Teaching Experiences
Anthropology, Asian Studies
University of Michigan
ASIAN 325 Zen: History, Culture, and Critique Teaching Assistant: with Professor Benjamin Brose)
ASIAN 235 Introduction to Asian Studies (Teaching Assistant: with Professor Emily Wilcox)
ASIAN 248 Jesus Comes to Asia: Conversion and Its Consequences in Asia (Teaching Assistant: with Professor Deirdre de la Cruz)
ASIAN 201 Contemporary Japanese Society and Culture (Teaching Assistant: with Professor Allison Alexy)
University of Virginia
ANTH 2660 The Internet is Another Country (Grader: with Professor Rafael Alvarado)
ANTH 2370 Japanese Culture (Teaching Assistant: with Professor Allison Alexy)
In charge of discussion sections (20 students X 3 times in a week). The course is a general introduction to the forms and patterns of postwar Japanese culture. Students learned common American perceptions (and misperceptions) of Japanese people and culture, education system, family organization, styles of intimacy, and patterns of work.
Japanese
I took a Japanese pedagogy training in Portland State University in the summer of 2011.
Since then, I have taught Japanese in several universities in Boston from beginning to advanced levels.
Boston University Fall 2011-Fall 2013 (5 semesters + summer teaching)
LJ111 (first-semester Japanese) and LJ112 (second-semester Japanese)
Textbook: Genki, an integrated course in elementary Japanese.
In charge of making syllabus, daily schedule, lesson plans, chapter tests and all teaching materials.
Boston College Spring 2014
SL06401 Intermediate Japanese II
SL16801 Third-year Japanese II
Textbook: Genki and Tobira, Gateway to advanced Japanese (Third-year Japanese).
Northeastern University Spring 2014
JPNS 1101 (first-semester Japanese) and JPNS 1102 (second-semester Japanese)
Textbook: Genki
© 2014 Kunisuke Hirano
University of Michigan
ASIAN 325 Zen: History, Culture, and Critique Teaching Assistant: with Professor Benjamin Brose)
ASIAN 235 Introduction to Asian Studies (Teaching Assistant: with Professor Emily Wilcox)
ASIAN 248 Jesus Comes to Asia: Conversion and Its Consequences in Asia (Teaching Assistant: with Professor Deirdre de la Cruz)
ASIAN 201 Contemporary Japanese Society and Culture (Teaching Assistant: with Professor Allison Alexy)
University of Virginia
ANTH 2660 The Internet is Another Country (Grader: with Professor Rafael Alvarado)
ANTH 2370 Japanese Culture (Teaching Assistant: with Professor Allison Alexy)
In charge of discussion sections (20 students X 3 times in a week). The course is a general introduction to the forms and patterns of postwar Japanese culture. Students learned common American perceptions (and misperceptions) of Japanese people and culture, education system, family organization, styles of intimacy, and patterns of work.
Japanese
I took a Japanese pedagogy training in Portland State University in the summer of 2011.
Since then, I have taught Japanese in several universities in Boston from beginning to advanced levels.
Boston University Fall 2011-Fall 2013 (5 semesters + summer teaching)
LJ111 (first-semester Japanese) and LJ112 (second-semester Japanese)
Textbook: Genki, an integrated course in elementary Japanese.
In charge of making syllabus, daily schedule, lesson plans, chapter tests and all teaching materials.
Boston College Spring 2014
SL06401 Intermediate Japanese II
SL16801 Third-year Japanese II
Textbook: Genki and Tobira, Gateway to advanced Japanese (Third-year Japanese).
Northeastern University Spring 2014
JPNS 1101 (first-semester Japanese) and JPNS 1102 (second-semester Japanese)
Textbook: Genki
© 2014 Kunisuke Hirano