PUBLICATIONS
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2026 forthcoming). 北米の日本語教育とSLAの知見を採り入れたTBLTの可能性 Japanese Language Education in North America and Possibilities for TBLT that incorporates knowledge from SLA. Senshu Review of International Communication, 6, Faculty of International Communication, Senshu University.
Kobayashi Hillman, K., Koike, M., & Miyazaki, S. (2026). 日本語中級レベルの会話教材の開発ー相互行為能力の向上を目指してー Development of Teaching Materials for Japanese Conversation Skills at the Intermediate Level: Aiming for the Quality and the Quantity Improvement of Conversation Skills. Bulletin of Kwansei Gakuin University Center for Japanese Language Education, 15, Kwansei Gakuin University.
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2026). 内容重視型アプローチと先住民族教授法を用いた上級日本語コースの試みー包摂社会の理解と間主観性の養成を目指してー An Attempt at an Advanced Japanese Course Using a Content-Based Approach and Indigenous Pedagogy: Aiming for Understanding of an Inclusive Society and Cultivating Intersubjectivity. Senshu Journal of Foreign Language Education, 54, Institute of Language Education, Senshu University.
Koike, M., Kobayashi Hillman, K., & Miyazaki, S. (2024). 人とつながる中級からの日本語会話：ワンランク上のコミュニケーションを目指そう Japanese Conversation at the Intermediate Level and Higher: Aiming toward more Sophisticated Communication Skills Tokyo: Hitsuji Syobo Publishing.
Kim, I. & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2022). 日本語教材の先住民化・脱植民地化プロジェクト Project for Indigenization and decolonization of Japanese language teaching materials. Proceedings of the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) Annual Conference, Canada. https://www.cajle.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Final_14_CAJLE2022-Proceedings_KimIhhwa_KobayashiHIllmanKyoko.pdf
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Abe, M. (2021). オンライン短歌プロジェクトにおける協働学習：日本語中級学習者の場合 Collaborative learning in an online tanka project: a case for intermediate Japanese learners. Proceedings of the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) Annual Conference, Canada. https://www.cajle.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/11_CAJLE2021Proceedings_KobayashiHillmanKyoko_MasumiAbe.pdf
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2020). インプット修正の聴解への効果ー上級日本語話者を対象にー Effects of input modification on listening comprehension: The case of advanced L2 Japanese speakers. Proceedings of the 31st JASLA conference, Japan. 74-79.
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Long, M.H. (2020). Target tasks for U.S. Foreign Service Officers: The challenge for TBLT of the Japanese celebration speech. In C. Lambert & R. Oliver (eds.), Using Tasks in Diverse Contexts. Multilingual Matters.
Long, M.H., Lee, J. & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2019). Task-based language learning.In J.W. Schwieter & A. Benati (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning (pp. 500-526). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kobayashi Hillman, K., Ross, S.J. & Kasper, G. (2017). Achieving epistemic alignment in a psycholinguistic experiment. Applied Linguistic Review, 9 (4), 617-641. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2017-002.
Fukasawa, N. & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2012b). 日本語式辞スピーチの構成要素と展開パターンー日本語パブリックスピーキングの一ジャンルとしてー Components and development patterns of Japanese shikiji speeches: Characteristics of one genre in Japanese public speaking. Journal of Technical Japanese Education, 14 27-34.
Fukasawa, N. & Kobayashi Hillman, K.(2012a). 日本語パブリックスピーキング能力養成のニーズを探るための基礎調査 Basic study to investigate on the need for skills training in Japanese public speaking. Kanazawa University International Student Center Research Bulletin, 15, 25-43. http://hdl.handle.net/2297/32405
Fukasawa, N. & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2011). 日本語教科書における口頭発表指導についてー日本語パブリックスピーキングの教授法確立を目指した基礎研究ー Report on teaching oral presentation skills in Japanese textbooks: Basic research for establishing the pedagogy for Japanese public speaking. Kanazawa University International Student Center Research Bulletin, 14, 29-42. http://hdl.handle.net/2297/35052
Miura, K., Fukasawa, N., Okazawa, T., & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2006). 最初の一歩から始める日本語学習者と日本人学生のためのアカデミックプレゼンテーション入門 Introduction to Academic Presentations: The First Step for Japanese Language Learners and Japanese Students. Tokyo: Hitsuji Syobo Publishing.
