Eiko Ushida
eushida@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-7636
Fax: (858) 534-3939
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Office: #1310
Education
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2003 (second language acquisition)
M.A., University of New South Wales, Australia; 1999 (linguistics)
M.A., University of Sydney, Australia; 1997 (applied linguistics)
B.A., Kansai Gaidai University, Japan; 1995 (English)
Biography
Ushida is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in language instruction. She has previously held positions at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of New South Wales in Australia, the Sydney Institute of Technology and the University of Sydney. Ushida joined IR/PS in 2003.
Professional Activities
American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ)
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)
National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (NCJLT)
Phi Sigma Iota-the International Foreign Language Honor Society
Teachers of Japanese in Southern California (TJSC)
Research Interests
In 2005 Ushida was awarded a UC Language Consortium for a Japanese web based Content-Based Instruction (CBI) project. Ushida leads a team of three colleagues from UC Irvine, and UCLA. CBI focuses on students studying a topic or subject matter in a target language, instead of their native language. CBI engages students, allows them to fulfill a purpose with the language they are learning, and lets them become more independent in their language instruction. Ushida’s team’s goal is to develop sample CBI curriculum, lessons for multi-level Japanese language courses, and web-based storage and delivery system to share materials across the UC system. Materials address issues in Japanese culture and society. These topics are designed to develop students’ critical thinking skills preparing them for advanced study or abroad experiences.
Publications of Note
An Application of Standards: Japanese-Language Curriculum Development for Graduate Students of International Relations. Japanese-Language Education around the Globe, 7. (Forthcoming.)
Robo-sensei personal Japanese tutor (version 1.0). CALICO Software Review. CALICO Journal. (In press.)
Student learning in hybrid French and Spanish courses: An overview of language online. CALICO Journal, 26 (1), 115-146, 2006 (with Chenoweth, A.N. & Murday, K.).
The role of students' attitudes and motivation in second language learning in online language courses. CALICO Journal, 23 (1), 49-78, 2005.
The world wide web as a teaching and learning resource: Observation of learners' performance in the resource based learning of Japanese as a foreign language. Australian Review of Applied Linguistic Occasional Thematic Issue: Asian Languages and Computers, 17, 74-90, 2003 (with Thomson, K.C.).
Vocabulary/Kanji/Conjugation exercise for Japanese (VKC/J2.0). CALICO Software, Review. CALICO Journal, 19 (2), 390-404, 2002
Metric conversion acquiring English rhythm. ONJALT 95 Curriculum, and Evaluation, 253-262, 1996 (with Sharkey, M.)
