Mariko Itoh Henstock
Education:
Ph.D. in Foreign Language Education. Purdue University. August 2003.
Thesis: “Refusals: A Language and Culture Barrier between Americans & Japanese”
Language education, Japanese language, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics
M.A. in Japanese Pedagogy. University of Iowa.
Japanese language, linguistics (syntax), computer-assisted instruction, and second
language acquisition
Osaka University, Japan. .
Non-degree graduate student in Japanese linguistics
B.A. in Modern Japanese Literature and Education.
Osaka University of Education.
Work Experience:
Director of Outreach and Co-Curricular Activities for Japanese, Boston University. 2008Serve in this position to connect the BU Japanese Program to and develop
collaborative opportunities with:
1) Japanese organizations within the external Boston community
2) Japanese language programs at other universities in the region
3) BU CELOP (Center for English Language and Orientation Programs) through
language & culture exchanges
4) BU Center of the Asian Studies with various film series
5) Japanese House as the advisor
6) Japanese Student Association as the advisor
Goals of the position:
1) To enrich the BU student experience by providing cultural opportunities and
connections
2) To raise the profile of Boston University within the Boston community
3) To foster a community among the BU Japanese program students
Japanese Language Program Coordinator 2006-2008
Led the language program through a transition to replace three long-term lecturers
with four new faculty members
Shifted to a unified syllabus across levels to ease introduction of new staff to the
various courses and improve students’ learning experience
Changed the first and the second year Japanese textbooks to the Genki series
Initiated many outreach programs to the community including Showa Boston, Kaji
Aso Studio, Japan Society of Boston, and Chorus Boston
Created a new course: Readings in Japanese Civilization from Japanese Perspectives
Senior Lecturer (2010-)/Lecturer (2002-2009), Boston University
 Teaching Japanese language (1st to 4th year Japanese) courses
Teaching Japanese linguistics, Japanese civilization, and modern Japanese literature
courses
Wrote the Japanese program’s official placement test and administer placement
Developed LJ403, LJ404, LJ410, LJ441, LJ 445, LJ211, and LJ212 with newly
created materials and a new textbook
Created a dynamic 4th year curriculum that adapts to students’ interests and needs
Course Coordinator: LJ303 in 2010-; LJ304 in 2008-; LJ211-212 in 2007-2008.
Instructor, Japan Society of Boston. October 2000- August 2008.
 Taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced Japanese language courses
Assisted the language coordinator in recruiting and interviewing new teachers
Helped junior teachers learn how to teach Japanese courses
Conducted a survey to better serve the program that led to the creation of new courses
Helped create new courses
 Advised and provided professional knowledge and information to colleagues
Full-time lecturer, Vassar College. 1999-2000.
 Taught second and third year Japanese
 Developed and taught a modern Japanese literature course
 Trained and supervised a language fellow as a teaching assistant
 Coordinated student graders
Graduate teaching assistant, Purdue University.
 Taught first and second year Japanese
 Coordinated second year instruction with several graduate teaching assistants
 Developed and taught “Introduction to Modern Japanese Civilization,” an
undergraduate course on Japanese culture
 Assisted with an experimental study of teaching with the Nakama textbook that
investigated the effect of teaching with and without Japanese kana scripts under
Dr. Yukiko Hatasa
Full-time instructor, Dartmouth College. .
 Taught first, second, and fourth year Japanese
 Co-coordinated a team of ten teaching assistants with another instructor
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Graduate teaching assistant, University of Iowa.
 Taught intensive first year Japanese
 Developed and taught an advanced fourth-year Japanese course
 Trained in American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) Oral
Proficiency Interview (OPI) by Japanese pioneers, Dr. Seiichi Makino and
Dr. Osamu Kamada
Juku instructor, Nichinoken Preparatory School.
 Taught 4th – 6th grade Japanese students at a second “juku” school after hours
Juku instructor, Nishinomiya Eisu Kyoshitsu Preparatory School.
 Taught 4th – 6th grade Japanese students at a second “juku” school after hours
Student teacher, Yakumohigashi Elementary School.
 Taught all subjects to Japanese fourth grade students
Student teacher, Kadoma Daiichi Junior High School.
 Taught Japanese literature and classical Japanese to Japanese students
Professional Certifications:
ACTFL(American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Oral Proficiency
Interview
Completed the 28 hours of professional development training. May 15-18, 2012.
