Kunizane, Kumiko/国実久美子

Kumiko Kunizane serves as Continuing Lecturer and Coordinator of Language and Culture Studies for Culture and Language Studies, Renison University College, University of Waterloo. Kumiko has taught multi-level learners of Japanese as a foreign/additional language in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Canada. Her scholarly interests include second-language acquisition, curriculum design and assessment. She has been teaching Japanese as a foreign and an additional language about twenty years. Currently, she teaches university students who take Japanese as an elective course. Also, she is involved in the Japanese heritage language program for young learners.