Hello! My name is Kazunori Nozawa. Please call me Kaz or Kazunori if you like. I'm currently Professor of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) at College of Information Science and Engineering as well as Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science, and the CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) Facilitator, of Ritsumeikan University, Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC). I was a visiting scholar (August 2001 - March 2002) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. I joined Ritsumeikan University in April 1998 after resigning the position at Toyohashi University of Technology at the end of March 1998. At BKC which consists of four colleges (College of Economics, College of Business Administration, College of Science and Engineering, College of Information Science and Engineering), the total number of enrolled students is about 15,000. I have officially moved to the CISE in April, 2004 and have taught EFL classes focusing on ESP (English for Specific Purposes)/EAP (English for Academic Purposes). I was the Chair of Basic Education Programs at CISE (2004-05) and was also the Head of the BKC English Programs (2005). In addition, I was the coordinator for Rits Intercultural Understanding Programs such as Illinois College (2005-06) in the U.S. and Victoria University of Wellington (2006-07) in New Zealand. I was the coordinator for CISE Overseas Programs (English and IT) at The University of Washington (2006-08) and Queensland University of Technology (2007-08 & 2011). I was on my research leave at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia for September 26, 2010-September 25, 2011.
Since the 1998-99 academic year I mainly have been teaching CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) classes using CALL Labs. The Windows computers and software such as OS were replaced with new ones in March 2002, 2006 and 2010. I was the chief coordinator for the CALL program for two faculties (Economics and Business Administration) which has been an essential part of the integrated English program since 1998 at Rits BKC as well as the web administrator of the BKC Language Education Center (LEC). In Arpil 2004 I moved to College of Information Science and Engineering to teach ESP (English for Specific Purposes)/EAP (Egnlish for Academic Purposes) while teaching Studies in Language Education and Information Science IV (2003- ), Intercultural Communication II (2005- ) and M2 Research Seminar(2004- ) at the Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science.
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Prof. Kazunori Nozawa Ritsumeikan UniversityCollege of Information Science and Engineering
1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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