Akiko Kawano Jones
Education
1973: Pursued and completed the M.S. degree in Educational Research at Bucknell
University
1967: BA, in English Literature at Kobe College, Nishinomiya-City, Hyogo-Prefecture,
Japan. Certified to teach English as a second language in Junior High and Senior
High in Japan.
Teaching Experience
1991-present: Lecturer of Japanese language at Bowling Green State University
1983-1990: Instructor for Japanese Language at Bowling Green State University
June - July 1978: Tuba City Intermediate School, Tuba city, AZ.
Remedial Reading Teacher in summer school program
1975 - 1978: Tuba city Intermediate School, Tuba city, AZ.
4th grade teacher for primarily Navajo and Hopi students
1969 - 1970: Kobe College High School, Nishinomiya-City, Japan.
English teacher
1968 - 1970: Osaka YWCA Institution, Osaka, Japan
English Instructor: taught English conversation to high school students, college
students, and business people at the beginning and intermediate level.
1968 - 1970: Kobe College, Nishinomiya-City, Japan.
Assistant to the President (preparing and translation of English language documents)
Academic interests
Methods of language teaching (both English and Japanese as a foreign language)
Comparative Culture studies, comparative studies of educational systems (Japanese
- American).
