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The 335th Regular Meeting

 Submission for oral presentations and symposium is now open. Submission is limited to members who have paid the annual membership fee for 2017.
Date Saturday, June 3rd, 2017
Location Iwate University (3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550)
http://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/campusannai/
Organizer Makio OONO

―Call for oral presentations―

 Submission for oral presentations (40 minutes, including Q&A. Submission should be original research that has not been published elsewhere) is now open. Please send the information below by email by Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 to psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp in both PDF and MSWord formats. Please insert“Submission for 335th Regular Meeting” in the email subject and “335th Regular Meeting (Presenter’s name)” as the file name. Please embed all fonts in the PDF file. Notification of acceptance will be sent by around April 24th after the reviewing process.
  1. Names of presenters in Japanese, if available
  2. Names of presenters in English
  3. Affiliations of presenters in Japanese, if available
  4. Affiliations of presenters in English
  5. Names and contact information (email) of persons in charge of receiving notification of acceptance
  6. Title of presentation (Japanese title not needed if presentation is to be given in English)
  7. Abstract (about 400 Japanese characters)
  8. Equipment necessary for presentation (laptop and projector excluded)

―Call for symposium organization―

 Symposiums at Regular Meetings are to offer opportunities for presenters and audience to have discussions on a particular topic after the talks by several presenters. The report at the symposium does not have to be completed work; rather it is aimed for research projects in progress. Submission for symposium presentations is now open. Please send the information below by email in both PDF and MSWord formats byTuesday, April 18th, 2017to psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp Please insert“Submission for symposium at 335th Regular Meeting”in the email subject and“335th Regular Meeting (Presenter’s name)”as the file name. Please embed all fonts when preparing PDF files. Notification of acceptance will be sent byaround April 24thafter the reviewing process.
  1. Title of symposium in Japanese (less than 50 letters)
  2. Title of symposium in English (less than 25 words)
  3. Organizer’s name, affiliation, and contact information (email, telephone, address)
  4. Names and affiliations of presenters in Japanese
  5. Names and affiliations of presenters in English
  6. Abstract of workshop (less than 1000 Japanese characters, or less than 500 English words. Please indicate time allocations.)
  7. Others (Necessary equipment or material)
  <Guidelines for preparing symposium proposal>
  • Time allocation:The symposium should be at least two hours but should not go over three hours. 20% of the time should be provided for Q&A including the audience.
  • Presenters:There should be more than two presenters, and more than half of them should be members of the Phonetic Society of Japan. The symposium may have a chairperson and panel members (members or non-members).
  • Topic:should be suitable as presentations at the Phonetic Society of Japan
  • Preparation:PR activities and operations on the symposium day will be supported by the Planning Committee. However, the organizer is fully responsible for any preparation before the symposium day. The Phonetic Society of Japan will not provide travelling expenses or rewards for presenters.
(Planning Committee)

The 336th Regular Meeting

Date Saturday, December 2nd, 2017
Location Showa Women’s University
Organizer Akemi MINEDA

Schedule (subject to change)
  • Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 Call for papers
  • Friday, October 20th, 2017 Submission deadline
  • Friday, October 27th, 2017 Program available

Call for Special Papers: “Progress in the study of filled pauses”

We welcome original research papers and research notes related to “Progress in the study of filled pauses.”
Recruiting papers related to “Progress in the study of filled pauses”
This special issue focuses on studies of filled pauses in spoken language. Pragmatic, linguistic, as well as applied linguistic studies are also welcome, but it is expected that part of the study deals with the phonetic aspects of filled pauses. No restriction on the language under investigation.

