Researcher and Faculty Information

Chiyo Onzuka Onzuka Chiyo

ONZUKA Chiyo

Research Field: Literature/Humanities/Humanity/Psychology Education and Welfare

Research Topics: Japanese Language Education Phonological awareness and transcription Lexicography Role Words

comment: My specialty is Japanese language education. When humans understand "language," the audio data they hear is simply a physical sound stimulus, and it is the phonological recognition they hear in the brain that gives it meaning. I am researching what the rules are for expressing the recognized phonology as letters, and how Japanese language learners acquire these rules. Recently, I have also been working on developing a Japanese-Japanese dictionary for Japanese language learners.

Main publications and papers: "Phonological Awareness and Writing Mechanisms in Japanese: From the Perspective of Katakana Language Education for Korean Native Speakers" Jinbunsha, 2011
"The Role of Role Language in Korean Textbooks: Virtual Reality for Teaching 'Living Japanese'" Development of Role Language Research, Kuroshio Publishing, 2011
``Role word(역할어)'교육의 효과- 역할어를 활용한 일본어회화 수업 2014
"Comparison of idiomatic expressions for 'face' in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean based on semantic descriptions in dictionaries: Toward the construction of a multilingual idiomatic expression database" (co-author), Japanese Language and Culture Studies, Vol. 4, Vol. 2, 2016
“Cross-cultural and inter-periodical commonality of phonetic symbolism in initials of men and women: A preliminary study” (co-author), Basic Psychology Research, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2019

Awards: Kangwon National University (Korea) 7th Outstanding Teaching Award and Special Award

Main classes taught: Introduction to Japanese Language Education, Japanese Phonetics and Phonology, Special Research on Japanese Language Education III and IV (Graduate School), Japanese Language Education around the World, Japanese Language Teaching Practice (Correspondence Course Department)