, 10, 12-24, 19941201
  12. ★, Computerunterstützte Deutsche Morphologische Analyse in PROLOG. (written in German), Festchrift für Prof. Fujihiko Kohmura, 229-241, 19950301
  13. ★, Hilfsprogramm fuer Lexikaeintragungen bei der deutschen morphologischen Analyse (written in Japanese), Memoirs of the Faculty of Education Fukui University, 49, 1-19, 19950301
  14. ★, Computerunterstützte deutsche syntaktische Analyse in Prolog Teil 1 (written in Japanese), Die deutsche Literatur, 12, 19-36, 19980301
  15. In-House Multimedia Teaching Materials Development (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 55-75, 19980301
  16. On-line Automatic Evaluation Drills for Supporting Foreign Language Courses (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 23-37, 19990301
  17. Plural Meister - ein Multimedia-Lehrmaterial fuer autonomes Deutschlernen - (written in Japanese), Forschungsbericht der Germanistischen Abteilung an der Universitaet Kanazawa, 9-17, 19990301
  18. On-line German Grammar Drills for Beginners (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 109-143, 20000301
  19. ★, Internet and Foreign Language Learning: Utilizing an Electronic Bulletin Board to Improve the Quality of Students’ German Compositions (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 21-41, 20000301
  20. Computergestutztes Deutschlernen : heute und in Zukunft, Doitsu Bungaku, 224-228, 20000315
  21. ★, A Basic German Communicative Test Using Language Functions to Measure Proficiency (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 29-53, 20010301
  22. Internet’s Role in German Language Education in Japan (written in English), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 107-124, 20010301
  23. Fremdsprachenunterricht im Zeitalter des Internet: Bericht ueber CALL Symposium und Workshop Hiroshima (written in Japanese), Deutschunterricht in Japan, 153-159, 20010901
  24. Autonomes Deutschlernen im Internet (written in German), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 9-17, 20020301
  25. Hiroshima University’s Virtual University: On-line German Course (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 77-85, 20020301
  26. Development of On-line German Teaching Materials Using the Authoring Software HOT POTATOES (written in Japanese), Festschrift fuer Toshio Ohtaki, 119-134, 20020301
  27. Autonomous German Language Learning on the Internet. (written in English), PAC3 (The third Pan-Asian Conference) JALT 2001 International Conference Proceedings, No. 020, 1-17, 20021001
  28. Hiroshima University’s Virtual University Project: Development of Online Learning Materials for Foreign Language Classes (written in Japanese), Virtual University Forum Proceedings, 18-22, 20030201
  29. ★, A Video Project in Beginning German Classes: How Information Technology Can Help Foreign Language Classes (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 20030301
  30. Hiroshima University’s Virtual University: On-line German Course - No.2 - (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 91-101, 20030301
  31. A virtual University Project for autonomous German Learning (written in English), Local Decisions, Global Effects - The Proceedings of JALTCALL2002 Hiroshima Jogakuin University May 2002, 29-34, 20030901
  32. Development of an Online German Dictionary for Writing Assistance (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 51-61, 20040301
  33. Developing Internet Writing Help Devices for Japanese Learners of German (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 7(7), 13-24, 20040301
  34. Learning German Using a New On-line German-Japanese Parallel Corpus (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 11-44, 20050301
  35. ★, Einsatzmöglichkeiten eines Korpus als Mittel für exploratives Lernen im DaF-Unterricht - Anhand des DJPD (written in Japanese), Deutschunterricht in Japan, 48-60, 20051001
