Katsumi NAGAI

Reader in general education,
Tsuyama National College of Technology

624-1 Numa Tsuyama Okayama, 708-8509 JAPAN
Phone : +81-(0)868-24-8188(direct) / 8200(switchboard)
Fax: +81-(0)868-24-8188(direct) / 8219(general affairs section)
E-mail: kats@tsuyama-ct.ac.jp
(My personal E-mailbox nagaikatsumi@hotmail.com
is accessible from outside our college....)

Please drop in if you are in the area! Nagai lab is on the first floor of Administrative Building at Tsuyama College of Technology.

Education

Osaka University, Japan: Ph.D. 1999
University of Edinburgh, Scotland: M.Sc. 1996
Osaka University, Japan: M.A. 1995

Employment History

2000- : Reader, Tsuyama National College of Technology, Japan.
1998- : (Part-time) Lecturer, Kansai University of Foreign Studies.
1997-1998 : (Part-time) Lecturer, International Student Center, Osaka University.
1987-2000 : Teacher of English, Prefectural Senior High Schools, Osaka.

Recent Writings (Web versions only)

Nagai Katsumi (joint work, Ikuo Koike ed.). 2001. Dictionary of Applied Linguistics. Tokyo: Kenkyusha.
Ishigaki E., Saito A., and Nagai K. 1999. 'Teaching Pronunciation of Japanese by the Verbo-Tonal method. (Japanese)' Proceedings of the First Conference on Teaching Method of Pronunciation of Japanese. Kyoto: Doshisha Women's University.
Nagai Katsumi. 1999. 'Various Rhythm Patterns and the Tempos.' Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Cognitive Science. Tokyo: Japanese Cognitive Science Society.
Nagai Katsumi. 1999. 'Reaction time measurement with multitasking operating systems (Japanese)'. Speech and Communication 3:86-87. Tokyo: Eicho-sha.
Nagai Katsumi. 1998. 'Compensatory Lengthening by Learners of Japanese'. Japanese-Language Education around the Globe. 8:87-97. Tokyo: The Japan Foundation.
Nagai Katsumi. 1998. 'Mora timing by British Learners of Japanese.' (Allan James ed.) Newsounds97. 240-248. Klagenfurt: Klagenfurt University Press.
Nagai Katsumi. 1998. 'Pitch Descending by British Learners of Japanese.' 33:71-80. Bulletin of the Society for the Study of English Education in Osaka.
Nagai Katsumi. 1997. 'A concept of 'critical period' for language acquisition.' Osaka: Bulletin of the Society for the Study of English Education in Osaka. 32:39-56.
Nagai Katsumi. 1996. 'A Study of Rhythm Perception Model.' Language and Culture. 5:189-201. Osaka: Osaka University.