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Mutsumi Matsubara Corson
Mutsumi Matsubara Corson Office: Rm.203, 479 Main Street, Asian Studies University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 04505 (802) 656-1117 [email protected] Home: 11 Weed Road, Essex Jct., VT 05452 (802) 879-5492 A C A D E M I C PR E P A R A T I O N: 1987-1989 M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont, USA 1977-1981 B.A. in English Literature, Kinjogakuin College, Nagoya, Japan Certificates 2005 2002 1981 Technology Literacy for Japanese Language Teachers This on-line course was taught January 17th to March 25th by Dr. Kazumi Hasata , Professor at Purdue University, sponsored by The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language ACTFL Oral Proficiency Tester in Japanese Language Teaching English in junior and high schools in Japan Trainings: 2009 2008 Workshops related to Blackboard at the CTL (Center for Teaching & Learning): Spring: Blackboard Grade Center Blackboard Communication Tools and Student Groups “Do-It-Yourself“: Course Media Workshop Fall: Upgrading to Blackboard Learn (Bb9) Workshops related to Blackboard at the CTL (Center for Teaching & Learning) Spring: Introduction to the Assessment Tools in Blackboard Rebuilding your WebCT course in Blackboard Blackboard Wikis, Blogs, Discussions Fall: Google Your Way to Web 2.0. 2005 Awards: Five-day laptop workshop (May 16th -20th) for language instructors Sponsored jointly by the CTL (Center for Teaching & Learning) and the LRC (Language Resource Center), University of Vermont my Japanese course weblog: http://mmcorson.blog.uvm.edu/ 2007 The L/L Japanese House Program received the Global Village House of the Year Award 2007 The University of Vermont’s Living/Learning Center Star Program Director Award 2005 The University of Vermont’s Living/Learning Center Faculty Program Director of the Year Award PR O F ESSI O N A L E X P E R I E N C E : 2002-Present Directing the Japanese Language Program, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 2006-Present Senior Lecturer 2007 Faculty search committee member for Japanese Literature 1997-2006 Lecturer, Japanese Language, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Teaching Japanese Language to beginners through advanced students. Teaching courses in Japanese Culture, organizing Japan-related cultural activities. Co-Director of Japanese House Program, a residential program, the Living & Learning Center, The University of Vermont Advising students in Japanese House Program Teaching Japanese language to teachers in Vermont in association with the Asian Studies Outreach Program The Japan –America Society of Vermont (JASV) a member of the JASV Japanese language class committee 1997-2000 Activity coordinator, Kanazawa Technical College Summer Program, St. Michael’s College 1990-1996 Associate professor of English Language, Kanazawa Technical College, Kanazawa, Japan Taught English Language to technical college students. Worked with Department Director to design curricula, plan summer programs to the United States and Singapore. Acted as laison between the school administration, the local community and foreign teachers. Faculty advisor to various school clubs. 1981-1987 ESL Instructor, Hokurikugakuin High School, Kanazawa, Japan. Taught English Language to high school students. Team teaching with foreign teachers. Faculty advisor to school clubs. L A N G U A G ES: Fluent in Japanese and English C U R R E N T I N T E R ESTS: Material development in reading & speaking for advanced students in Japanese Computer Assisted Language Learning Blogging to improving writing skills in Japanese Blackboard for course management PR ESE N T A T I O NS: 2006: E ffective and Interactive Usage of Blogs in Japanese L anguage Courses Kazuko Suzuki & Mutsumi Corson, University of Vermont The Joint Conference of The 20th Annual Meeting of Japanese Language Teachers Association of New England (JLTANew England), and The Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ) 11th Annual Conference held at Wesleyan University, Connecticut Multimedia Activities in Language Classrooms for the Technologically Challenged Teacher Hideko Furukawa & John Graves, St. Michael’s College Kazuko Suzuki & , University of Vermont ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) 2006, Nashville, Tennessee PR O F ESSI O N A L M E M B E RSH IP: ATJ (The Association of Teachers of Japanese) NCJLT (The National Council of Japanese Language Teachers) AAS (The Association for Asian Studies)