(1) Education Background

1. Ph.D in Linguistics (University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2003)
2. Master in Linguistics (University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2000)
3. Bachelor of Arts with Honours, First Class
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995)

(2) Courses offered in this university

(3) Research Interest

1. Problems in the acquisition of Japanese V-V lexical compound verbs
2. Japanese Linguistics
3. Relationship between Japanese Language and Japanese Culture

(4) Research Project

1. Project supported by Hong Kong RGC Research Grant - Direct Grant (2007-2008)
   Project Title: Investigation of the Differences in Communication Strategies between Japanese and Hong Kong People by Studying Chinese University of Hong Kong Students

(5) Awards

1. Excellence in Teaching Award 2003-2004, Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
    
2. Enthusiasm in Teaching Award 2003-2004, Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

(6) Membership of Professional Organizations:

1. The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language(日本語教育学会) [Japan]
    
2. The Society of Japanese Linguistics(日本語学会) [Japan]
    
3. Japan Association for International Students’ Education(留学生教育学会) [Japan]
    
4. Society of Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, The University of Tsukuba(筑波大学国語・国文学会) [Japan]

(7) Publications(in Japanese)：

1. 「日本語の語彙的複合動詞の組み合わせにおける習得上の問題」, “Problems in the acquisition of Japanese V-V lexical compound verbs”, Global Networking in Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education, Book 1, Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education Studies, Society of Japanese Language Education, HK & Division of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong, March 2005, pp. 41-49, Himawari Publishing Company, Hong Kong.
    
2. 「日本語の語彙的複合動詞における『並列関係』の複合動詞の組み合わせ」“Combinations of ‘Pair’ Compound Verbs in Japanese V-V Lexical Compound Verbs”, 『言語学論叢』第21号(Tsukuba Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol.21), December, 2002, pp. 39-59, 筑波大学一般・応用言語学研究室(Linguistic Circle, The University of Tsukuba).
    
3. 「日本語の語彙的複合動詞における『手段』の複合動詞の組み合わせ」,“Combinations of ‘Means’ Compound Verbs in Japanese V-V Lexical Compound Verbs”, 『日本語教育』115号(Journal of Japanese Language Teaching, No. 115), October 2002, pp. 11-20, 日本語教育学会(The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language).
    
4. 「『様態・付帯状況』の複合動詞の組み合わせ」, “Combinations of ‘Manner’ Compound Verbs in Japanese V-V Lexical Compound Verbs”,『日本語と日本文学』第35号, (Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, No. 35), August 2002, pp. 31-48, 筑波大学国語国文学会(Society of Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, The University of Tsukuba).
    
5. 「日本語複合動詞における前項(付属)動詞の意味分析」, “Semantic Analysis of auxiliary V1 in Japanese V-V Lexical Compound Verbs”, Quality Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education in Kanji-Using Areas in the New Century, Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Society of Japanese Language Education, Hong Kong, January 2002, pp. 227-233, Himawari Publishing Company.
    
6. 「日本語の語彙的複合動詞における『原因』の複合動詞の組み合わせ」, “Combinations of ‘Cause’ Compound Verbs in Japanese V-V Lexical Compound Verbs”, 『筑波応用言語学研究』8(Tsukuba Journal of Applied Linguistics, No. 8), December 2001, pp. 1-14, 筑波大学 人文社会科学研究科 文芸・言語専攻 応用言語学領域 (Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Doctoral Program in Literature and Linguistics, Applied Linguistics Course, The University of Tsukuba).

(8) Conference Papers/Abstracts:

1. 「現代日本語における語彙的複合動詞の組み合わせ―「位置変化」と「状態変化」との関係を中心に―」, “Combinations of Contemporary Japanese V-V Lexical Compound Verbs with a focus on the relationship between ‘Change of Location’ & ‘Change of State’ ”, 2004年日本語言文化教學與研究國際學術研討會資料集 (Proceedings of International Symposium on Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education 2004), pp. 134, 20-24th October, 2004, Beijing University.
    
2. 「日本語の語彙的複合動詞の組み合わせにおける習得上の問題」, “Problems in the acquisition of Japanese V-V lexical compound verbs”, The Sixth International Symposium on Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education, Division of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong and Society of Japanese Language Education, Hong Kong, pp. 86, 8-9th November, 2003, City University of Hong Kong.
    
3. 「日本語複合動詞における前項(付属)動詞の意味分析―複合動詞教育への提案―」, “Semantic Analysis of auxiliary V1 in Japanese V-V Lexical Compound Verbs”, The Fifth International Symposium on Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education, Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Society of Japanese Language Education, Hong Kong, pp. 48, 25-26th November, 2000, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

(9) Presentations:

1. Date: 22nd October, 2004

   Title:	現代日本語における語彙的複合動詞の組み合わせ―「位置変化」と「状態変化」との関係を中心に―
   2004年日本語言文化教學與研究國際學術研討會, 北京大學(International Symposium on Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education 2004), 20-24th October, 2004, Beijing University.

2. Date: 9th November, 2003

   Title:	日本語の語彙的複合動詞の組み合わせにおける習得上の問題
   The 6th International Symposium on Japanese Studies & Japanese Language Education, City University of Hong Kong.

3. Date: 25th November, 2000

   Title:	日本語複合動詞における前項(付属)動詞の意味分析－複合動詞教育への提案－
   The 5th International Symposium on Japanese Studies & Japanese Language Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

(10) Guest Lectures/Invited lectures:

1. Date: 8th March, 2005

   Title:	The comparison of the sentence final particles between Japanese and Cantonese
   Guest lecture for programme PgD in Japanese Studies for the Professions, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Course code & title: ENGL 594, Japanese Spoken Discourse Analysis

2. Date: 23rd November, 2004

   Title:	Culture, from a view point of language
   Guest lecture for CTL 2918, A Protrait of Japan: Experiencing Japanese Culture in City University of Hong Kong

3. Date: 11th September, 2004

   Title:	The semantic structure of verbs in Japanese
   Guest lecture for Society of Japanese Language Education Hong Kong

4. Date: 11th June, 2004

   Title:	The problem in the acquisition of Japanese Lexical V-V Compound verbs
   Guest lecture for Department of Foreign Language, Tsinghua University, Beijing

5. Date: 23rd September, 2003

   Title:	Culture, from a view point of language
   Guest lecture for CTL 2918, A Protrait of Japan: Experiencing Japanese Culture in City University of Hong Kong.