Profile

Noriko Williams

Assistant Professor
World Languages and Cultures

  • Additional Positions at AU

    Japanese Language Coordinator
  • Noriko Kurosawa Williams, born and educated in Japan, has been engaged studying and teaching the Japanese language since she came to the U.S. three decades ago.
    Most recently her interest in using visual-image for learning Japanese led her to develop an etymology-based kanji book called "The Key to Kanji - A Visual History of 1100 Kanji,"  an accent-free Japanese pronunciation practice method (called Me de miru oncho ‘visual tonal guide’) and the free online video clip series for kanji radical called "Bushu:The Kanji Makers -From Images to Shapes" on American University iTunes U. http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/bushu-the-kanji-makers-japanese/id438294617

    She has also taught Japanese at Georgetown University, George Washington University, George Mason University, Soka University of America.

  • Languages Spoken:

    Japanese

  • OFFICE

  • CAS - World Languages and Cultures
  • McCabe - 212
  • Mon 1:10 p.m.–4:10 p.m.; Friday 11:45 a.m.–2:45 p.m; and by appointment

  • CONTACT INFO

  • (202) 885-6337 (Office)
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  • FOR THE MEDIA

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    at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

Partnerships & Affiliations

  • Association of Teachers of Japanese

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Teaching

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

Japanese phonology, Japanese language pedagogy and material preparations, Kanji study

Selected Publications

              
  • Bushu: The Kanji Makers - From Images to Shapes (Video).  American University on iTunes. 2011.
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  • The Key to Kanji: A Visual History of 1100 Characters (kanji etoki). Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston, 2010. http://www.cheng-tsui.com/store/products/key_kanji
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  • Kanji Anatomy - Introducing Kanji by Illustrated Etymology. Proceedings of 14th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum. in Japanese. Princeton University. 2007.
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  • Audio-visual-lingual Method of Japanese Tonal Practice in Language Lab. Proceedings of 15th Mid-Atlantic Japanese Pedagogy Workshop. in Japanese and English. English translated by Mahua Bhattachary. 2006. Elizabethtown University.
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  • Visual tonal contour guide: A new method of teaching tonal patterns and how to prepare the materials. Proceedings of 13th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum. in Japanese. Princeton University. 2006.
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  • The Visual Tonal Practice Lessons for GENKI Dialogues. A freeware for The CAN-8 VirtualLab (Sounds Virtual, Inc.) 2005. Learning Branch, Vancouver, Canada www.learningbranch.com
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  • Visual Tonal Contour for Genki Dialogues. 2005. http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/reso/onchou.html
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  • Kitchin kara mita nichibei kosho (Japan-US trade negotiations: a view from the kitchen) Bungei Shunju Publishing Co., in Japanese. 1999.

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