  36. ★, Einsatzmöglichkeiten eines deutsch-japanischen Parallelkorpus als ein Mittel für exploratives Lernen im DaF-Unterricht (written in German), Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik, 166-181, 20051001
  37. The Early Period of CALL in German Education in Japan (1990-2000) (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 19-52, 20060301
  38. ★, CALL from the perspective of learner autonomy: Breaking away from unidimensional Japanese-style CALL (written in Japanese), The 46th Annual Conference Proceedings= The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology., 543-550, 20060801
  39. Achieving learner autonomy: The roles of teachers and media (written in Japanese), The 46th Annual Conference Proceedings (CD-ROM)= The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology., 519-533(担当分:522-525), 20060801
  40. ★, The Current State of Second Foreign Language Education in Japanese Universities, and One Tentative Plan for Its Reform (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 57-83, 20070301
  41. A Support System for Assessing German Speaking Ability (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 51-67, 20080301
  42. DGSG: An On-line German Grammar Exercise-Generating System (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 49-69, 20090301
  43. CALL Materials Development and CALL Practices for German Teaching and Learning at Hiroshima University (written in Japanese), Cybermedia forum, 11-15, 20090901
  44. CALL in German Language Education in Japan: Its Diversities and Possibilities (written in Japanese), doctoral thesis, 1-283, 20091001
  45. Using the Internet as a Corpus in German Classes at the Beginner's Level (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 53-64, 20100301
  46. ★, An On-line German Grammar Exercise-Generating System (DGSG): The state of development, and future tasks (written in Japanese), Beiträge zur Deutschen Datenverarbeitung, 1-15, 20110601
  47. Approaches for Building Up a Basic German Vocabulary List in German Education in Japanese Universities (written in Japanese), 21-48, 20120301
  48. New Improvements in Hiroshima University's On-line German Grammar Exercise-Generating System (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 239-260, 20130301
  49. How to Make High-Quality Paper-based Tests Utilizing the DGSG-Database (written in Japanese), Beiträge zur Deutschen Datenverarbeitung, 59-66, 20130730
  50. On-line Reading Software for European Languages : OLES and Text Reconstruction Praxis (written in Japanese), Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 73-98, 20150301
  51. ★, OLES : An On-line Program for Reading Training in European Languages (written in Japanese), Beiträge zur Deutschen Datenverarbeitung, 1-20, 20150731
  52. Preparations for a Vocabulary Survey on Japanese Beginning Learners of German - Verb -, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 195-211, 20160331
  53. ★, Rekonstruktion deutscher Texte durch OLES: ein Textrekonstruktionsprogramm des Typs STORYBOARD, 5-21, 20161025
  54. ★, Analysis of a Vocabulary Survey Test (100 basic Verbs) conducted in German Beginners Classes at Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 285-306, 20170301
  55. Information Media and Project-based Learning for German Beginners, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 63-94, 20200301
  56. ★, Wortschatztest zu 100 Grundverben an einer Universität in Japan, Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik, 2020
  57. Preparations for a Vocabulary Survey on Japanese Beginning Learners of German: Adjektiv, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 127-140, 20210301
  58. ★, A Parallel Corpus of Example Sentences in Eight Languages for Beginners and Intermediate Learners, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 25, 181-198, 20220301
  59. A Parallel Corpus of Example Sentences for Beginners and Intermediate-Level Learners: PARC8, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, 137-153, 20230301

