Kaori D Schau

Education

• Born in Yokohama, Japan.
• BA in Political Science from Waseda University, Tokyo.
• MA in Japanese Language and Culture from Nagoya University, Nagoya.
• PhD in Foreign Language Education from Purdue University, Indiana.
• Taught Japanese language and culture in many different settings, like YMCA in Teipei, Taiwan, Padjadjalan University in Bandung, Indonesia, Indiana University, Purdue University, and Grand Valley State University.

Academic interests

• Applying new technologies in teaching language and culture
• Developing cultural competence in language courses
• Developing different ways to lower foreign language anxiety and to maintain and nourish students interests and motivation to learn a second language

Hobbies

• Reading anything in Japanese and mysteries in English
• Learning new sports through my son’s sport activities
• Cheering son’s sport teams
• Walking and playing ball with our dog Kento
• Watching Japanese “trendy” dramas online
• Planning (dreaming) a trip to unfamiliar/exotic places

Courses

• Japanese 101/102 - Elementary Japanese
• Japanese 201/202 - Intermediate Japanese