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Kenichi Takami

Kenichi Takami

[Affiliation]

Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies Faculty of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies

[job title]
Full-time lecturer (special appointment)

[degree]
Master's degree (literature)

profile	Graduated from Waseda University's School of Letters Graduated from the Waseda University Graduate School of Letters with a Master's degree in Japanese Literature (Literature) After working as a part-time lecturer at Rissho University, Josai International University, Meisei University, and Tsuru University, he is currently in his current position.
Affiliated academic societies, associations, committees, etc.	The Japanese Language Education Association
Specialization	Japanese Language Education Japanese Expressions
Research content and themes of interest	Japanese language education, especially the development and deepening of teaching methods for reading comprehension materials and audiovisual materials Japanese expressions in contemporary literature, music, anime, manga, and other subcultures
What makes the research interesting?	Language is a tool for communication, but at the same time, it is also something that is related to human development and worldview. I am particularly interested in teaching methods that deepen Japanese reading comprehension, and in the development of teaching materials for that purpose. I would like to think about how we can provide thrilling and fulfilling classes in which students make new discoveries or ask new questions every time they read a line or a paragraph; in a way that makes it seem as if their world is expanding, to put it dramatically.
Main subjects	・Modern Japanese ・Business Japanese ・Japanese language skills
Achievements in social contribution and community cooperation	Japanese language support education for returnees from China

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