Educational Background
PhD in Japanese Language, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
MA in Japanese Language, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Research Areas
Japanese Linguistics, Pedagogy
Selected Bibliography
Iwai, T., Murayama E., Ogasawara, M., & Wada, Y. (forthcoming). Musubi: Connecting Beginning Learners to Japanese Language and Culture [New Edition]. Volume 1, 2, 3, 4, University of Hawaii at Manoa OER Repository.
Iwai, T. (2013). Using n desu in small talk: JFL learners’ pragmatic development. In K. Kondo-Brown, Y. Saito-Abbott, S. Satsutani, M. Tsutsui, & A. Wehmeyer (Eds.), New perspectives on Japanese language learning, linguistics, and culture (pp. 27-47). Honolulu: University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center.
Iwai, T. (2010). Becoming a good conversationalist: Conversational competence as a target of JFL instruction. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.