TAKITA Fuyuko

Associate Professor

  • PhD (International Studies)Hiroshima City University
  • ftakita[a]hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Major Professional Backgrounds

  • Department of Health in State of Hawaii, the U.S.A. Social Worker (2002—2004)
  • Wayland Baptist University, State of Hawaii, the U.S.A., Lecturer (2004-2005)
  • University of Economics of Hiroshima, Guest Lecturer-International Management Course (2009-2011)
  • Hiroshima University, Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research Center, Associate Professor (2011-2021)
  • Hiroshima University, Morito Institute of Global Higher Education, Associate Professor (2021-present)
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, International Educational Development Program (IEDP), Associate Professor (2024-present)

Please refer to the following link for more research achievements.  Fuyuko Takita (hiroshima-u.ac.jp)

Research Areas and Themes

My main research interests include Intercultural Understanding, Intercultural Communication Studies, Cross-Cultural Negotiation Studies, Sociolinguistics, International Education, and English Language Education as a Lingua Franca. My past research analyzes participants from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds who have specific cultural assumptions, perceptions, expectations and practices with varying proficiency levels in the primary languages of English and Japanese for communication. My research aims to explore the experiences of interactants from diverse cultural backgrounds with respect to their perceptions, construction of their cultural identities, and demonstration of their intercultural competence. One of my main research goals is to explore how effective factors such as intercultural sensitivity, empathy, open-mindedness, and non-judgmental attitudes can help reduce the power asymmetry among multicultural communicators in the global world.

 

Below are examples of some books (including textbooks), articles, and papers I have published in the last ten years:

  • International Students’ Perceptions towards Their Learning Experience in an International Network Seminar in Japan: During and Post the COVID-19 Pandemic, MDPI Sustainability: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Education: Lesson Learned, Future Development and Change, 15(11), 2023 (Impact Factor 3.9)
  • Constructing Cultural Identity: Intercultural Adaptation and Transformation Demonstrated by Integrated Global Studies (IGS) Students at Hiroshima University, Journal of Morito Institute of Global Higher Education No.4, No.4(17), 39-56, 2022.
  • Asymmetries in the Distribution of Power in the Multicultural Workplace: Reducing the Imbalance with Intercultural Competence, Publisher Keisuisha, 2020.
  • “Effective Writing for Global Communication,” (Textbook) Kazumizhi Enokida, Fuyuko Takita, Walter Davies, Publisher Eihosha, 2020.
  • Intercultural Sensitivity and its Impact on Ethnocentric Attitudes in Intercultural Communication, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, No.23, 193-200, 2020.
  • Incorporating the TOEIC Speaking and Writing Test into Regular First-year English Writing Classes, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, No.23, 137-148, 2020.
  • A Pilot Implementation of the Hiroshima University English Can-Do List, ARERE Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan, Volume 30, 287-302, 2019.
  • Exploring Intercultural Competence at Meetings in a Multicultural Workplace in Japan, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, No.22, 121-131, 2019.
  • Interactional Dominance in International Baccalaureate and University Classroom Discourse: An Intercultural Perspective, Hiroshima Studies in Language and Language Education, No.20, 95-114, 2017.
  • 『Global Issues Towards Peace』(Textbook)，Publisher Nauundo，Keiso Tatsukawa, Walter Davis， Kenji Tagashira， Goro Yamamoto，Fuyuko Takita， 2014. (10th Edition)

 

Message to Prospective Students

I welcome students interested in examining issues that arise within language and culture and conducting research in Cross-Cultural Negotiation Studies, Intercultural Communicative Competence, Intercultural Communication Strategies, and International Education, including English or Japanese language education.

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