Publications such as books

  1. 1998/03, Sprung in die deutsche Welt, Hakusuisya, 1998, 03, Textbook, Cocompilation, Katsumi Iwasaki, Mitsunobu Yoshida, ISBN4560013500, 72
  2. 2001/11, Freut Mich ! , Ikubundo, 2001, 11, Textbook, Cocompilation, Katsumi Iwasaki, Mitsunobu Yoshida, ISBN4261011816, 76
  3. 2004/09, Von Beruf DeutschlehrerIn Ausbildung - Weiterbildung - Ein erfolgreicher Unterricht (Studienreihe der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik 28), Japanische Gesellschaft für Germanistik, 2004, 9, Scholarly Book, Joint work, ドイツ語, 日本語 / German, Japanese, Tatsuya Ohta, Mrtina Gunske von Köln, Katsumi Iwasaki, Masami Morita, Masako Sugitani, Yoshiki Yamahara, ISBN4901909282, 97, 29, Neue Medien & CALL - Einsatzmöglichkeiten für das Deutschlernen
  4. 2005/04, Ein Sommer in Deutschland , Ikubundo, 2005, 04, Textbook, Cocompilation, Katsuni Iwasaki, Masatoshi Tanaka, Mitsunobu Yoshida, ISBN9784261012040, 96
  5. 2010/05, CALL in German Language Education in Japan: Its Diversities and Possibilities, Sanshusha, 2010, 05, Scholarly Book, Single work, 日本語 / Japanese, IWASAKI, Katsumi, ISBN9784384056006, 302, 302
  6. 2011/04, A New Textbook for Information Literacy, 2011, 04, Textbook, Joint work, ISBN9784780602531
  7. 2012/10, Grundwortschatz Deutsch: Lexikographische und fremdsprachendidaktische Perspektiven (Studienreihe der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik 88), Japanische Gesellschaft für Germanistik, 2012, 10, Scholarly Book, Joint work, ドイツ語, 日本語 / German, Japanese, Saburo Okamura, Willi lange, Joachin Scharloth, Noah, Bubenhofer, Katsumi Iwasaki, Shiro Kudo, Angelika Werner, Susumu Zaima, ISBN9784901909884, 83, 22, Approaches for Building Up a Basic German Vocabulary List
  8. 2020/03/31, Linguistic Research as an Interdisciplinary Science, 2020, 03, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 日本語, 978-4-8234-1017-8, 397, 261-278
  9. 2021/03/25, Language Education under the Coronavirus Pandemic, 2020, 03, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 日本語, MORITA, M. ENOKIDA, K. IWASAKI, K. KIDA, S. SAKAUE, T. TAKAHASHI, Y. TANABE, J. DAVIES, W. HARTING, A. FRASER, S. NAKAGAWA, A. YOSHIMITSU, T., 978-4863275539, 327, 4-28, 298-325
  10. 2023/05/20, Sonnenfinsternis, Sanshusha Verlag, 2023, 5, Book(general), 978-4-384-06027-0, 310, 1-310

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. On-line Homework Assignments in German Course, Central Japan Language Education Workshop "New Technology and Language Classroom", 1998/10/31, Without Invitation
  2. Computerprogramme für Autonomes Lernen, Katsumi iwasaki, Methodisch-didaktisches Seminar fuer Deutschlehrer -Kommunikativer Unterricht mit neuen Medien 1999.1.22-25, 1999, Without Invitation, Japanese
  3. Unterrichtserfahrung mit einer elektronischen Anschlagtafel im Internet, Katsumi iwasaki, Training Workshop for German Teachers in the Summer of 1999, 1999/07, With Invitation, Japanese
  4. Online-Computerprogramme fuer autonomes Lernen, Training Workshop for German Teachers in the Summer of 1999, 1999/07, With Invitation, German
  5. Hiroshima University’s CALL and Multimedia Facilities, Katsumi Iwasaki, Joseph Lauer, 2000/03/27, Without Invitation, English
  6. Internet’s Role in German Language Teaching in Japan, Katsumi Iwasaki, CALL Symposium and Workshop "Foreign Language Teaching in the Age of the Internet" 2000.10.21-22, 2000, Without Invitation, English
  7. Autonomous German Language Learning on the Internet, Katsumi Iwasaki, PAC3 (The third Pan-Asian Conference) JALT 2001 International Conference), 2001/11/25, Without Invitation, English, JALT, Kokura, Kitakyushu International Conference Center
  8. A Virtual University Project for Autonomous German Learning, JALTCALL 2002., 2002, Without Invitation, Japanese
  9. Einsatzmöglichkeit eines deutsch-japanischen Parallelkorpus als ein Mittel für exploratives Lernen im DaF-Unterricht, Katsumi Iwasaki, 10. DaF-Seminar der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik, 2005, Without Invitation, German
  10. Wortschatzarbeit anhand von Korpora im DaF-Unterricht, Katsumi Iwasaki, 8. DAAD-Fachseminar für deutschsprachige Hochschullehrer und -lehrerinnen an japanischen Universitäten, 2009/02, With Invitation, German
  11. A Vocabulary Survey on Japanese Beginning Learners of German - Verb -, IWASAKI, Katsumi, Die 97. Tagung des Germanistenkreises in Hiroshima, 2015/10/24, Without Invitation, Japanese, Germanistenkreis in Hiroshima
  12. OLES and Text Reconstruction Praxis, IWASAKI, Katsumi, Die 64. Mitgliederversammlung des Zweigbezirks Chugoku-Shikoku der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik, 2015/11/07, Without Invitation, Japanese, Der Zweigbezirk Chugoku-Shikoku der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik, Tokushima University
  13. On-line exercises on German numerals using various free software on WWW, IWASAKI, Katsumi, Die 65. Mitgliederversammlung des Zweigbezirks Chugoku-Shikoku der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik, 2016/11/05, Without Invitation, Japanese, Der Zweigbezirk Chugoku-Shikoku der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik, Kagawa University
  14. A Vocabulary Survey Test in German Classes, Katsumi Iwasaki, JALT2017 International Conference, 2017/11/20, Without Invitation, English, The Japan Association for Language Teaching, Tsukuba International Congress, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
  15. A Parallel Corpus of Example Sentences in Eight Languages for Beginners and Intermediate Learners, IWASAKI, Katsumi, 2022/02/10, Without Invitation, Japanese
  16. Current issues in the development of a parallel corpus of example sentences in eight languages (Japanese, German, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Korean, and Chinese), Iwasaki, Katsumi, Research and Presentation Meeting of Japan Society for German Data Processing Studies in 2022, 2022/09/24, Without Invitation, Japanese, Japan Society for German Data Processing Studies, Online