The 25th Phonetics Seminar “Introduction to Segmentation and Labeling”

Date: Sunday, February 19th, 2017 (9:30am-4:30pm)
Topic: Introduction to Segmentation and Labeling
Lecturer: Kyoko Takeuchi (Japan Welfare Education College, Kokugakuin Univerisity)
Venue: Japan Welfare Education College, Main Building, 6th floor
2-16-3 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (1 minute walk from Takadanobaba station)
http://www.nippku.ac.jp/access/

(Please refrain from contacting the venue. All inquiry should be addressed to psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp
Host: Planning Committee, The Phonetic Society of Japan
Admission: 2000 yen for members (including student members), 3000 yen for non-members
Capacity: 30
Registration: Please send an e-mail to:
psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp

Please write “Registration for Introduction to Segmentation and Labeling” in the e-mail subject. Please include the following information.
  • Name:
  • Affiliation:
  • Membership status (Member or Non-member):
  • Student or non-student:
  • Contact information (home/work):
  • Address:
  • Phone number:
  • E-mail:
  • E-mail address for receiving messages before the seminar (required):
  • Request about seminar:
What to prepare:
  1. Writing utensils (We will first practice labeling by hand. Recommended: pencils, eraser, red pen for correction, ruler)
  2. Headset (headphones and microphone on the same device)
    Please see the following website for reference
    http://www2.elecom.co.jp/products/HS-HP22SV.html
  3. We will use a Windows computer and Wavesurfer (free software for acoustical analysis) We will prepare the computers, but you may bring you own if you wish.
Overview: 9:30-12:30
  1. How to use WaveSurfer (software for acoustical analysis)(recording, saving, how to open files, how to print out), create a template for segmentation and labeling
  2. Measure frequencies/fundamental frequencies of vowels from waveforms
  3. Measure formant frequencies from sound spectrograms
  4. Understand the relationship of pitch contour, fundamental frequency, and vocal fold vibration
1:30-4:30pm
  1. Review of phonetics (vowels, plosives, fricatives, nasals, approximants, etc.) and practice segmentation and labeling
  2. Segmentation and labeling (short and long sentences)

2016 Introductory Course in Phonetics “Hands on Phonetics”

Date: Saturday, January 21st, 2017
Time: 1:30pm-5pm (Venue opens at 1pm)
Schedule: 1:30pm-3pm/3:20pm-4:30pm lecture/demo/activity with 20 minute break in between
4:30pm-5pm Q&A and discussion. Free to leave anytime.
Lecturer: Shigeto Kawahara (Associate Professor, The Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies)
Host: Phonetic Society of Japan (Phonetics Promotion Committee)
Co-host: Project for the Development of a Foundation for Strategic Research at Private Universities supported by MEXT, Center for Life-Span Development of Communication Skills
Venue: Keio University, Hiyoshi Campus, Building 8, Room 812
https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/hiyoshi.html(Building 8 is #16 on Campus Map)
Organizer: Professor Yasuyo Minagawa (Faculty of Letters, Keio University)
Registration fee: Free for students and PSJ members, 1000 yen for non-members
Capacity: 80
Details: See Japanese page http://www.psj.gr.jp/jpn/introduction-to-phonetics/20170121.html
Registration: Send an email to psjf.regist2016[at]gmail.com (replace [at] with @),
with 0121講座申込み as subject.
Email should include:
– Name
– Affiliation
– Membership status (member/non-member)
・Please send separate emails for each participant.
・If you do not receive a reply within 5 days, please contact us again.
・Emails with other subjects may not be processed.

International Lecture Meeting hosted by the Phonetic Society of Japan

Dear members of the Phonetic Society of Japan

The Phonetic Society of Japan will host an international lecture meeting “Phonetic Variation across and within Languages: How do Lexicon, Prosody, and Cross-Linguistic Differences Matter?”. Invited lecturers are: Mafuyu Kitahara (Waseda University), Keiichi Tajima (Hosei University), Kiyoko Yoneyama (Daito Bunka University), Timothy Vance (NINJAL), Benjamin Munson (University of Minnesota), and Katie Drager (University of Hawaii).

The lecture is free and open to all. Please see the attached program for further details.

