Dr Kiyomi Yamada
Lecturer - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Phone: +61 2 6773 3028
Email: kyamada2@une.edu.au
Biography
Kiyomi is a lecturer in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (English and American literature) at Keio University in Tokyo, a Graduate Diploma in Education (Japanese and ESL) and a Master of Education (TESOL) at UNE, and a PhD (Japanese applied linguistics) at Monash University. Before joining the Discipline of Japanese at UNE, she taught Japanese and ESL/EFL at the secondary and tertiary levels in Australia and Japan and worked as a freelance translator (English - Japanese) for various companies including a publisher in Tokyo.
Kiyomi has developed and taught Japanese language, sociolinguistic and cultural units at the 200 - 500 levels for years and successfully supervised international PhD candidates. She conducts research in the area of applied linguistics including first and second language socialisation, second language acquisition and discourse analysis. She has also been coordinating the Japanese exchange program with UNE's partners in Japan (Daito Bunka, Kanazawa, Chubu, Doshisha and Kagoshima) and acts as the contact person for communications with the five Japanese universities. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, listening to jazz, bushwalking and watching birds.
Qualifications
BA (Keio), DipEd (UNE), MEd (UNE), PhD (Monash)
Primary Research Area/s
First and second language socialisation; Second language acquisition; Discourse analysisPublications
Yamada, K. (2022). Undergraduate thesis supervisory conference: Academic discourse socialisation multiple-case study. Linguistics and Education, 69, 1-13. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2022.101054
Yamada, K. (2016) 'Cross-disciplinary variations: Japanese novice writers' socialization into the undergraduate thesis', The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 25 (2), pp. 207-217.
Yamada, K. (2013). 'Discipline-specific writing: an examination of Japanese students' undergraduate theses', The Internet Journal of Language, Culture and Society, 37, pp. 42-54 http://aaref.com.au/en/publications/journal
Yamada, K. (2013). 'Group supervision and Japanese students' successful completion of undergraduate theses'. Education Research and Perspectives, 40, pp. 30-57. https://www.erpjournal.net/volume-40
Yamada, K. (2009). 'The supervisory conference: academic socialisation and the thesis genre'. in H. Chen & K. Cruickshank (Eds.), Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics (pp. 154-170). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Yamada, K. (2003).' Japanese students‚ perceptions of difficulties with study activities at an Australian university'. ASAA e-journal of Asian Linguistics and Language Teaching, 5. Read online
Unpublished dissertation
Yamada, K. (2010). Japanese undergraduate thesis writing and individual supervisory conferences, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. Monash University.
Conference Papers
Yamada, K. (2014) Supervisor/student face-to-face interaction for undergraduate thesis writing. Paper presented at Japan, Australia and the global context: Connections across languages and societies - A Symposium in honour of Helen Marriott, Monash University, Melbourne.
Yamada, K. (2012). Feedback for undergraduate thesis writing: supervisor/student interaction at a Japanese university. Paper presented at the 39th International Systemic Functional Congress University of Technology, Sydney.
Yamada, K. (2012). An exploration of the genre chains of undergraduate thesis writing in the Humanities practised at universities in Japan. Paper presented at the Genre 2012 Conference Carleton University, Ottawa.
Yamada, K. (2011). An exploration of the genre of undergraduate theses written by Japanese university students in the Humanities. Paper presented at the Applied Linguistics Associations of Australia (ALAA) and New Zealand (ALANZ) 2nd Combined Conference, University of Canberra and Australian National University.
Yamada, K. (2009). Supervisors‚ use of mitigation strategies in supervisory conferences for Japanese undergraduate thesis writing. Paper presented at the JSAA-ICJLE (International Japanese Studies Association of Australia-International Conference on Japanese Language Education) International Conference 2009, University of New South Wales and University of Technology, Sydney.
Yamada, K. (2007). Comparison of supervisory meetings for two Japanese undergraduate students' socialisation into new discourse communities. Paper presented at the Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference, University of Technology, Sydney.
Yamada, K. (2007). Individual supervisory interactions in Japanese undergraduate students' enculturation into a research genre. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Congress of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia, University of Wollongong.
Yamada, K. (2005). Language difficulties and EAP needs of Japanese students enrolled in an Australian university. Paper presented at the The TESOL on the Beach Conference, Coffs Harbour.
Woodman, K., Miller, S., Tasker, I., Yamada, K., & Aacken, S. v. (2003). Motivating external Asian language study: Online learners speak out! Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Arlington, Virginia.
Woodman, K., Miller, S., Tasker, I., Yamada, K., & Aacken, S. v. (2003). Motivating external Asian language study: What online learners have to say. Paper presented at the Making Our Difference: A Conference on Language Education in Australian and New Zealand Universities, University of Melbourne.