Awards

  1. 2008/06, Preis der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik (Wissenschaftliche Aufsätze in deutscher Sprache), Japanische Gesellschaft für Germanistik, Einsatzmöglichkeiten eines deutsch-japanischen Parallelkorpus als ein Mittel für exploratives Lernen im DaF-Unterricht

Works, etc.

  1. 広島大学バーチャルユニバーシティ『オンラインドイツ語入門講座』, IWASAKI, Katsumi, 2002/04, 2002, Web Service
  2. ドイツ語学習ビデオ 『はじめまして』, Katsumi Iwasaki, Mitsunobu Yoshida., 2001/11, 2001, Educational Materials
  3. ドイツ語学習ビデオ『ハンブルクの夏』, IWASAKI katsumi, 2003/03, Educational Materials
  4. ドイツ語スピーキング講座, IWASAKI, Katsumi, 2006/04, 2006, Educational Materials
  5. ドイツ語学習者用の独日例文パラレルコーパス DJPD, Katsumi Iwasaki, Mitsunobu Yoshida, 2006/04, 2006, Database
  6. データベースを利用したオンライン文法練習課題生成システムDGSG, Katsumi Iwasaki, Takako Yoshimitsu, Axel Harting, 2011/04, 2011, Educational Materials
  7. Online 型読解トレーニング用プログラム OLES, 2013/04, Educational Materials
  8. 言語学習ゲーム「数のおけいこ」(独・仏・英・中・韓・日), 2015, 2015, Educational Materials

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI, Parallel Corpus of Example Sentences in Eight Languages for Beginners and Intermediate Learners for Plurilingua and Multilingual Education, 2020, 2022
  2. KAKENHI, Task database for explorative and project-based learning for elementary and intermediate level German learners, 2017, 2019
  3. KAKENHI, 2014, 2016
  4. KAKENHI, Use and functions of German teachers' use of German and Japanese as classroom languages, 2011, 2013
  5. KAKENHI, A support system for autonomous German learning based on self-evaluation lists combined with indices for achievement tests such as the German Language Proficiency Test in Japan and Zertifikat Deutsch, 2011, 2013
  6. KAKENHI, A German exercise generating system for autonomous learners, utilizing a database in an a la carte method, 2008, 2010
  7. KAKENHI, The Study of Curriculums and Achievement Tests for German Language : Based on an Analysis of German Textbooks in Asia, 2007, 2009
  8. KAKENHI, Development of online exercises and tests for German speaking ability, and a management system for its evaluation., 2005, 2007
  9. KAKENHI, TOEIC and TOEFL Online Practice Questions for Japanese Students, 2004, 2006
  10. KAKENHI, Creating teaching materials by comparing E-Mails in German and Japanese, 2004, 2009
  11. KAKENHI, Development of online German-Japanese data base (with sound data) for Learners of German, 2003, 2004
  12. KAKENHI, Studies on developing and applying on-line CALL materials for remote education, 2003, 2004
  13. KAKENHI, Developing On-line English Writing Materials for Japanese Students, 2002, 2003
  14. KAKENHI, 2001, 2001
  15. KAKENHI, Development of Web-Based Communicative Tests for Measuring Foreign Language Proficiency, 2000, 2001