International Lecture Meeting

Program of lecture (PDF format)

The 29th General Meeting

The 29th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan
Host: The Phonetic Society of Japan
Venue: Kobe University, Rokkodai Daiichi Campus
1-2-1 Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan
(http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/access/rokko/campus.html)
Organizer: Ryoko Hayashi (Kobe University)

Program
Day 1: Saturday, October 3rd
Venue: Building B & M, Faculty of Intercultural Studies
12:00- Registration
13:00-14:40 Oral presentations
14:40-14:50 Break
14:50-15:50 Poster presentations
15:50-16:00 Break
16:00-17:40 Oral presentations
18:00-20:00 Party (Japanese restaurant Sakura, 3rd floor, Academia Hall for Social Sciences, Rokkodai Daiichi Campus)
Day 2: Sunday, October 4th
Venue: Buildings B & K, Faculty of Intercultural Studies
9:30- Registration (for those who did not register on Day 1)
10:00-12:00 Workshop 1 (Room B207)
“Current issues in the study of 3-pattern accent systems”
Workshop 2 (Room B204)
“Residual voices: how to catch them”
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-13:45 Venue: Building K (Room K202), Faculty of Intercultural Studies Opening speech
  • Hirokazu Sato, President of PSJ
  • Kazuhiro Ohtsuki, Dean, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University
  • General Assembly
  • Award Ceremony (Outstanding Article Award, Outstanding Presentation Award, Academic Research Incentive Award)
13:50-16:30 Public Symposium
“3-pattern accent system in Japanese: Principle and history”
  • Chair: Tetsuo Nitta (Kanazawa University)
  • Lecturer:
    • Akiko Matsumori (Japan Women’s University)
      “Past, present, and future of descriptive research of 3-pattern accent system: 3-pattern accent of Oki Islands”
    • Yosuke Igarashi (Hitotsubashi University)
      “3-pattern accent system of Miyako Ryukyuan: Ikema and Tarama dialects”
    • Tetsuo Nitta (Kanazawa University) & Kohei Matsukura (The University of Tokyo)
      “3-pattern accent system in Heiya region of Fukui”
  • Commentator: Zendo Uwano (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
16:30 Closing

Program (October 3rd)

