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Yuki Asano

Yuki Asano
Academic Staff
Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaft 
Universität Konstanz 
Fach D 174 
78457 Konstanz 
Germany

yuki.asano/at/uni-konstanz.de

phone:   +49 (0) 7531 88 4754
room: H 146

 

 

Research Interests

Psycholinguistics / Prosody / Foreign Language Learning / Language Testing:

  • The mental representation of intonation (native and non-native speakers)
  • The role of prosodic features in communication failure and repair (native and non-native speakers)
  • The effect of the native language prosodic system on foreign language learning
  • Language testing validity and perception of language fluency of non-native speech judged by native speakers
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    Current Academic Position

      

    2010-2012 Academic staff
    Project: "A new window on intonational form and function"

    A two-year research project funded by the German Research Council (DFG) within the priority program “Phonological and phonetic competence: between grammar, signal processing, and neural activity”. (Principal investigator: Dr. Bettina Braun)    

      

    Academic Background

      

    11/2011 -

    University of Konstanz; Konstanz, Germany
    Seeking-degree: PhD
    Dissertation subject: "Beat the Tune: Localizing and overcoming foreign accents in rhythm and pitch"
    Major: Psycholinguistics
    Main emphasis: Second language acquisition, speech perception, storage and production, phonology

    08/2010 - 10/2007

    Ruhr-University Bochum; Bochum, Germany
    Degree: Master of Arts
    Final grade: Very good (1,1)
    Master thesis subject: "Was misst ein C-Test? Konstruktionsdefinition als Basis für die Testvalidierung"
    Major: Applied linguistics (Sprachlehrforschung)
    Main emphasis: Language acquisition, language testing
    Additional studies: German as Foreign language

    03/2007 - 04/2003

    Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; Tokyo, Japan
    Degree: Bachelor of Arts
    Final grade: Very good (1,0)
    Bachelor thesis subject: Picture description as bridge between mother tongue and target language
    Major: German studies
    Subsidiary: Linguistics and second language acquisition

    03/2003 - 04/1999

    National high school Asahigaoka; Aichi, Japan

      

    Academic record, scholarship grants

      

    12/2011

    DAAD scholarship for a conference attendance; Kyoto, Japan

    09/2011

    Summer School attendance "Software Tools and Methods for Advanced Research in Phonetics"; San Marco di Castellabate, Italy

    03/2011

    Conference attendance scholarship "Die Förderung zur Karriereentwicklung von Promovierenden für das Jahr 2011"; Konstanz, Germany

    03/2009 - 10/2007

    DAAD graduate scholarship holder for completion of master thesis at the Ruhr-University Bochum; Bochum, Germany

    08/2009

    Scholarship holder for the international summer academy of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes; Rot an der Rot, Germany Group: Medical ethics

    08/2006

    DAAD scholarship holder for the international summer course at the University of Heidelberg; Heidelberg, Germany
    Professional training: intercultural training for foreign language teachers

    08/2005

    Participant to the international summer course at the University of Bielefeld; Bielefeld, Germany
    Professional course: teaching methodology for German as Foreign language

    08/2001 - 09/2000

    Sony-Scholarship holder; Trento, Italy
    American Field Service (AFS) Exchange program

      

    Lectures, publications and talks

      

    Lectures

    Sommersemester 2012: Phonetics II: Instrumental Phonetics, Universität Konstanz (2SWS)

    Wintersemester 2011/12: Seminar “Visual World Paradigm“, with Prof. Dr. B. Braun, Universität Konstanz (2SWS)


    Publications

    Asano, Y., & Braun, B. (in preparation). Intonational contours: local events or global tunes? Psycholinguistic study on double contrast in German.

    Braun, B., & Asano, Y. (in preparation). Online interpretation of sentence-initial pitch accents in German.

    Asano, Y., Braun, B., & Gubian, M. (in preparation). Joint analysis of F0 and segmental duration in native and non-native Japanese.

    Asano, Y. (in print). Was misst ein C-Test? Konstruktdefinition aus psycholinguistischer Sicht. In R. Grotjahn (Hrsg.), Der C-Test: Aktuelle Tendenzen / The C-Test: Current Trends. Frankfurt am Main: Lang.

    Asano, Y. (2011). Die psycholinguistische Analyse des Konstrukts „allgemeine Sprachkompetenz“ im Rahmen einer Validierungsstudie von C-Tests bei japanischen Deutschlernenden. Deutschunterricht in Japan, 16, 24-42.

    Asano, Y. (2011). Sprechen, Hören, Schreiben und Lesen - liegt ihnen ein gemeinsamer kognitiver Mechanismus zugrunde?. In Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (Hrsg.), JDZB-Tagungsband 60. Berlin: JDZB, 11-25.

    Asano, Y. (2011). Aktionsforschung: Förderung des autonomen Lernens in Japanisch-Kursen der Stufen A1 und A1 / A2 an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. In B. Kühn (Hrsg.), Erträge des 2. Bremer Symposions zur Autonomie und Motivation im Fremdsprachenlernen. Fremdsprachen in Lehre und Forschung 45. Bochum: Arbeitskreis der Sprachenzentren, Sprachlehrinstitute und Fremdspracheninstitute (AKS), 183-195.