Japanese Ministry of Education teaching certifications:
License for teaching Japanese language and literature,
 junior and senior high school
 elementary school
Nihongo Kyoiku Noryoku Kentei Shiken,
Certification in Japanese language teaching competency (18% pass rate)
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Courses Taught at Boston University (2002-2013):
LJ111
First semester Japanese language
LJ112
Second semester Japanese language
LJ211
Third semester Japanese language
LJ212
Fourth semester Japanese language
LJ303
Third-Year Modern Japanese I
LJ304
Third-Year Modern Japanese II
LJ403
Fourth-Year Modern Japanese I
LJ404
Fourth-Year Modern Japanese II
LJ281
Japanese Civilization (in English translation)
LJ350
Self & Society in Japanese Literature (in English translation)
LJ410
History of the Japanese language
LJ441
Japanese Press
LJ445
Readings in Japanese Civilization
Coursework:
Japanese linguistics
Computer-aided instruction
Second language acquisition
pedagogy
ESL
syntax
sociolinguistics
pragmatics
multicultural studies statistics
Japanese literature
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Publications:
"Approaches to Optimize the Intercultural 'Dialogue': A Collaboration between Japanese and
ESL Students" The 20th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum Proceedings, Princeton
University. 2013.
"Case Study at Boston University: The Changing Demographics of the Boston University
Japanese Language Program and Possible Directions to Evolve the Curricula" The 26th
Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of the Northeast Region of the
United States (JLTANE) Proceedings, Trinity College. 2012.
「日本語教育と言語学の橋渡しー21 世紀のスキルを伸ばす日本語言語学の授業」
(English title: Developing a Content Based Awareness Course in Japanese Linguistics) The
25th Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of the Northeast Region
of the United States (JLTANE) Proceedings, Yale University. 2011.
「中級日本語に関する問題点の提起と解決策」
(English title: The Challenges of Teaching Intermediate Japanese and possible Solutions)
The 24th Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of the Northeast
Region of the United States (JLTANE) Proceedings, Williams College. 2010.
「社会人日本語教育の現状--ボストン日本協会を例として--」
(English title: Japanese language education outside traditional academic programa case
analysis of the Japan Society of Boston) The 19th annual meeting of the New England
Association for Japanese Teachers Proceedings, Brown University. 2005.
“Pimsleur Express Japanese” Kimiko Abramoff and Mariko I. Henstock.
Co-developed this Japanese language instructional audio program and recorded spoken
Japanese for the commercial release. Edited by Mary E. Green and published by Simon &
Schuster, Inc. 2003.
“How to teach strategies for refusals to Americans learning Japanese” Fifth Princeton
Japanese Pedagogy Workshop Proceedings, Princeton University. 1997.
Conference Presentations:
"Teaching Culture in Context: Group Collaboration with Native Speakers " 2013 ACTFL
Annual Convention and American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) Annual Fall
Conference, Orlando Florida, November 23, 2013.
「学内教育機関連携による相互学習の試み――ESL 日本人大学生との『対
話』――」( English title: Approaches to Optimize the Intercultural "Dialogue": A
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Collaboration between Japanese and ESL Students" The 20th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy
Forum, Princeton University. May 11, 2013.
"Examining the Bi-Directional Benefits of Language Exchange" Fifth Annual Instructional
Innovation Conference, Boston University, March 8, 2013.
"The Changing Demographics of the Boston University Japanese Language Program and
Possible Directions to Evolve the Curricula" Member of 3-member roundtable discussion
team on "Re-evaluating Teaching Goals to Meet the Changing Landscape of Students' Needs
and Study Modes" The 26th Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of
the Northeast Region of the United States (JLTANE), Trinity College, June19, 2012.
"Developing Critical Thinking Through Content-Based Language Instruction" Fourth
Annual Instructional Innovation Conference, Boston University, March 2, 2012.
“Developing a Content Based Awareness Course in Japanese Linguistics” The 25th
Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of the Northeast Region of the
United States (JLTANE), Yale University, June19, 2011.
“The Challenges of Teaching Intermediate Japanese and Remedies” The 24th Conference of
the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of the Northeast Region of the United States
(JLTANE), Williams College, June19, 2010.
“Secrets of Successful CELOP-Japanese language exchange collaboration” Language
Teaching workshop, Boston University, April 16, 2010.
“Analysis of the sociolinguistics and pedagogy of a university ESL-Japanese language web
page collaboration” The 21st Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education
(CAJLE) Annual Conference. The Japan Foundation Toronto, Canada, August 15, 2009.
“Activity that Works: Enhancing critical thinking through online videos in an advanced CBI
class” The 14th Annual Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ) Conference in
New England. Boston Children's Museum, May 23, 2009.
“Using Visual Analytics to Understand Kanji Education” The 22nd Conference of the
Japanese Language Teachers Association of New England & The 13th Conference of the
Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese. Connecticut College, June 14, 2008.
“A Comparison of a Non-Academic Japanese Program and a Traditional College Program in
the U.S.” International Conference on Japanese Language Education (ICJLE), Columbia
University. August 5-6, 2006.
“Japanese Language Education Outside Traditional Academic Program. A Case Analysis of
the Japan Society of Boston” The 19th annual meeting of the New England Association for
Japanese Teachers, Brown University. June 11, 2005.
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“Teaching Language and Culture through Strategies” Association of Teachers of Japanese
Conference, Washington, D.C. March 26, 1998.
“How to teach strategies for refusals to Americans learning Japanese” Fifth Princeton
Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, Princeton University. May 10-11, 1997.
