Yoshimi Maeno

Associate Teaching Professor in Japanese

Contact
Phone:
+1 (781) 283-3141
Email:
ymaeno@wellesley.edu
Department
East Asian Languages & Cultures
East Asian Studies

Co-director of Japanese program; interested in Japanese narratives, Japanese pedagogy, second language acquisition, and psycholinguistics.

My dissertation ("The Acquisition of the Japanese Oral Narrative Style by Native English-Speaking Bilinguals," The Edwin Mellen Press, 2004) was in psycholinguistics study. I have published articles on Japanese narrative style, second language acquisition, and Japanese pedagogy.

I teach Beginning Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Selected Readings in Advanced Japanese I/II, Readings in Contemporary Japanese Social Science, and Research/Individual Study.

My research interests are Japanese narratives, Japanese pedagogy, second language acquisition, and psycholinguistics. I am also the chief organizer and facilitator of the Boston Area Japanese Speech Event. Participating colleges and universities include Wellesley College, Brandeis University, Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, Boston University, Boston College, Williams College, and Northeastern University.

I love spending time with my family and friends, dancing and singing with my daughter and husband, walking in the woods with Lloyd (the Dalmatian), traveling and meeting people, watching good movies, and eating delicious food with friends.

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Education

  • B.A., Baika Women College
  • M.A., West Virginia University
  • M.Ed., Harvard University
  • Ed.D., Harvard University

Current and upcoming courses

Intermediate Japanese I

JPN201

Continuation of JPN 101-JPN 102. The first semester will emphasize further development of listening and speaking skills with more complex language structures as well as proficiency in reading and writing. The second semester will emphasize reading and writing skills. Four 75-minute classes plus one blended learning session.

  • Selected Readings in Advanced Japanese I

    JPN231

    This course is designed for the students who have completed the second year of Japanese (JPN 201-JPN 202). Each lesson introduces you to practical vocabulary items, grammatical structures, and cultural orientations that give you the ability to discuss such topics in a more advanced and culturally appropriate manner. Throughout the course, the development of more fluent speech and stronger literacy will be emphasized by studying more complex and idiomatic expressions. Acquisition of an additional few hundred kanji characters will be part of the course. The class will be conducted entirely in Japanese. Three classes per week.