Research Interests for Naoko Kurokawa

Development of foreign language curriculum, computer-assisted learning, Japanese linguistics and pragmatics in second language classroom.

Recent Publications

1. N. Kurokawa, Reconsiderig Aquisition & Instruction of Onomatopoeic Expressions in Japanese, Journal CAJLE, vol. 13 (Submitted, Summer, 2012)
2. N. Kurokawa, Acquisition of the Explanatory modal n(no)da through the corpus-driven language pedagogy, Proceedings of the Practice Study Forum for Japanese Education, the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (Nihongo Kyoiku Gakkai) (Summer, 2011)
3. N. Kurokawa, Enhancing Intrinsic Motivation: Analysis of JFL Learners’ Motives and the Potential of Digital Comic Making, Proceedings of the Practical Study Forum for Japanese Education, the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (2009)
4. N. Kurokawa, Examining the Effect of Peer Feedback and Internet-Mediated Communication in JFL writing, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Japanese Language & Literature Association of Taiwan (2009)
5. N. Kurokawa, Pedagogical Use of the Fixed-form Verses in the JFL Instruction, proceedings of the 23rd SEATJ conference (2008)