Presenters with underline are eligible presenters for Outstanding Presentation Award. The awarding ceremony for this year will be on Day 2 (Sunday, October 4th) after the general assembly. Candidates are expected to participate in the ceremony.
Oral presentations 13:00 – 14:40, 16:00 – 17:40
Conference room A (Room M202, Building M, Faculty of Intercultural Studies)
Chair: Ayako Shirose & Toshio Matsuura
A1
13:00-13:30
“2 mora words pitch accent of Japanese learners in Taiwan: To aim at memory of accent, the listening comprehension and the accent pronunciation”
Kuanlin Chen (University of Osaka)
A2
13:35-14:05
“The accent pattern of Japanese compound noun produced by Chinese learners”
Ruilai Wang (Kobe University)
A3
14:10-14:40
“Sino-Japanese word accent production by native speakers of Chinese: Focusing on overgeneralization and L1 transfer”
Motong Li (Osaka University)
  (Break & Poster Session)
Chair: Yasuyo Minagawa & Keiichi Tajima
A4
16:00-16:30
“Phonological interference of pronouncing Kanji words in Japanese learners in Taiwan- Analysis of vowel length”
Yu-wen Yang (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Ming Chuan University(Taiwan))
& Motoi Kawatsu (Nagasaki University)
A5
16:35-17:05
“Perception and production of special morae and yo-on (contracted sounds) by Japanese learners: A study of spelling performance as production data”
Miki Motohashi (Kansai Gaidai University) & Toru Ishizawa (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
A6
17:10-17:40
“Effects of VOT and f0 on stop voicing contrast in Japanese and Korean: a comparison between native speakers and Japanese learners of Korean”
Hi-Gyung Byun (Akita International University)
Oral presentations 13:00 – 14:40, 16:00 – 17:40
Conference room B (Room M201, Building M, Faculty of Intercultural Studies)
Chair: Itsue Kawagoe & Donna Erickson
B1
13:00-13:30
“Vowel Duration, Quality, and Pitch which Correlate with English Rhythm―Comparison between English Native Speakers and Japanese Learners of English”
Shigeo Nakano (Meiji Gakuin University)
B2
13:35-14:05
“Effects of Vowel Quality in Stress Perception of English”
Sayoko Eguchi (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International)
B3
14:10-14:40
“Perception of flap, stop, and liquid sounds in American English by Japanese speakers”
Mafuyu Kitahara (Waseda University), Keiichi Tajima (Hosei University)
& Kiyoko Yoneyama (Daito Bunka Univeristy)
  (Break & Poster Session)
Chair: Yasunori Takahashi & Mafuyu Kitahara
B4
16:00-16:30
“Spanish Stress Perception: A Comparison between Native Speakers and Japanese Learners of Spanish”
Takuya Kimura (Seisen University/Sophia University) & Takayuki Arai (Sophia University)
B5
16:35-17:05
“Acoustic Analysis of Thai Tones in Three Word Sentences”
Yukie Masuko, Makoto Minegishi & Hirokazu Sato (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
B6
17:10-17:40
“The pitch patterns and word structure of Chinese disyllabic words: A case of “Tone4+Tone4” nouns”
Xi Chen (Osaka University)
Oral presentations 13:00 – 14:40, 16:00 – 17:40
Conference room C (Room M203, Building M, Faculty of Intercultural Studies)
Chair: Isao Ueda & Michinao Matsui
C1
13:00-13:30
“Young EFL Japanese learners’ perception and production capability of English sounds on non-words tests”
Hiromi Kawai (Kanda University of International Studies)
C2
13:35-14:05
“Phrase-final lengthening and prosodic phrases in spontaneous Japanese”
Yoko Mori (Doshisha University)
C3
14:10-14:40
“Pitch contours after the peak in Japanese accent systems”
Nozomi Kodama (Kumamoto University)
  (Break & Poster Session)
Chair: Tatsuya Hirako & Yosuke Igarashi
C4
16:00-16:30
“The accents in Ninomiya dialect”
Kaoru Sakamoto (Kokugakuin University)
C5
16:35-17:05
“A Comparison of the Effects of Different Accent Misuse Patterns on Perceptual Naturalness”
Chen Liang (Nagoya University)
C6
17:10-17:40
“A novel accentual variation of functional words observed in younger speakers’ pronunciation: Decline of the unaccented pattern of nagara-clauses”
Akio Nasu (Tsukuba University) & Fuka Kuriki (Minami-Rokugo elementary school)
Poster Presentations 14:50 – 15:50
Conference rooms D & E (Rooms B204 & B207, Building B, Faculty of Intercultural Studies)
Chair: Satoshi Ohta & Timothy Vance
P01 “Perception of Paralanguage Speech Acts Involved in the Emphasis of the Mental Attitude”
Masako Fukuoka (Mie University)
P02 “An audiovisual aid for instructing the timing of stress on learning English rhythm”
Tatsuya Kitamura (Konan University), Shogo Kagawa (Konan University), Ryo Nagata (Konan University)
& Koutaro Funakoshi (Honda Research Institute Japan)
P03 “The difference of prosodic features according to function”
Megumi Takamura (Kwansei Gakuin University)
P04 “Basic Research in Japanese Moraic Nasal Production: Utterance Measurement Focusing on Phonetic Environments by Japanese Native Speakers”
Kenichi Ohyama (Tokyo Denki University), Masako Okubo (Aoyama Gakuin University)
& Keiko Hanzawa (Waseda University)
P05 “Production and Perception of Japanese /n/ and /r/ by Chongqing dialect speakers: Effects of phonetic environments”
Shuyi Yang (Kobe University)
P06 Lexicalized schwa in Armenian: the effects of lexical schwa
Astghik, Movsisyan (Nagoya University)
P07 “A study on the C/D model-based analysis of Japanese vowel devoicing”
Michinao Matsui (Osaka Health Science University)
P08 “The accent of declinable word in Suzuka Mie”
Haruka Takeuchi (Kokugakuin University)
P09 “Acoustic characteristic of “”the mood”” in the voice of the infant”
Yasuko Sakai (Konan Woman’s University), Narumi Amatsu (National Instruments Japan)
P10 “Falling tone, from historical accent materials standpoint”
Yuichiro Kasama (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Workshop Program (October 4th)