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. Executive board member, 2013/10, 2017/10, Die Japanische Gesellschaft f?r Germanistik
  2. Secretary, 2013/10, 2017/10, Der Zweigbezirk Chugoku-Shikoku der Japanischen Gesellschaft f?r Germanistik
  3. Examination designer, 2010/04, 2012/03, National Center for University Entrance Examinations
  4. Secretary, 2007/04, 2021/03, Germanistenkreis in Hiroshima

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. Foreign Language learning in the Age of the Internet (Fremdsprachenunterricht im Zeitalter des Internet), 2000/10, 2000/10
  2. Vortrag von Prof. Legutke (Handlungsorientierter Deutschunterricht: Von der Aufgabe zum Projekt), 2003/03, 2003/03
  3. Vortrag von Prof. Dietmar Roeesler (Erfuellen Aufgaben ihre Aufgabe? Ein kritischer Rueckblick auf die Aufgabenorientierung.), 2016/03, 2016/03
  4. 2017/03, 2017/03

Other Social Contributions

  1. Diplom Deutsch in Japan, 2004/04, 2021/03, Organizing Member, Others, General
  2. Start Deutsch 2 / Zertifikat Deutsch, Goethe-Institut, 2009/02, 2021/02, Organizing Member, Others, College students

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2011, Beiträge zur Deutschen Datenverarbeitung 21, Chief editor, chief of editorial board
  2. 2012, Beiträge zur Deutschen Datenverarbeitung 22, Chief editor, chief of editorial board
  3. 2013, Beiträge zur Deutschen Datenverarbeitung 23, Editor, member of editorial board
  4. 2014, Beiträge zur Deutschen Datenverarbeitung 24, Editor, member of editorial board
  5. 2015, Beiträge zur Deutschen Datenverarbeitung 25, Editor, member of editorial board
  6. 2009, Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik, Editor, deputy editor
  7. 2010, Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik, Editor, deputy editor
  8. 2011, Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik, Editor, deputy editor
  9. 2012, Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik deputy editor, Editor, deputy editor
  10. 2013, Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik, Editor, deputy editor
  11. 2014, Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik, Editor, deputy editor
  12. 2005, Die Deutsche Literatur (Hiroshima Doitsu Bungaku), Editor, member of editorial board
  13. 2006, Die Deutsche Literatur (Hiroshima Doitsu Bungaku), Editor, member of editorial board
  14. 2007, Die Deutsche Literatur (Hiroshima Doitsu Bungaku), Editor, member of editorial board
  15. 2008, Die Deutsche Literatur (Hiroshima Doitsu Bungaku), Editor, member of editorial board
  16. 2009, Die Deutsche Literatur (Hiroshima Doitsu Bungaku), Editor, member of editorial board
  17. 2010, Die Deutsche Literatur (Hiroshima Doitsu Bungaku), Editor, member of editorial board
  18. 2011, Die Deutsche Literatur (Hiroshima Doitsu Bungaku), Editor, member of editorial board
  19. 2012, Die Deutsche Literatur (Hiroshima Doitsu Bungaku), Editor, member of editorial board
  20. 1997, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 1, Editor, member of editorial board
  21. 1998, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 2, Editor, member of editorial board
  22. 1999, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 3, Editor, member of editorial board
  23. 2000, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 4, Editor, member of editorial board
  24. 2001, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 5, Editor, member of editorial board
  25. 2002, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 6, Editor, member of editorial board
  26. 2003, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 7, Editor, member of editorial board
  27. 2004, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 8, Editor, member of editorial board
  28. 2005, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 9, Editor, member of editorial board
  29. 2006, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 10, Editor, member of editorial board
  30. 2007, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 11, Editor, member of editorial board
  31. 2008, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 12, Editor, member of editorial board
  32. 2009, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 13, Editor, member of editorial board
  33. 2010, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 14, Chief editor, chief of editorial board
  34. 2011, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 15, Chief editor, chief of editorial board
  35. 2012, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 16, Chief editor, chief of editorial board
  36. 2013, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 17, Chief editor, chief of editorial board
  37. 2014, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 18, Chief editor, chief of editorial board
  38. 2015, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education 19, Chief editor