Yuko Prefume

Research/Teaching Interests

• International virtual exchange for Japanese language learners

• Japanese food, culture, and society

• Critical content-based instruction

• Computer-assisted language learning

• BIJ in Minamisanriku – digital archive for service activities

Education

Ed.D., Baylor University

M.S., Baylor University

B.A., Baylor University

Courses Taught at Baylor

• Introductory Japanese (JPN1301)

• Elementary Japanese (JPN1302)

• Intermediate Japanese (JPN2310)

• Exploring Japan (JPN2320)

• Advanced Japanese I (JPN3301)

• Japanese Culture through Reading (JPN3302)

• Japanese Conversation and Composition (JPN3303)

• Japanese Civilization (JPN3304)

Honors and Awards

• American Association of Teachers of Japanese Teaching Award

• Texas Foreign Language Association Teachers of the Year for College/University

• Baylor Outstanding Faculty

• BaylorPlus Salute

• Baylor Fellows Academy for Teaching and Learning, 2018-2019

Selected Publications

Textbooks:

Co-authored with Akiko Murata and Hiroshi Tajima. Shoku de kangaeru nihon  shakai [Diving into Japanese Culture and Society through Food]. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishing, 2023.

Co-authored with A. Murata, Y. Hasegawa, A. Kawachi, and N. Takemaya. Yasashii kotobade kokusaikoryu [International Exchange in Basic Languages: Activities for Exchange Partners]. Multicultural Societies and Language Education, 3, 1–81. (2023).

Book Chapters:

• Co-authored with A. Murata, M. Mariotti, and M. Dao Thi Nga. "Kyodo no fukasa no mosaku [Scaffolding for Japanese language learners]." In Onrain kokusaikoryu to kyodo gakusyuu:t tabunka kyosei no tame ni [International virtual exchange and collaborative learning: Fostering cultural diversity and inclusion]. Ed. A. Murata (Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishing, 2022).

• Co-authored with A. Murata. "Nihongo gakushusha no tame no skaforudingu [Scaffolding for Japanese language learners]." In Onrain kokusaikoryu to kyodo gakusyuu:t tabunka kyosei no tame ni [International virtual exchange and collaborative learning: Fostering cultural diversity and inclusion]. Ed. A. Murata (Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishing, 2022).

• "Hisaichi no hitobito no koe o tsutaeru tabunnka fiirudo waaku [Multiculturalf fieldwork to tell the stories of tsunami survivors]." In Fiirudo waaku no manabikata: Kokusai gakusei tono kyodoo kara onrain made [Learning fieldwork: From collaboration with international students to online data collection]. A. Murata, A. Minoo, and S. Sato, eds. (Tokyo: Nakanishiya Publishing, 2022): 72–79.

• Co-authored with K. Shimasaki and R. Watanabe. "Higashinihon daishinsai no hisaichi deno nichibei no daigakusei niyoru kokusaikyousyu purojekuto [Collaborative International Learning Project Involving Japanese and American University Students in a Community Hit by the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami]." In Gengokyoikujissen: Ima x Koko [Practices in Language Deducation: Now x Here]. (Tokyo: Koko Publishing, 2019).

• Co-authored with K. Shimasaki. " Gengo no kabe o koeru”: Translanguaging no manabiai" [Overcoming the Language Barrier: Learning from Translanguaging]." In Tayōsei ga hiraku manabi no decani: Shutaiteki・taiwateki ni tasya to manabu kyōyōkyōiku no riron to jissen [The Design of Learning through Diversity: The Theory and Practice of Liberal Arts Education for Learning with Others in a Proactive and Interactive Manner]. Satō, T. and M. Takahashi, eds. (Tokyo: Akaishi Shoten, 2020): 111-136.

• "Chapter 6: Home Visit and Homestay." In Challenge: Multicultural Experiential Learning Workbook. A. Murata, K. Nakayama, T. Fujiwara, and T. Morishige, eds. (Osaka: Nakanishiya Publishing, 2019).

• Co-authored with Y. Takeuchi. "Hokubei no daigakusei no nihontaiken puroguramu o tsuujita manabi: Tohokuhisaichishisatsu shienkatudou o chuchin ni. [Experiential Learning in Japan: The Community Service Experience of North American Students in Tohoku]." In Daigaku ni okeru tabunkataikengakusyuu heno chosen – kaigai to kokunai o tunagu manabi to hurikaeri. [Promoting Multicultural Experiential Learning in Higher Education: Visualizing Multicultural Learning in and beyond Japan]. Ed. Murata, A. (Osaki: Nakanishiya Publishing, 2018): 152-169. 

• Co-authored with Y. Takeuchi. "Active Report on Community-Based Experience and Service through Intensive Japanese Study Abroad Program: The Possibility of Raising Students' Social Service Awareness." Proceedings of the 23rd Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum: World Peace, Thoughtfulness, Respect and Language Education: What Can Japanese Language Education Contribute? (New Jersey: Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University, 2017): 259-270.

Journal Article

• "Constructivism in Foreign Language Learning." Academic Exchange Quarterly 11.1 (2007): 5-9.