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Ota, Katsuhiro Justin 田希羅

CCS Faculty
Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages & Literatures

Moore 355: 956-2053
Fax: 956-9515

AA: Honolulu Community College, 1983
BA: Hawaii Pacific University, Teaching English as a Second Language, 1984
MA: University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Linguistics, 1986
MBA: Chaminade University of Honolulu, 1989
PhD: University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Linguistics, 1999

Professor Ota's research interests include integration of technology in the teaching of East Asian languages, Chinese dialects (especially Taiwanese Hokkien and Cantonese), orthographic issues associated with Chinese characters, and the sociolinguistics of Chinese speaking communities. He also teaches Taiwanese Hokkien classes with Prof. Ying-che Li.

China-Related Courses

  • EALL140 Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture
  • EALL601 Methods of Teaching East Asian Languages
  • CHN 315-316 Spoken Taiwanese Hokkien I & II
  • CHN 415-416 Advanced Taiwanese Hokkien I & II
  • CHN 431-432 Readings in Taiwanese Hokkien
  • CHN 451 Structure of Chinese
  • CHN 633 Chinese Dialects
  • CHN 750B Seminar on Teaching Chinese (with YC Li)
  • CHN 750E Sociolinguistics (with YC Li)

Publications

  • Taiwanese romanization: Language revitalization and the perpetuation of Taiwanese literature. In 台灣 kap 亞洲，漢字文化圈的比較 Vernacular Writing in the Hanji Cultural Sphere, pp.7-1~7-8. Tainan, Taiwan: Kailang (ISBN 978-986-6993-53-4). 2008
  • Mother-tongue education in Hawai‘i, Japan, and Taiwan. In 母語文tī 母語教育中 ê角色Bú-gú bûn-hãk tī bú-gú kàu-iõk-tiong ê kak-sek. [Roles of Local-Language Literature in the Mother-Tongue Education], ed. by Li Khin-hoan, pp.136-163. Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University (ISBN 978-957-752-493-5). 2006
  • A study of the use of sinographs in Taiwanese lyrics. 詩歌kap土地ê對話 Si-koa kap thó•-tē ê tuì-oē [Dialogs between Poems and the Land], ed. by Wi-vun Chiung and Iāu-khiân Png, pp.2.1-2.16. Tainan, Taiwan: Kailang (ISBN 978-986-6993-09-1). 2006
  • Language adaptation and the Hawaiian language as a medium of instruction. Proceedings: International Aboriginal Education Conference 2005. The Center for Aboriginal Languages Cultures Education and National Chengchi University, December 5~9, 2005, pp. 209-229. 2005
  • Problems Associated with the Standardization of Writing of Taiwanese: Importance of Romanization. 2004 International Conference on Taiwanese Romanization: Conference Proceedings, vol. 2, ed. by Taiwanese Romanization Association, pp.24-1~24-7. National Museum of Taiwanese Literature and National Cheng-kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, October 9-10, 2004. 2004