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- Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt
- Lecturer in Japanese
- Japanese StudiesThe University of Edinburgh
- 7, Buccleuch Place
- Room B2
- Edinburgh
- EH8 9LW
- Work: +44 (0)131 650 4228
- Fax: +44 (0)131 651 1258
- Email:
- Y.M.Sturt@ed.ac.uk
Biography
Yoko Sturt (Matsumoto) took up a position as lecturer in Japanese Studies in 2004.
After my first degree in Phonetics and Linguistics at University College London, I studied at the University of Edinburgh, where I took my MSc (1994) and PhD (2003) degrees in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics.
During my postgraduate degrees, I was engaged in research and teaching in Japanese Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and I also had various professional experiences in the translation industry as an in-house interpreter/translator for the BBC (broadcasting translation) and the automobile industry (technical translation).
After my PhD, I was engaged in various funded research projects including a residence at Rikkyo University and Waseda University, Tokyo, as a Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Education fellow (2006). I am currently working on topics related to Japanese Orthography in digital contexts, Applied Japanese linguistics, and Japanese pedagogy including Second language translation.
Memberships
- AILA Research Network: Media Linguistics
- Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe (AJE)
- The British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ)
- European Society for Translation Studies (EST)
- Film in Language Teaching Association (FILTA)
- The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign language (日本語教育学会)
Roles and Contributions
Research Activity
Teaching
This article was published on Aug 24, 2012