User:Omotecho/Hiroko Fujimori

Hiroko Fujimori (藤森 弘子 Fujimori Hiroko ふじもり ひろこ, December 1954 - ) is a Japanese linguist specializing in Second language acquisition and Japanese language education.

As a faculty of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Fujimori is a professor of Japanese studies.

Academic background

 * Fujimori studied English literature and graduated from Faculty of Literature, Kansai University in March, 1977. After finishing undergraduate courses, Fujimori worked at  a private bank, then shifted to teach Japanese at an extra callicular school and later special courses for college students from overseas.
 * It was in March 1996 when Fujimori finished the Graduate School of Language and Culture at  Osaka University with Ph.D in linguistics.

Vocational career

 * Fujimori started working career at Chase Manhattan Bank in April 1977. As a linguist, teaching Japanese classes at Kawaijuku Gakuen was her first step in October 1984 in Nagoya, followed by a lecturership at the Center for International Exchange Programs offered by Nagoya Gakuin University since April 1989. Fujimori continues to teach Japanese courses in Yokohama at Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in March 1995 while researching as a graduate student at Osaka University, and in October 1995 started as a lecturer at Sophia University in Tokyo for Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Major at the Institute of Comparative Culture. Fujimori was promoted to an adjunct professorship at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies for the Japanese Language Center in April 1996, and as a professor starting in April 2006. Fujimori is a professor for its graduate school since April, 2015.

Research and publication

 * title=Variety in classroom activities in the classroom: from the survey of institutions of secondary and preparatory education overseas|journal=Bulletin of Japanese Language Center for International Students|issn= 09189602| publisher= Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |year= 2008| number= 34| pages= 55-69
 * 「日本語教師養成におけるプロセス重視型授業－多様な日本語教育に対応できる人材養成をめざして－」『日本語学・日本語教育国際シンポジウム論文集』ハノイ国家大学出版社 59－70, 2007
 * 「海外の中等日本語教育の現状と展望―中国地域調査結果の分析から―」『言語と文化の展望』　英宝社　441-458