“Refusals: A language and cultural barrier between Americans and Japanese” International
Pragmatics Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. April 17-20, 1997.
Workshops & Conferences Attended:
 ACTFL(American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) " Annual Convention
Orlando Florida, November 23, 2013.
 American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) Annual Fall Conference, Orlando
Florida, November 23, 2013.
 Invited session chair at the 19th & 20th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum, Princeton
University, May 11-12, 2013 and May 19-20, 2012.
 Boston University Instructional Innovation Conference, Boston University, March 8, 2013,
March 2, 2012, and March 2010.
 Blackboard Learn training session, Boston University. January, 2013.
 The 26th Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of the Northeast
Region of the United States (JLTANE), Trinity College, June19, 2012.
 ACTFL(American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) 4-Day Oral Proficiency
Interview Workshop-Japanese Wellesley College. May 15-18, 2012.
 Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Japan Forum. Harvard University,
"Reborn NINJAL (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics): Its Academic
and Social Contributions" February 2, 2012.
 Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Japan Forum. Harvard University,
"Japanese Language Construction" by Prof. Tsujimura, September 30, 2011.
 The 25th Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of the Northeast
Region of the United States (JLTANE), Yale University, June, 2011.
 Web 2.0 Workshop for Teaching and Learning Japanese, Noble and Greenough School,
Dedham, MA, May, 2011.
 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston. November, 2010.
 Japanese Noh Theater Workshop by Theatre Nohgaku, Boston University, November, 2010
 Invited panel discussion chair at the 24th Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers’
Association of the Northeast Region of the United States (JLTANE), Williams College,
June, 2010.
Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai (The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language),
Waseda University, Tokyo, May, 2010.
Globally Speaking. Turkish and Arabic classes. February 2011, & Sept. –Nov., 2009.
 “Guided by the Past” A Symposium on Historic Preservation in Kyoto & Boston by Japan
Society of Boston, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, August, 2009.
 Online Learning at BU: Innovations, Outcomes, and Insights. Boston University, May,
2009.
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 “The Idea of Asia" BUCSA Inaugural Conference, Boston University, April, 2009.
 Literary Translation Seminars, Boston University, March, 2009.
 First Annual Instructional Innovation Conference, Boston University, March, 2009.
 “Kyoto on My Mind” by Donald Keene, Showa Boston, March, 2009.
 The CAJLE Conference in Toronto Canada, Japan Foundation, August, 2009.
Online Learning at BU: Innovations, Outcomes, and Insights, Boston University, May 2009.
The NECTJ Conference in New England, Boston Children's Museum, May, 2009.
The Idea of Asia, an Inaugural Conference of BUCSA, Boston University, April, 2009.
First Annual Instructional Innovation Conference, Boston University, March, 2009.
 JLTA of New England and NCTJ, Connecticut College. June, 2008.
 Blackboard training session, Boston University. 2008.
 New England Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, Harvard University. June, 2007.
 International Conference on Japanese Language Education, Columbia University. August,
2006.
 New England Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, Brown University. June, 2005.
 Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Japan Forum, Harvard University. 2003-.
 New England Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, Wellesley College. June, 2004.
 New England Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, Tufts College. August, 2002.
 New England Japanese Pedagogy Workshop, Dartmouth College. August, 2001.
 Association of Asian Studies, Boston. March, 2007.
 Association of Asian Studies, New York. March, 2003.
 Association of Asian Studies, Chicago. March, 2001.
 Association of Teachers of Japanese, Boston. March, 2007.
 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston. November, 2000.
 Asian Business Language Workshop, University of Utah. June, 1997.
 American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago. March, 1996.
 Midwest Association for Japanese Literary Studies, Purdue University. November, 1998.
 International Pragmatics Conference, University of Illinois. 1995, 1996, 1997.
 Symposium: “Korekara no Nihongo Kyoiku wo Kangaeru,” Showajoshi University, Japan.
July, 1997.
Grants:
Received the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Summer
grant, 1998 and 1999. Researched effective means of teaching language to help American
businessmen communicate in Japanese through a combination of language and cultural
understanding.
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Professional Experience:
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories. 2004.
 Translated an audio-visual business demonstration intended for a Japanese subsidiary.
Simon & Schuster Audio, Pimsleur Language programs. 2003.
 Co-developed “Pimsleur Express Japanese” and ESL instructional materials.
Miyazawa Flute and West Music companies. Coralville, Iowa.
 Interpreter between company presidents negotiating at a business conference.
Jokai Newspaper, Kobe, Japan.
 Served as a journalist writer and editor.
Recruit Corporation, Osaka, Japan.
 Worked as a business assistant in publishing Jutaku Joho, the most popular housing
magazine in Japan.
Amagasaki Kuramochi shrine, Kobe, Japan.
 Assisted with Japanese Shinto ceremonies.
Professional Societies:
An associate of Reischauer Institute at Harvard University
AmericanAssociation of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)
Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai (The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language)
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