about east asian undergraduate program graduate program people course
M.A., University of Wisconsin
Lecturer
Japanese Language
Office: Humanities and Social Sciences Building, 2221
Phone: (805) 893-7919
Email: csgenki@eastasian.ucsb.edu

Chikako Shinagawa specializes in Japanese linguistics and language pedagogy.
She started her career as an English as a second language teacher and served as a trainer for new ESL teachers. Before coming to UCSB, she taught Japanese at the University of California, Irvine and Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. She has also conducted several workshops throughout the US related to promote networking among fellow Japanese teachers.  Her current work is on developing supplementary materials for the Genki textbooks co-authored by her and developing a genki-online site to support teachers and students who use the Genki textbooks. She currently teaches first and second year Japanese courses and also a conversational Japanese course.

Selected Publications

  • GENKI Picture Cards on CD-ROM (co-author). The Japan Times, 2006.
  • "The Teacher, the Taught and the Textbook : Finding and Adapting a Textbook for Our Teaching Needs." Proceedings, Twentieth Annual Conference,pp.84-97, Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese, 2005.
  • "Teaching Japanese Culture at an American University." Papers in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language 14, pp. 1-18, Kansai Gaidai University, 2004.
  • "Video Project: Introduction to American Culture," Papers in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language 13, pp. 1-14, Kansai Gaidai University, 2003.
  • "An integrated course in elementary Japanese, Genki I" (co-author). The Japan Times, 1999.
  • "An integrated course in elementary Japanese, Genki II" (co-author). The Japan Times, 1999.
  • "The Use of Songs in Japanese Teaching." Papers in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language 8, 89-102, Kansai Gaidai University, 1998.
  • "Rashii and Yoda : Their Subjectivity and Objectivity," Papers in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language 7, 109-118, Kansai Gaidai University, 1997.
  • "Communicative Activities in Reading and Writing," Papers in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language 6, 57-70, Kansai Gaidai University, 1996.
  • "Guided Project Work," Papers in Teaching Japanese as Foreign Language 5, 33-50, Kansai Gaidai University, 1995.
  • "Needs Analysis for Development of Japanese Textbooks for Beginners" (co-author). Papers in Teaching Japanese as Foreign Language 4, 23-23, 27-30, 36-39. Kansai Gaidai University, 1994.
  • "Communicative Activities for an Introduction to Modern Japanese," Papers in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language 4, 53-66, Kansai Gaidai University, 1994.

Teaching

  • Japanese Language 1-6 (Japanese 1-2-3-4-5-6)
  • Japanese 120 Series (Japanese A-B-C)