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2002). 海外大学協定校交流の意義とその問題点 : 金沢大学の場合 The significance of international exchange based on exchange agreements with schools overseas and its weakness: The case of Kanazawa University. Kanazawa University International Student Center Research Bulletin, 5, 111-123. https://kanazawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/31452
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2001b). 中・上級レベルの日本語学習者の長い発話行動の研究 How Japanese language learners at non-elementary levels create long speech acts: A qualitative analysis. Kanazawa University International Student Center Research Bulletin, 4, 1-16. http://hdl.handle.net/2297/2769
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2001a). 海外日本語教育事情 アメリカの協定校から Japanese language education overseas: Report on the College of William and Mary. Kanazawa University International Student Center Research Bulletin, 4, 81-99. http://hdl.handle.net/2297/2773
Kobayashi, K. (1998). How students’ composition shifted from simple sentences to complex sentences: A comparison between the first and the eighth compositions. Bulletin of the International Christian University Summer Courses in Japanese, 15.
Conference Presentations
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2026, March). Report on interactive online interviews incorporating the TBLT perspective. Paper presented for the annual Spring conference of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ), British Columbia, Canada (March 12, 2026).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2025, August). Report on Ainu-focused advanced Japanese language using indigenous pedagogy. Paper accepted at the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) Annual Conference, British Columbia, Canada (August 19, 2025).
Kobayashi Hillman, K., Koike, M., & Miyazaki, S. (2024, August). Report of Teaching Materials Development Aiming at Better Quality and Quantity in Japanese Intermediate Conversation. Paper presented at the International Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), Wisconsin, U.S.A. (August 2,2024).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2023, August). Report of Study Unit for Onomatopoetic Expressions Focusing on the Sound Symbolism. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) Annual Conference (online),Ontario, Canada (August 17, 2023).
Kim, I. & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2022, August). Project for Indigenization and decolonization of Japanese language teaching materials. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) Annual Conference (online),Ontario, Canada (August 11, 2022).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Abe, M. (2021, August). Collaborative learning in an online tanka project: a case for intermediate Japanese learners. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) Annual Conference (online), Alberta, Canada (August 18, 2021).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2020, December). Effects of input modification on listening comprehension: The case of advanced L2 Japanese speakers. Paper presented at the 31st JASLA conference (online), Tokyo, Japan. (December 12, 2020).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2018, October). Negotiations during the instruction delivery and reaction-time data in psycholinguistic experiments. Paper presented at the 37th Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2018, Montreál, Canada. (October 27, 2018).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2018, October). Exploration of input and oral corrective feedback in the JFL classroom of TBLT in Japanese Language Education. Talk presented at the annual Fall conference of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA), Williamsburg, Virginia. (October 5, 2018).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2018, June). Task-Based Needs Analysis for the US foreign Service Officer. Paper presented for the fourth biennial Task-Based Learning and Teaching (TBLT) conference in Asia 2018, Kyoto, Japan. (June 24, 2018).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2018, June). Analysis of Target Discourse in Developing a TBLT Module for Delivering Japanese Celebration Speeches. Paper presented for the fourth biennial Task-Based Learning and Teaching (TBLT) conference in Asia 2018, Kyoto, Japan. (June 23, 2018).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2018, March). From talking with restaurant wait staff to explaining U.S. policy: Task-based needs analysis for U.S. Foreign Service Officers in Japan. Paper presented for the annual Spring conference of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ), Washington D.C. (March 22, 2018).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Ross, S. J. (2017, March). Task instructions for psycholinguistic experiments and their influence on reaction time. Paper presented on the colloquium “Conversation analysis and statistics: A sequential mixed methods approach for applied linguistics”, at the annual conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, Oregon. (March 20, 2017).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2016, October). Versatility of TBLT in Japanese Language Education. Report presented at the annual Fall conference of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA),Williamsburg, Virginia. (October 7, 2016).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2016, May). An example of needs analysis based on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT): Case of American diplomats. Poster presented at the annual Spring conference of the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Tokyo, Japan. (May 22, 2016).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2015, September). Task-based needs analysis and materials development for US Foreign Service Officers (FSOs). Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Leuven, Belgium. (September 16, 2015).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Ross, S.J. (2015, March). Instruction delivery in experiments. Paper presented on the colloquium “Inside knowledge production in applied linguistics: Research methods in interaction”, at the annual conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Toronto, Canada. (March 23, 2015).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2014, October). Form-meaning mapping of highly proficient late bilinguals. Poster presented at the 5th annual Language Science Day in University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. (September 19, 2014).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2014, August). Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and Japanese celebration speech for American diplomats. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) Annual Conference, Montreál, Canada. (August 21, 2014).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Fukasawa, N. (2012, August). Needs analysis regarding public speaking for foreign speakers of Japanese language. Poster presented at the International Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), Nagoya, Japan. (August 18, 2012).
