Ph.D. in Linguistics (Japanese Linguistics Studies) August 2013
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea
Dissertation title: “Japanese-korean contrastive study of language behavior in the scene of a offer”
Advisor: Professor Mikyung Han

MA in Education (Japanese language education for foreigners) March 2001
Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan

I’m interested in the differences in communication styles between Japanese and Korean people. I am particularly interested in the linguistic behaviors during offers and requests. In the future, I would like to focus on the use of politeness expressions in communication and explore the differences in linguistic behaviors between Japanese and Korean languages. Additionally, I aim to consider methods of language and cultural education that consider the linguistic behavioral cultures of both languages.