The Institute for Language and Culture was established to provide language instruction and to foster cross-cultural understanding. A basic principle of the Center is to nurture a broad cross-cultural perspective through the study of foreign language. Essentially, it is believed that language instruction contributes to internationalization and life-long education. A comprehensive foreign language and cultural education curriculum is offered for university students, exchange students and businesspeople in order to train those who will be playing key roles in the global era.Moreover, as of year 2003, the latest equipment is being used for language education in multimedia and CALL classrooms. Faculty member Name Title Field of Research Subject of Research HARADA, Tomi Professor Japanese Language, Japanese Teaching as a Foreign Language, Japanese Communication On the Relationship between the Experience of Studying Abroad and the Motivation to Study Japanese�FAnalyzing the Program for Konan University Foreign Students from the Perspective of Self-Determination Theory. NAKAMURA, Koji Professor Teaching English as a Foreign Language(TEFL), Global Citizenship Education, Comparative and International Education, Japan Studies 1)A Study of Integrating Current Communicative Approaches into EFL Education for Student Teachers. 2)Global Citizenship Education and Japan Studies for Peace and Coexistence. KO, Kintei Professor Chinese Language, Comparative Literature: Japanese and Chinese Literature, Comparison of Japanese and Chinese Culture, Cross Cultural Management Research on Differences of Communication between Japanese and Chinese. Research on Cross Cultural Communication of Japanese Corporations in China. NAKAMURA, Noriko Professor French literature, French language education Research on the plays of Jean Giraudoux, French multimedia teaching materials development, Multiculturalism. TSUDA, Nobuo Professor Educational Leadership, TESOL Theory of Multiple intelligences and Its Application in Education. FUJIWARA, Mieko Professor Sprachlehrforschung 1) Motivation zum Fremdsprachenlernen - qualitative Forschung. 2) Qualitatssicherung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts: Deutschlehreraus - und - fortbildung. IBA, Midori Professor English Phonetics, Applied Phonetics Speech perception and production, Pronunciation of English, Verbo-tonal Method. KIM, Tae Ho Professor Japanese Medieval History, Comparative Culture between Japan and Korea, Korean as a Foreign Language A Comparative Study of Documents in Japan and Korea. CHICHE, Didier Associate Professor French Literature, Teaching French as a Foreign Language History of French intellectuals, French cinema, Multiculturalism in French society. YANAGIHARA, Hatsuki Associate Professor 1) Responsibility in the postwar Society in Germany and Japan 2) E-Learning 1) Conquest of Nationalism and search for new Identity in the postwar Society in Germany and Japan 2) Making use of E-Learning for Acquisition of foreign Language. MACH, Thomas M. Associate Professor 1) Language Teaching Methodology 2) Sustainable Living Practices 1) Digital literacy, L2 vocabulary acquisition, intercultural communication. 2) Permaculture, agrarianism, cross-cultural perspectives on sustainable living movements. ISHII, Koichi Associate Professor Teaching Method (Chinese) Chinese Modern Literature. Chinese education. Comparative Culture. (China/Japan) KIRK, Stanley A. Lecturer Applied Linguistics and TESOL Discourse analysis in written texts,reading pedagogy,second language acquistion especially student affect and motivation. TOMISAKA, Yoko Lecturer Japanese Linguistics, Teaching Japanese As a Second Language Study of Second Language Acquisition and Instruction For Foreign Students. MORIKAWA, Yuka Lecturer Japanese Linguistics, Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of Grammatical Expressions of Japanese. NAGATA, Masako Lecturer Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Study of educating foreign students in Japanese Universities. - Cross-cultural education plan - YOSHIDA,Kayo Lecturer Applied Linguistics,TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Research on language learning motivation and strategies in the EFL classroom, Socio-cultural influences on learning styles. SUDO, Mikiko   TESOL Materials development, Discourse analysis. BODNER, David Alan   TESOL Materials development, Self-directed learning. IRIE, Nobuaki   TESOL The effectiveness of using logs in teaching reading and listening classes. BAILEY, John Murray   TESOL Curriculum Design, Materials Development, Learning Strategies. ASABA,Mayumi Fixed-Term Instructor TESOL Using Music for Listening Classes.Peer Assessment.Learning Strategies.