    Asano, Y. (2010). Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmermehr? – Faktor Alter und Zweitsprachenerwerb / Fremdsprachenlernen. In Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (Hrsg.), JDZB-Tagungsband 59. Berlin: JDZB, 15-26.

    Asano, Y. (2010). Förderung autonomen Lernens – Aspekte selbstreflektierenden Fremdsprachenlernens. Profil. Würzburger Zeitschrift für den universitären Fremdsprachenunterricht 2, 51-68.

    Asano, Y. (2010). Wie kann selbstreflektierendes Grammatiklernen gefördert werden?. In C. G. Kimura et al. (Hrsg.), Grammatik lehren und lernen im Deutschunterricht in Japan – empirische Zugänge. München: IUDICIUM Verlag, 115-131.

    Asano, Y. (2009). Bildbeschreibung im Spannungsfeld zwischen der Ausgangs- und der Zielsprache. In Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (Hrsg.), JDZB-Tagungsband 58. Berlin: JDZB, 17-23.

    Asano, Y. (2009). Was messen C-Tests?. Deutschunterricht in Japan, 14, 31-39.

    Asano, Y. (2007). Empirische Studie: Bildbeschreibung im Spannungsfeld zwischen der Ausgangs- und der Zielsprache. Deutschunterricht in Japan, 12, 23-34.


    Talks and presentations

    Asano, Y. & Braun, B. (2011) “Integrating lexical and postlexical suprasegmental information in native and non-native Japanese”. NINJAL International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology (ICPP 2011). Kyoto, Japan. (talk)

    Asano, Y. & Braun, B. (2011) “Integrating lexical and postlexical suprasegmental informatin in L1 and L2 Japanese and German. Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Prosody”. Montreal, Canada. (poster)

    Braun, B., & Asano, Y. (2011) “How freely can German pitch accents be combined?” 7. Tagung zu Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum. Osnabrück, Germany. (talk)

    Asano, Y. (2011) “Which prosodic features do native speakers and L2 learners hyperarticulate in repeated utterances?”. Institut für Phonetik, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.(talk)

    Asano, Y. & Braun, B. (2011) “Prosodic features of attention-seeking: A study of native and non-native speech of Japanese and German”. “International workshop on suprasegmentals in acquisition and processing”, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.(talk)

    Asano, Y. & Braun, B. (2011) "The change of prosodic features in repeated attention-seeking: a study of native and non-native speakers of Japanese and of German", 10th. International Symposium of Psycholinguistics, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.(poster)

    Asano. Y. (2011) “The role of prosodic features in communication failure and repair: a study of native and non-native speakers of Japanese and of German”. The 11th. Tokyo Conference of Psycholinguistics, Tokyo, Japan.(talk)

    Braun, B. & Asano, Y. (2010) “A new window on intonational form and function”. Colloquium for “DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm 1234: Phonological and phonetic competence. Between grammar, signal processing, and neural activity“, Munich, Germany.(talk)

    Asano, Y. (2010) “Sprachverarbeitungsprozesse im Gehirn”. DAAD- Absolvententreffen, Berlin, Germany.(invited talk)

    Asano, Y. (2010) “Exzellent und initiativ. Qualitätsentwicklung und -sicherung in der Sprachausbildung”. AKS-Tagung, Bochum, Germany.(panel discussion)

    Asano, Y. (2009) “Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmermehr? – Sprachenerwerb unter neurowissenschaftlichen Aspekten”. DAAD-Stipendiatentreffen, Bonn, Germany.(invited talk)

     

    Professional Experience

        

    09/2010 - 06/2012

    Academic Staff at the University of Konstanz; Konstanz, Germany
    Project: “A new window on intonational form and function”

    07/2009 - 07/2010

    Japan Foundation; Tokyo, Japan
    Functions: Translator (German, Japanese), Advisor
    Project: Standard Development Japanese as a Foreign Language

    04/2008 - 08/2010

    Zentrum für Fremdsprachenausbildung der Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Bochum, Germany
    Function: Japanese teacher
    Main tasks: Daily and academic Japanese, Curriculum development
    Concurrent research project: action research “How can I support autonomous language learning?”

        

    Internships

      

    05/2010 - 06/2010

    Life & Brain: Neuroeconomics Lab at the University of Bonn; Bonn, Germany
    Main tasks: laboratory assistance using fMRT

        

    Language Proficiencies

        

    Mother tongue Japanese
    Foreign languages German (C2), English (C1), Italian (B2),
    Spanish (A2), French (A1)
    (Level description of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

        

    Skills

        

    EyeLink II, 1000, EEG, fMRT, developing of neurobehavioral stimuli and experiments (Presentation®, Experiment Builder) and analysis (MATLAB), statistical software (SPSS / R), MS-Office (Word / Excel / PowerPoint), Praat, LaTex, Adobe Acrobat professional

        

    Interests

        

    Foreign language learning, Japanese Calligraphy, Piano, Yoga, Painting, Photography

        

     

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