Mayumi Ishida

|Senior Lecturer
Academic Appointments

  • Senior Lecturer

  • Language Program Director, Japanese

I am an educator with a passion for Japanese language and culture. With over three decades of experience in teaching and a diverse background in education, I have dedicated my career to fostering language proficiency, cultural understanding, and the integration of technology in language education.

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Contact

Mayumi.Ishida@dartmouth.edu
646-1334
Anonymous, Room 206
HB 6191

Education

  • B.A. Musashi University
  • M.A. Musashi University
  • M.Ed. Carthage College

Selected Publications

  • Ishida, Mayumi. "Expressing Feelings and Emotions in Japanese", Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (2021): 282-292.

    Ishida, Mayumi. "Designing a Self-Reflection Project", Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (2020): 251-263.

    Ishida, Mayumi. "Improving Oral Proficiency by Reding Effectively", Proceedings of Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (2019): 47-60.

    Ishida, Mayumi. "Effective Project Work through Real Communication" Proceedings of Thirty-Third Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (2018): 86-103.

    Ishida, Mayumi. "Incorporating Traditional Performing Arts into Japanese Language Curricula" Proceedings of Twenty-Nineth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (2014): 52-62.

    Ishida, Mayumi. "Asynchronous Feedback: Maximizing In-Class Teaching and Learning Opportunities: Proceedings of Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (2012): 120-129.

    Ishida, Mayumi. "Effective Use of Video Technology in Japanese Language Education" Proceedings of Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (2010) 57-69.

    Ishida, Mayumi. "Incorporating a Blog into Students' Projects in Japanese Language Education", Oshirase, National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (NCJLT), Volume 15, No. 1. (2007) : 17-20.

    Ishida, Mayumi and Omoto, Yasuhiro. "Newspaper and Show & Tell in 21st Century Classroom", Proceedings of Conference on Information Technology in Education (ISBN: 0-9700583-2-2), McGraw-Hill and Addison Wesley (2005): 150-155.

    Omoto, Yasuhiro, Ishida, Mayumi and Schneider, Keiko. "WebRing: Online Community for Japanese Language Educators", The Breeze No. 26 (2002): 2-3.

Speaking Engagements

Selected Invited Lectures

"How Can Generative AI Assist Japanese Language Educators?": The 40th Annual Confernece of the Southern Association of Teachers of Japanese, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, March, 2025

Selected to facilitate a discussion table on the topic of Artificial Intelligence during a 90-minute session, consisting of a formal presentation and subsequent hands-on activities aimed at enhancing participant learning and engagement.　https://asianstudies.unc.edu/seatj-2025/

"Your Japanese is Good! – How to be Proficient in Japanese": Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU), Hikone, JAPAN, July, 2018 (presented in English)

 

Selected Conference Presentations

"GPT: How Can You Help Students Lean Languages?" Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ), Greensboro, NC, February 2024 (presented in Japanese)

"Creating Curricular for the Advanced-Beginning Level Courses Based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, 2012": Association for the Teachers of Japanese (AATJ), Seattle, WA, March 2016 (presented in Japanese)

"Effective Use of Visual Aids for Intermediate and Advanced Level Courses": American Council On The Teaching Of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), San Diego, CA, November 2015 (presented in Japanese)

"Project Works for Japanese Language Curricula in Japan": Twenty-ninth Conference of the Japanese Language Teachers Association of New England (JLTANE), Tufts University, MA, August 2015 (presented in Japanese)

"Creating Materials for Language Teaching and Learning with iBooks Author": co-presented with Satoru Shinagawa, University of Hawaii, Kapi'olani: American Council On The Teaching Of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Orlando, FL, November 2013 (presented in English)

"Asynchronous Synchronous Communication with Students Using Technology": Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), Boston, MA, March 2013 (presented in English)

"Innovative Uses of Blogs in Japanese Language Pedagogy": Fourth International Conference on Computer Assisted Systems for Teaching & Learning Japanese (CASTEL-J), University of Hawaii, Kapi'olani, Honolulu, HI, August 2007 (presented in Japanese)

"Enhancing Foreign Language Learning Through an Internet-based Newspaper Project", co-presented with Miyuki Fukai, Columbia University and Yasuhiro Omoto, University of California, Berkeley: North East Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL), New York, NY, April 2005 (presented in English)

"Manipulating Your Graphics: Workshop on Graphics for Beginners": Fourteenth Mid-Atlantic Japanese Pedagogy Workshop (MAJPAW), Gettysburg College, PA, March 2004 (presented in Japanese)

"Assisting Teachers' Professional Development: Sharing Materials Online": National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages Fifth National Conference (NCOLCTL), University of Maryland, MD, April 2002 (presented in English)

"Bridging the Gap between Online and Classroom Teaching: Classroom Activities Using the Web", co-presented with Yasuhiro Omoto, University of California, Berkeley: Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ) Thirteenth Annual Conference, North Central College, IL, April 2001 (presented in Japanese)