Kyoko Kobayashi Hillman
Ph.D., Japanese language lecturer
Teaching Experiences
Summer 2026
Teaching lectures on TBLT for Japanese
The Japan Foundation Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Responsible for teaching an introduction lectures on Task-Based Language Teaching to Japanese language educators
January 2020 - August 2025
Taught all levels of Japanese
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Responsible for coordinating 6 intermediate level courses, managing 20 teaching assistants.
Developed and offered a content-based language course on Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan.
2017 - 2018
Taught Beginning Japanese I&II the George Washington University Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Responsible for the course, including the syllabus, and supervising the drill sessions taught by another instructor.
About Me
I have been teaching Japanese language in Japan and other countries, such as China and Nigeria.
My research interests include Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and research methodology in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA).
Education
2013-2020
Ph.D.
Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
University of Maryland, College Park
M.A.
Teaching Japanese as a Second/Foreign Language
University of Iowa
B.A.
Sociology,
Osaka Prefecture University
Teaching Effectiveness (from course evaluation results)
Contact
- https://kyokokh.com
- Latest CV available upon request
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kkh1225(at)terpmail(dot)umd(dot)edu
kyokokh(at)gmail(dot)com
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