Fukasawa, N. & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2011). Structure of business (address) speech in Japanese: one genre in Japanese public speaking. Paper presented at the annual Spring conference of the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Saitama, Japan. (May, 2011).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Fukasawa, N. (2010). Characteristics of address speech in Japanese as a genre in public speaking. Paper presented at the International Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), Taipei, Taiwan (July, 2010).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. & Fukasawa, N. (2009). Characteristics of business speech in Japanese and its application possibility to the Japanese language education. Paper presented at the conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia- International Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), Sydney, Australia. (July, 2009).
Miura, K., Fukasawa, N., & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2005). Research and development of an introductory textbook on academic presentations for Japanese language learners. Poster presented at the annual fall conference of the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Ishikawa, Japan.
Kobayashi, K. (1999). How students’ composition shifted from simple sentences to complex sentences: a comparison between the first and the eighth compositions. Paper presented at a conference of the Southeast Association of Teachers of Japanese, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (March, 1999).
Invited Talks and Workshops
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2025, May). 北米の日本語教育とSLAの知見を採り入れたTBLTの可能性 Japanese Language Education in North America and Possibilities for TBLT that adopts knowledge from SLA. A 90 -minute talk presented at the 22nd Global Floor Project Lecture in the School of International Communication, Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan. (May 30, 2025).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2024, October). Topics in Japanese Language, Culture, and Society: Culture and Identity of Ainu, the Indigenous People of Japan (JAPN459-011). A 10-minute talk presented at the third Annual Workshop on Indigenizing teaching and Learning in Asian Studies in the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada (October 23, 2024).
Wang, Q., Wang, H.S., Kobayashi Hillman, K., Kim, I., & Lin, P. (2022, November). Indigenizing language curriculum. Roundtable presented at the Multilingual Week in the University of British Columbia, Canada (November 2, 2022).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2017, September). The flow of needs analysis based on TBLT (Task-Based Language Teaching). A 60-minute workshop presented at the fourth Cardiff Symposium for Applied Linguistics and Japanese Pedagogy, Cardiff, Wales, U.K. (September 14, 2017).
Kamada, O., Sakakibara, Y., & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2012, August). How to use a revised textbook, ‘Shin chuukyuu kara jookyuu eno Nihongo (New Japanese language from intermediate to advanced)’. Invited presentation at the International Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), Nagoya, Japan (August 18,2012).
Fukasawa, N., & Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2007). Introduction to academic presentations. Invited presentation on a training day at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Foreign Service Institute, Yokohama Field School, Yokohama, Japan. (April, 2007).
Kobayashi Hillman, K.K. (2002). Japanese people’s concept of Uchi and Soto: Comparing the cultures of China and Japan. Invited 3-day lecture at Northeastern University, Shenyang, China (November, 2002).
Kobayashi Hillman, K. (2001). Foreign language education at the College of William and Mary. Invited presentation at a workshop organized by the Foreign Language Institute in Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan. (July, 2001)
Kobayashi, K. (2000). Pedagogy for Japanese language as a second/foreign language and introduction to ACTFL OPI. Invited a 2-day lecture at the Program for the Basic Japanese Language Education at Ishikawa Japanese Studies Center, Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange, Ishikawa, Japan. (November, 2000)