Hiroyuki Shirakawa

Last Updated :2023/09/04

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
E-mail
hshirakhiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
Japanese descriptive grammar that is useful for foreigners learning Japanese. We are researching "usable grammar" such as expressions that can not be used even though it is an element of "elementary level", distinctive use of misleading words and usage of expression used in dialog situations.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Hiroshima University
  • Master of Arts, University of Tsukuba

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Education : Language and Culture Education : Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Educational Sciences : Teaching Japanese as a Second Language Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Educational Sciences : Teaching Japanese as a Second Language Program

Research Fields

  • Humanities;Linguistics;Japanese linguistics

Research Keywords

  • Japnanese linguistics
  • modality
  • Pedagogical grammar
  • leaving unsaid
  • function
  • Japanese language education
  • Subordinate clauses
  • sentence-final particle

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Fundamentals of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  2. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Pedagogical Japanese Grammar
  3. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Linguistic Structure of Japanese
  4. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Japanese Grammar (Lec.)
  5. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, JapaneseGrammar(Sem.)
  6. 2023, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Specific Study of Japanese as a Second Language I
  7. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Specific Study of Japanese as a Second Language II
  8. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  9. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction of Teaching Practice for Lower and Upper Secondary Schools
  10. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Teaching Practice Focusing on Classroom Observation at Lower and Upper Secondary Schools
  11. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Research into Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  12. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Intensive, Advanced Study in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  13. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Research into Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  14. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Intensive, Advanced Study in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  15. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Research Methods in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  16. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Research Project on Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  17. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Structure of Japanese Language
  18. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Topics in Structure of Japanese Language
  19. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
  20. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
  21. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Research in Special Topics
  22. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Research in Special Topics

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Ta as an Expression of the Relationship between Speaker and Events in Japanese, Bulletin of the Department of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Hiroshima University, 41-47, 20160325
  2. Correspondence between Japanese and Korean Grammatical Aspect Forms as Seen through the Korean-Japanese Parallel Translation Scenario Collection, Bulletin of the Department of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Hiroshima University, 11-19, 20170325
  3. Another Step in Japanese Grammar---Toward a convinsing grammatical explanation---, 169-175, 20161200
  4. Cross-disciplinary Research in Japanese Linguistics and Japanese Language Education, Studies in Japanese Lnaguage, 14(2), 68-82, 20180401
  5. ★, On the Reason Expression "dakeni", Studies in Japanese Language and Japanese Language Teaching, 5-22, 20180930
  6. A Study of shinai as a usage of Imperfect in comparison to shiteinai, 1-8, 20190331

Social Activities

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2009, Japanese-Language Education around the Globe, Editor, Editor, 48