Kayo Nonaka

Japanese Language Coordinator, Clinical Associate Professor

Kayo Nonaka is a Senior Language Lecturer and the Japanese Language Coordinator. She earned her undergraduate degree in Spanish in 1984 from Nanzan University, Japan. In 1989, she received her Master's degree in Bilingual Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Before coming to NYU in 2003, she taught at Brown University, the University of California at Berkeley, Connecticut College, and UMass.  She has also taught many intensive summer programs including the Japanese Language School at Middlebury College, Nihongo Study in Kanazawa (now known as Princeton in Ishikawa), and the FALCON Summer Program at Cornell University.

Areas of Research/Interest

Foreign and second language acquisition
Pedagogy, Japanese language

Education

B.A. 1984, Spanish, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan
M.Ed. 1989, Bilingual Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

External Affiliations

AATJ (American Association of Teachers of Japanese)
ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
NCJLT (National Council of Japanese Language Teachers)
JAA (Japanese American Association)
NECTFL (Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)

Publications

  • Essential Japanese, 2nd Edition
    Lynne Strugnell and Kayo Nonaka (2nd edition text), Berlitz Publishing, 2009
  • Japanese Guaranteed
    Kayo Nonaka, Berlitz Publishing, 2007
  • Elementary Japanese
    Volume One, Yoko Hasegawa, et al., Tuttle Publishing, 2005
  • Elementary Japanese
    Volume Two, Yoko Hasegawa, et al., Tuttle Publishing, 2005
  • Elementary Japanese
    Teacher’s Guide, Yoko Hasegawa, et al., Tuttle Publishing, 2005

Conference Presentations

  • Venture out of the classroom: collaboration among three language classes
    New York, NY, February 2017
    NECTFL (Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), (co-presenters, Xioahong Hou and Eunju Na)
  • Tadoku related activites: Club, Class Project and Workshop (「多読に関する活動：クラブ、 クラスプロジェクト、ワークショップ」）
    PD Workshop, New York, NY, February 2017
    NECTJ (Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese)
  • Creating hands-on experiences for language learners –project that explores Japanese culture and life (「実践と応用の場を作るー日本文化と生活を探るプロジェクト」)
    March 2016
    AATJ 2016 Annual Spring Conference, Seattle, WA
  • When traditional values are noticed in foreign language classes
    San Antonio, TX, November 2014
    ACTFL 2014 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, (Co-presenters, Xiao Xiao Jiao and Eunju Na)
  • Building a connection in Japanese - Skype project between two universities in Japan and the U.S. ( 「日本語での繋がりを築くー日米二大学間でのSkypeプロジェクト」)
    Philadelphia, PA, March 27, 2014
    AATJ 2014 Annual Spring Conference
  • Self-Directed Learning Project Incorporated into Writing Activities (「書き作業に取り入れた自主学習プロジェクト」), Panel: Self-directed Projects for Fostering Life-long Learning (「生涯アーティキュレーションを目指した自主学習プロジェクト」) with Noriko Hanabusa, Toshiko Kishimoto, and Yuka Kumagai
    San Diego, CA, March 21, 2013
    AATJ 2013 Annual Spring Conference