Naoko Sourial

Lecturer in Japanese

Office: 514 Kent Hall
Office Hours: MW 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Email: nns2111@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Japanese Pedagogy, Columbia University
BA: British and American Studies, Nanzan Universtiy

Classes Taught

JPNS UN1101 First Year Japanese I
JPNS UN1102 First Year Japanese II
JPNS UN1001 Introductory Japanese A & B
JPNS UN2201 Second Year Japanese II

Research Interests

Language Pedagogy

Content-Based Instruction

Project-Based Learning

Naoko Sourial majored in British and American Studies and American Philosophy at Nanzan University (Nagoya, Japan). She received her MA in Japanese Pedagogy at Columbia University. Ms. Sourial has many years of experience teaching Japanese. She has taught at Columbia University, The New School, NYU, and Baruch College (CUNY). She has developed and designed curriculum for advanced-level content courses such as Japanese Pop Culture at The New School.

Recent Publications

“Language Learning through Fashion – NYC as a Language Classroom” (The Third Annual NYU Conference on Second Language Pedagogy, Teaching Literacy and the Multiliteracies Framework, April 2021)

“Learning “Japanese Pop Culture” with Self-Taught Learners – Teacher’s Roles in Curriculum Design of Japanese Advanced-level Courses” (American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ), March 2020, presented as the pedagogy panel with a panel title, “What Is Happening in Japanese Classes Now with Increasing Numbers of Self-Taught Learners?)

 “Content-Based Instruction Efforts to Develop Japanese Learners’ Critical Awareness toward Social Justice” (2019 Foreign Language Education Symposium (FLEDS), Monterey, CA,  2019)

“Connecting and Reflecting through Fashion: Advanced Japanese Curriculum Design using Anthropological and Sociological Approach” (The 25th Princeton Pedagogy Forum Proceedings, 2019)