Hirai Akiyo

Biography

Career history 1999-04 -- 2002-05 University of Tsukuba lecturer, modern and contemporary culture 2002-06 -- 2004-03 University of Tsukuba Associate Professor of Contemporary Culture 2003-03 -- 2003-05 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Overseas Survey, University of California, Los Angeles Visiting scholar 2004-03 -- 2005-01 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles Visiting scholar 2004-04 -- 2007-03 University of Tsukuba University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Assistant Professor 2007-04 -- (current) University of Tsukuba University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Professor 2011-12 -- (current) Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of TsukubaAcademic background 1995-09 -- 2001-06 (Temple University, Japan) (English Education) (TESOL) CompletedDegree 2001-06 Ed. D. Temple UniversityLicenses and qualifications 1998 Practical English Proficiency Test Level 1Academic societies 1999 -- (current) Modern Language Journal Authors Club 2000 -- (current) The Japan Language Testing Association 1989 -- (current) The Japan Association of College English Teachers 2003 -- (current) THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION 2003 -- (current) KANTOKOSHINETSU ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH 2008 -- (current) The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (LET) -- (current) The Tsukuba Society of English Language TeachingHonors & Awards 1999 CUE Merit Award 2007-04-01 JLTA Research Grant

Research Interest

Education Foreign language education performance assessent language assessment testing second language acquisition speaking listening