Workshop 1: “Current issues in the study of 3-pattern accent systems” (Venue: B207)
  • Organizer/Chair: Shinji Ogawa (Prefectural University of Kumamoto)
  • Presenter:
    • Kohei Matsukura (The University of Tokyo)
      “3-pattern accent system of Kitagata and Hamasaka dialects in Awara-shi, Fukui prefecture”
    • Hayato Aoi (JSPS/NINJAL)
      “3-pattern accent system of Tarama dialect”
    • Shinji Ogawa (Prefectural University of Kumamoto) & Reiko Aso (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
      “3-pattern accent system of Hateruma dialect”
  • Commentator: Nozomi Kodama (Kumamoto University)
Workshop 2: “Residual voices: how to catch them”(Venue: B204)
  • Organizer/Chair: Toshiyuki Sadanobu (Kobe University)
  • Presenter:
    • Toshiyuki Sadanobu & Ryoko Hayashi (Kobe University)
      “Residual voices and communication research”
    • Chunyue Zhu & Toshiyuki Sadanobu (Kobe University)
      “Residual voices and articulatory movement”
    • Mihoko Teshigawara (Komazawa University)
      “Residual voices and voice quality”
<Participation fee and proceedings>
Proceedings will be on sale at the registration booth (1000 yen for students, 2000 yen for members, and 3000 yen for non-members except students). Those presenting at the convention are asked to purchase the proceedings as participation fee. Students of undergraduate and graduate schools must show their student ID at registration. Proceedings will be on sale only at the convention venue. The public symposium is open to all.
<Proceedings back issues>
Back issues are on sale or distributed at registration. First come, first served. Pre-ordering and mailing will not be accepted.
The past two issues (27th and 28th conventions): 500 yen each
Issues before 26th convention: Free
<Membership registration>
If you wish to become a member, please register at the registration booth. Membership fee for this year is 7000 yen for members and 4000 yen for students. Admission fee is 1000 yen.
*Members cannot pay their membership fee at the convention registration.
<Party>
The convention party will be held on Day 1 (6pm, Saturday, October 3rd) at Japanese restaurant Sakura, 3rd floor, Academia Hall for Social Sciences, Rokkodai Daiichi Campus. Participation fee is 5000 yen for members, 3000 yen for students. Please make a reservation preferably by September 25th by sending your name and membership status (student member, non-student member, non-member) to psj.party2015@gmail.com. Participation without reservation will only be accepted when there is vacancy. Pre-registration is recommended.
<Lunch>
The venue will not provide lunches. The university cafeteria will be closed on both days. There are no restaurants or stores near the campus, so please bring your lunch to the venue.
<Nursery room>
The nursery room is available during the convention with the cooperation of the venue. The fee is at a reasonable price (500 yen/hour for one child). Participants with small children are encouraged to use this system. Please make a reservation in advance if you wish to use this system. Further information will be announced on the website.
<Exhibition>
Books and acoustical instruments will be exhibited on both days in Room B208.
<Wireless LAN>
Participants will be able to use the wireless LAN. Please stop by at the registration booth if you wish to use it during the convention.
<Convention administration committee >
Ryoko Hayashi (Chair), Shunyaku Shu, Shin’ichi Tanaka, Gabor Pinter, Yasunori Takahashi (Kobe University)
<Planning Committee>
Haruo Kubozono (Head), Yosuke Igarashi, Donna Erickson, Mafuyu Kitahara, Hideki Zamma, Mariko Sugawara, Keiichi Tajima, Shin’ichi Tanaka, Michinao Matsui, Toshio Matsuura, Tim Vance
<Access to venue (Kobe University, Rokkodai Daiichi Campus)>
Please get off at JR “Rokkomichi” station, Hankyu “Rokko” station, or Hanshin “Mikage” station. Please take the Kobe city bus #16 bound for Rokko Cable, and get off at “Shindai Kokusai Bunka Gakubu mae” station. You can also walk from Hankyu “Rokko” station (15 minutes). The campus is 5 minutes from Hankyu “Rokko” station and 10 minutes from JR “Rokkomichi” station by car. There are several campuses around the area. Please do not get off at “Kobe Daigaku Seimon mae” and “Bunri Nougakubumae” stations.

The Phonetic Society of Japan 2014 Phonetic Seminar “What is Phonetics?”

