STAFF PROFILE
Ms. Hiroko Ohashi
Position:
Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Phone:
+61399253975
Email:
hiroko.ohashi@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Hiroko Ohashi is the Coordinator of Japanese Studies and a Lecturer in RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.
Through her research and publications, Hiroko Ohashi advocates a new role of Japanese language education that provides learners with an intercultural space, where the integration of self and others transcends cultural differences. Her research focuses on the impact of Japanese learning on learners' 'identity formation' and personal development.
Main research interests
- Language learner narratives
- Intercultural communication and language teaching
- Developing personal attributes through language learning
Grants
- 2011 Short-Term Student Exchange Promotion Program scholarship for the RMIT Japan Study Tour from Japan Student Services Organization
- 2010 Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund – Round Two: the "Tertiary-Secondary Partnership for Innovative Language Teaching/ Learning Pathways" project 2010-2012
- 2009 RMIT TAFE Transition Initiatives, project title: The Development of Generic Skills within the Certificate in Language (Japanese) RMIT Languages Resource Development
Awards
- 2010 Teaching Excellence Award – School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University
- 2009 Teaching Excellence Award – School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University
- 2009 RMIT Teaching Awards – TAFE Outstanding Teacher category (teaching team application), Certificate of Achievement for provision of quality learning and teaching opportunities through a cohesive team approach, which fosters student engagement in Japanese and Chinese language learning through diverse industry and community links
- Coordinator, Japanese Studies
- Lecturer, Japanese Language courses
- Coordinating International Exchange programs with RMIT's partner universities
- Vice President, Japanese Language Speech Contest Victoria
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, RMIT University, 2005 and 2011
- Full registration, Victorian Institute of Teaching, 2004
- Master of Science in Applied Linguistics, The University of Edinburgh, 1995
- Master of Education in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, The University of Stirling 1990
Industry experience
- Director, Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Victoria Test Center (2012- )
- Vice President, Japanese Language Speech Contest Victoria
- Japanese Program leader, the 'Tertiary-Secondary Partnership for Innovative Language Teaching/ Learning Pathways' project. This project was part of the 2010–2012 Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund – Round Two 2010
- Reviewer for the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (2002)
- Examiner for Cambridge Certificate in Japanese and Japanese Studies (1992-1993) (University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate International Examinations)
Professional affiliations
- The International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
- Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA)
- Modern Language Teachers' Association of Victoria (MLTAV)
- Japanese Language Teachers' Association of Victoria
- Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU)
- Oceanian Education Studies
- Ohashi, H. (2023). What motivates Japanese language learners in Australia and beyond? In: Melbourne Asia Review, , 1 - 12
- Lee, J.,Grenfell, D.,Guevara, R.,Mullan, K.,Ohashi, H.,Phipps, P. (2023). Learning in place: Study tours and the cultivation of grounded insight In: A Skilled Hand and a Cultivated Mind: A Culture of Learning and Teaching at RMIT University, RMIT Open Press, Melbourne, Australia
- Ohashi, H. (2022). The Role of Japanese Language Education in a Society under the Influence of COVID-19: From the Perspective of Intercultural Communication Learning In: Journal of Oceanian Education Studies, 28, 29 - 40
- Ohashi, J.,Ohashi, H. (2021). Learning Asian languages is about much more than trade and employability and universities should convey this In: Melbourne Asia Review, 26, 1 - 1
- Ohashi, J.,Ohashi, H. (2021). Promotional texts of Asian languages on Australian university websites: A case study of Japanese and Chinese studies. In: Journal of Oceanian Education Studies, 27, 45 - 61
- Ohashi, J.,Ohashi, H. (2020). Japanese language education and Japanese Studies as intercultural learning In: New Frontiers in Japanese Studies, Routledge, United Kingdom
- Ohashi, J.,Ohashi, H. (2020). An adjacency pair, 'Request - acceptance' and multiple functions of the desu/masu forms emerging in small talk: Using natural conversational data in Japanese language teaching In: Natural Conversation analysis in Japanese: Elucidating human communication through the BTSJ Natural Conversation Corpus., Kurosio Publishers, Tokyo, Japan
- Ohashi, H. (2020). Study Tours in Australia- an educational resource at the hosting university In: Journal of Oceanian Education Studies, 17, 37 - 54
- Ohashi, H.,Ohashi, J. (2017). Aiming for language education beyond language acquisition: Japanese and English language immersion camp in Australia In: Journal for Japanese Studies, , 19 - 36
- Ohashi, H.,Ohashi, J. (2016). Comparative Study of the Discourse of University Rankings in Japan and Australia In: Journal of Oceanian Education Studies, 22, 56 - 75