Faculty Information - KAWARABATA Kiku

■ Education

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■ Academic and professional experience

1.	2018/10	Part-time lecturer, CLE of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Lecturer
2.	2016/11	The Consulate General of the People’s Republic on China in Fukuoka
3.	2013/08	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
4.	2007/06	The Consulate General of the People’s Republic on China in Fukuoka
5.	2003/07	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as a JOCV

■ Message

Learning a foreign language means having a new worldview. Why don't you learn Chinese and look into the world of China (Chinese)?

■ Current specialized field

Foreign language education, Linguistics

■ Books and theses

1.	2024/06	Article	A Comparative Study of Speech Attitude Expression Forms between Japanese and Chinese. Journal of Chinese Grammar 2024(13) (Single)
2.	2023/06	Article	A Comparative Study of Affirmative Response Patterns in Chinese and Japanese - A Case Study of Affirmative Responses in APU's 'Chinese I' Textbook and Chinese Film & Television Productions. Journal of Chinese Grammar 2023(12),pp.133-146 (Single)
3.	2022/03	Article	A Chinese-Japanese comparative study on the factors affecting prosody pp.17-38 (Single)
4.	2020	Article	A syntactic study of Chinese and Japanese results reflection on the result complement in the new practical Chinese textbook Journal of Chinese Grammar 9,pp.191-203 (Single)
5.	2014	Article	A Chinese-Japanese comparative study on the factors affecting prosody ——Centered on the Japanese prosodic errors of Chinese native speakers, Kitakyushu University Journal pp.27-100 (Single)

■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.		The Japan Association of Chinese Language Education
2.		Chinese Association in Japan
3.		The Association of Japan- China Human and Social Studies
4.		The Association of Japanese Chinese Contrastive Linguistics

■ Conference presentations

1.	2024/10/25	A Study of Imperative Expressions with the Chinese Discourse Particles '啊' and '吧' — A Comparison with Japanese Imperative Expressions (The 15th International Conference of the Asia-Pacific Consortium of Teaching Chinese as an International Language)
2.	2024/08/18	A Contrastive Study of Give-Receive Expressions in Japanese and Chinese: Focusing on the '给 + Pronoun' Structure (The 15th Chinese-Japanese Contrastive Linguistics Symposium)
3.	2023/05/10	A Comparative Study on Speech Attitudes in Response Expressions of Chinese and Japanese Languages-Implications for Chinese Language Education Based on APU's "Chinese I" Text (The 5th APJL Symposium)
4.	2023/01/18	Reform of Chinese language education for the implementation of the new curriculum and an attempt at a new collaborative method of "teaching-learning" (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, CLE Review,2022)

■ Works

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2023/12/13

■ Awards and honors

1.	2024/08	An Excellence Award in the Panel Presentation Category at the 15th Chinese-Japanese Contrastive Linguistics Symposium
2.	2024/07	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2023 Special Award (CLE Directoe’s Award) “Development and editing of course packs for Chinese II, III (A, B), and GL (Chinese A, B)”
3.	2024/07	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2023 Special Award (CLE Directoe’s Award)“Speech Coaching for Students Participating in Chinese Speech Contests”
4.	2024/07	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 2023 Special Award (CLE Directoe’s Award)

■ Qualification and licenses

1.	2024	Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages
2.	2024	Chinese Test Administration Certificate(Grade A)
3.	2016	Registration of Oita province district court interpreters (Passed the translation training and exams of laws)
4.	2010	National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter (Chinese)

■ Educational ability

● Practice example of education method
1.	2023/08/13～2023/09/02	APU Short-Term Dispatch Chinese Language Immersion Program at National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan
● Made textbook and teaching material
1.	2022/09	APU ChineseⅢA B Course pack
2.	2022/02	APU ChineseⅡ Course pack
3.	2021/12	APU ChineseⅠCourse pack

■ Professional contribution to Society

1.	2023/11	Social Outreach Seminars in 2023 "Promoting Multicultural Coexistence and Community Revitalization through SNS - Discovering the Treasures of Our Community" by Ms. Shunrei Kuroda
2.	2022/11	APU Social Outreach Seminars in 2022 “International Cooperation and JICA's Role－Considering Japan-China Cooperation in the Post-ODA Era” by Ms. Miho Sasaki

■ E-Mail address

■ JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number

00944711

■ Researchmap researcher code

R000029508