Concept-based Language Instruction: Usage-based Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory in Teaching Japanese (Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics) - Hardcover

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Kyoko Masuda is Professor of Japanese Applied Linguistics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her current research areas include Japanese discourse studies, applied cognitive linguistics, sociocultural theory, second language acquisition, and role language/mimetic words used in Manga.

Amy Snyder Ohta is Professor of Japanese Applied Linguistics at the University of Washington. Her research uses sociocultural theory to consider the learning and teaching of Japanese as a foreign language, interlanguage pragmatics, classroom research, interview research, and autoethnography.

Rie Tsujihara is Affiliate Assistant Professor of Japanese Applied Linguistics at the University of Washington, lecturer of Japanese at the University of Washington, and lecturer of Japanese at Cascadia College. Her research focuses on the learning and teaching of Japanese as a foreign language, both pragmatics and grammar, with a special interest in sociocultural theory.