Professor Kawakami took his current position at Waseda University in 2002, after working as the Japanese Language Advisor of the Japan Foundation for the Ministry of Education, Queensland, Australia and as a Professor at Miyagi University of Education.

He received his PhD from Osaka University. His research areas are Japanese Language Education and Cultural Anthropology.

Professor Kawakami proposed the concept of ‘Children Crossing Borders’ to capture experiences and memories of those who were brought up in plurilingual environments, and has been investigating Japanese language education for children.

His recent publications include:‘Watashi mo ido suru kodomo data: kotonaru gengo no aida de sodatta kodomotachi no raifusutori’ [I am “Children Crossing Borders” too: Life Stories of Children Who Were Brought Up between Different Languages] , ‘Ido suru kodomotachi no kotoba no kyoikugaku’ [Language Pedagogy for Children Crossing Borders], ‘Nihongo wo manabu/ fukugengo de sodatsu: Kodomo no kotoba wo kangaeru waakubukku’ [Learn Japanese/Bring up in plural languages: Workbook of Examining languages of children (co-authored)] and ‘Ido to kotoba’ [Mobility and Language (co-authored)] (all of the aforementioned books are published by Kuroshio Publications).

Date: Saturday 14 March 2020 9:00-16:30
*Please note that due to the time difference between the UK (Europe) and Japan, the starting as well as the closing time has been changed.
Venue: King's College London, The Council Room (Strand, London WC2R 2LS)
Speaker: Professor Michiharu Miyazaki (Hirosaki University, Society for Acquisition-Oriented Learning Board Member)
Workshop Facilitation Team: Society for Acquisition-Oriented Learning 
Professor Michiharu Miyazaki (Hirosaki University)
Mr Norio Hayakawa (Nakamura Junior & Senior Grill’s High School)
Ms Keiko Morozumi (Bunan Senior High School)
Coordinator: Yuko Fujimitsu (Japan Foundation, London, BATJ Member)
Presenters (Titles omitted, ABC order):
Aya Kamura (Carden Primary School), Tomonari Kuroda (former Japanese Language Advisor, Japan Foundation), Fumiko Narumi (University of Edinburgh), Naho Nakao (former Japanese Language Advisor, Japan Foundation),  Natsuko Shibata Perera (SOAS University of London), Sayaka Kato (Universidad de Salamanca), Yukari Saiki (Tokai University, Japan)
Group Presenters: Kaori Nishizawa (University of Oxford), Kumiko Uehara (Japanese-German Centre Berlin), Miho Tokimoto (Sapienza University of Rome), Sawako Nemoto (AFJPS Association Franco-Japonaise Pari Sud, France).

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