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Masayuki Itomitsu
Associate Professor of Japanese: Coordinator, Japanese program

Walker 325

503-883-2475

mitomit@linfield.edu

Dr. Itomitsu has been at ÃÛѨÊÓƵ since 2009, the same year he graduated with his doctorate in Japanese from Ohio State University. His dissertation concerned the measurement of language learners’ pragmatic knowledge using a web-based standardized test. Professor Itomitsu's research interests include Japanese language pedagogy, materials development, Japanese linguistics, teacher training and testing. He serves as an ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview tester and as a writer and reviewer for AP Japanese and the SAT II Subject Test in Japanese. Apart from that, he is also a board member of the Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon (ATJO) and advises ÃÛѨÊÓƵ’s Japanese Club.

Education

• B.A. University of the Ryukyus (Okinawa, Japan)
• B.S. Truman State University
• M.A., Ph.D. Ohio State University

Academic interests

Japanese language pedagogy, materials development,
teacher training and testing

Publications

• Noda, M., Itomitsu, M, and Marcus, G. (2018). Japanese: The Written Language part 1 volume 2 (Textbook and Workbook). Yale University Press.
• Noda, M., & Itomitsu, M. (2008). Japanese: The Spoken Language parts 2 & 3, Interactive DVD Program. Yale University Press.
• Itomitsu, M. (2008). Analysis of speech acts and speech events of conversations in Japanese language textbooks. In Hasegawa, Atsushi, Shima Chiharu, and Junko Mori (Eds.) Toward advanced Japanese language proficiency, Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese. 105-118.
• Eda, S., Itomitsu, M., & Noda, M. (2008). Japanese Skills Test (J-SKIT) as an on-demand placement test: Validation studies and reliability analysis. Foreign Language Annals, 41(2), 218-236.