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Research interests: Japanese as a foreign language, second language acquisition, linguistics 

Education

M.A. in Japanese Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
B.Ed. in English, Hokkaido University of Education, Japan              

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Professor Aoki joined the Japanese program at Queen’s in 2000. She had teaching appointments at Austin Independent School District, TX, USA, Middlebury College Summer Japanese Language School, VT, USA, Hokkaido International Foundation, Japan, and Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS.

Prof. Aoki was nominated for the Frank Knox Teaching Award in 2015 and the W.J. Barnes Teaching Award in 2016.

She volunteers at Japanese as a Heritage Language School in Kingston since its foundation in March 2010. Now the program is recognized as an International Language course by the Limestone District School Board.

Teaching

Professor Aoki teaches the following courses:

JAPN 100: Introductory Japanese I
JAPN 200: Introductory Japanese II