We will hold a public seminar to introduce the field of phonetics.
This seminar will focus on spoken Japanese dialects and introduction of the field of phonetics. We organized the seminar so that it will be interesting to everyone including high school and university students and the general public.
Date: Saturday, November 22nd, 2014 (1:30-5:00pm)
Venue: Kobe University Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Tsurukabuto Campus 1, Room B101
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/access/rokko/campus.html (Building 14 on map)
Host: The Phonetic Society of Japan (Phonetics Promotion Committee)
Participation fee: Free
Capacity: 80
  • Please register in advance via e-mail. Registration on the day of the seminar is available only if the number of participants has not reached 80. Please refer to the PSJ website for registration updates.
  • If e-mail is unavailable, please send mail for fax to the organizer.
How to register: Please send an e-mail to psjf.regist[at]gmail.com (please replace [at] with @).
Please write "1122 lecture registration" in the e-mail subject, and send your name, affiliation if you are a student (name of school or university), and your membership status (member or non-member).
  • One e-mail should include information for only one person.
  • If you do not receive a reply from the office after three days, please contact us.
  • If you do not write "1122 lecture registration" in the e-mail subject, the e-mail may not be processed.
Program 1:00pm-
Registration
1:30-2:15pm
What is phonetics?”
  • General linguistics and phonetics
    (Shin’ichi TANAKA, Faculty of Letters, Kobe University)
  • Foreign language studies and phonetics
    (Chunyue ZHU, School of Languages and Communication, Kobe University)
  • -Information engineering, medical science and phonetics
    (Ryoko HAYASHI, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University)
(There will be a Q&A session after the lectures)
2:30-5:00pm
Introduction to spoken Japanese dialects: surprising pronunciations in dialects –west Japan including Ryukyu region–
Lecturer: Professor Makoto KUNO (Professor Emeritus, Kochi University)
(4:30pm- Q&A, 5:00pm end of seminar)
Organizer: Ryoko HAYASI (Kobe University)
Contact information:
Tsurukabuto 1-2-1, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, 657-8501, Japan. Faculty of Intercultural Studies , Kobe University.
Fax: 078-803-7463
E-mail: onseigakunyumon[at]gmail.com (please replace [at] with @)

2014 Phonetic Seminar “Introduction to Speech Training for Japanese Instructors”

Date: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 (1:30-3:30pm)
Topic: Introduction to Speech Training for Japanese Instructors
Lecturer: Kazuhiro ISOMURA, The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute
Venue: Konan University, Okamoto Campus, Room 112
(8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 658-8501 Japan)
Access http://www.konan-u.ac.jp/access/
Campus map: http://www.konan-u.ac.jp/access/campus.html
Host: The Phonetic Society of Japan (Phonetics Promotion Committee)
Organizer: Tatsuya KITAMURA (Konan University)
Participation fee: Free for members, 1000 yen for non-members
Capacity: 150 people (pre-registration necessary)
*Please pre-register. Notification will appear on the PSJ website when the number of registration reaches 150. Please check whether registration is still open before you register.
How to register: Please send an e-mail to psjf.regist[at]gmail.com (please replace [at] with @). One e-mail should only include information for one person. Please write “1213 lecture registration” in the e-mail subject, and send your name and membership status (member or non-member). If you do not write “1213 lecture registration” in the e-mail subject, the e-mail may not be processed. If you do not receive a reply from the office after three days, please send an e-mail again.
Abstract: This lecture is targeted towards instructors teaching Japanese at language schools, university, or volunteer classrooms, as well as those who wish to become Japanese instructors in the future. The lecture will include how an instructor can listen to Japanese spoken by foreign speakers and provide advice to improve their pronunciation. Practical techniques such as pronunciation exercises and some tips on teaching pronunciation will also be introduced.
This lecture will provide hints, for example, to the following instructors:
  • You are teaching Japanese to foreign students, but are having difficulty understanding what they are saying. You would like to teach them how to improve their pronunciation, but you do not know how.
  • You have attended a training program in order to become a Japanese teacher abroad. However, you had difficulty understanding phonetics and are worried about providing pronunciation tips as a native Japanese speaker.
  • You are doing research on phonetics in graduate school, but have never taught Japanese to Japanese learners.