Nobuhiro Saito

Second language acquisition (Japanese and Korean), Japanese language education

I analyze the acquisition of Japanese and Korean as second languages using quantitative methods such as statistics and experiments.

Introduction to Japanese Language Education, Japanese Language Teaching Methods, Phonetics

Second Language Acquisition and Japanese Language Education

Ibaraki Prefecture
Soka University Faculty of Letters
Graduated from Nagoya University Graduate School of International Language and Culture (Doctor of Literature)
Lecturer at Changwon National University in Korea (3rd year), Special Lecturer at Nagoya Gakuin University's Special Department for International Students (4th year), Associate Professor at Kyushu University's International Student Center (12th year)

The Japanese Association for Japanese Language Education, The Koide Memorial Japanese Language Education Association, The Linguistic Society of Japan, The Japanese Society for Linguistic Sciences, The Korean Language Education Association, The Japanese Association for Korean Studies

【book】
Co-author of "Chapter 5: Proving causal relationships through regression analysis" in "Empirical research into the acquisition of Japanese as a foreign language" Hitsuji Shobo (2021)
"Learn Japanese with Friends through Characters" Kuroshio Publishing (2019) Co-authored by Aya Sakai et al.
"Chapter 2: Measuring Japanese Language Learners' Ability Through Tests: Measuring Reading Ability" (Japanese Language Education Research and Applications), co-author, Higher Education Publishing (2015)
"1500 Japanese words with accents to speak with the same accent as Japanese people" J&C (2003) co-authored by Nobuhiro Saito and Akira Uchibori

[Paper (peer reviewed)]
Saito, Nobuhiro, Lim, Hyun-jeong, Asao, Yoshihiko, Lee, Jae-ho, and Sugai, Yoshinori (2022) "Comparison of reading comprehension passages from the Korean Language Proficiency Test using kReadability," Journal of Korean Studies 260, pp.1-25.
Saito, Nobuhiro et al. (2021) "Comparison of the old and new reading comprehension tests in the level assessment test for international students," Journal of Basic Education 7, pp. 41-52.
Kojima, H., Saito, N., and Yamato, Y. (2021) “Verification of the acceptability of the Korean particle binding form “에가”” Journal of Korean Studies 257, pp.77-97.
Asao, Yoshihiko, Lim, Hyun-jeong, Lee, Jae-ho, Sugai, Yoshinori, and Saito, Nobuhiro (2021), "Korean Text Assessment System kReadability," Korean Language Education: Theory and Practice, 16, pp. 5-18.
Saito, Nobuhiro and Tamaoka, Katsuo (2020) "Understanding Japanese Kara Clauses that Do Not Express Reasons," Studies in Language Sciences, 19, pp.35-47.
Saito, Nobuhiro, Ogami, Tomoharu, and Yamato, Yuko (2019) "The influence of kanji writing ability on vocabulary ability and kanji reading ability," Journal of Basic Education 5, pp.15-27.
Saito, Nobuhiro and Kojima, Daiki (2018) "Korean learners' proficiency in basic particles," Korean Language Education: Theory and Practice, 13, pp.77-90.
Saito, Nobuhiro, Kim, Miseon, and Kojima, Daiki (2017) "Possibility of answering multiple-choice tests using the presence or absence of final consonants at the end of nouns and hints from particles," Korean Language Education: Theory and Practice, 12, pp.1-16.
Tamaoka, K., Huang, Y., and Saito, N. (2016) "The relationship between the perception and production of Japanese accent and the prediction of listening comprehension," Koide Memorial Journal of Japanese Language Education 50, pp.37-51.
Saito, Nobuhiro and Tamaoka, Katsuo (2014) "Development of a Korean Vocabulary Test Based on Item Response Theory" Journal of Korean Studies 233, pp.27-61.
Komori, Kazuko, Tamaoka, Katsuo, Saito, Nobuhiro, and Miyaoka, Yayoi (2014) "Considerations on the acquisition of Japanese kanji words by Chinese speakers learning Japanese as a second language," Japanese Language Education for Chinese Speakers 5, 1-16.
Katsuo Tamaoka, Nobuhiro Saito, Sachiko Kiyama, Kalinka Timmer, and Rinus Verdonschot (2013) “Is pitch accent nessesary for comprehenshion by native Japanese speaker? An ERP investigation” Journal of Neurolinguistics 27, pp.21-40.
Saito, Nobuhiro, Kikuchi, Fumiko, and Yamada, Akiko (2012) "Verification of the asymmetry between grammar tests and reading comprehension tests for learners of Chinese characters," Journal of Japanese Culture Studies 54, pp.51-63.
Saito, Nobuhiro (2010) "Acquisition of ellipsis function in learning Korean as a second language," Korean Language Studies 4, pp.76-93.
Saito, Nobuhiro (2010) "Acquiring the opportunity use of the conjunction suffix nikka" Korean Language Education: Theory and Practice 5, pp.6-21.
Saito, Nobuhiro (2007) "On the asymmetry of nominative and accusative cases in the acquisition of Korean as an L2," Korean Language Education: Theory and Practice, 2, pp.32-50.

[Paper (not peer reviewed)]
Saito, Nobuhiro (2023) "Haiku classes for international students," Journal of Basic Education 9, pp.83-98.
Saito, Nobuhiro (2021) "A study of errors that arise when predicting conversational ability using multiple-choice tests," Bulletin of the Kyushu University International Student Center, 29, pp.13-19.
Yamato, Y., Tamaoka, K., and Saito, N. (2019) “Development and evaluation of Japanese story-writing assessment criteria based on the Interdisciplinary Corpus of Japanese Language Learners (I-JAS),” Kotoba no Kagaku (Science of Language), 33, pp. 55-74.
Saito, Nobuhiro, Yamato, Yuko, and Ogami, Tomoharu (2019) "Verification of usage questions for measuring vocabulary proficiency," Bulletin of the Kyushu University International Student Center 27, pp.15-27.
Saito, Nobuhiro (2015) "Verification of Korean vocabulary proficiency test using PROX method" Journal of Korean Studies 235, pp.25-42.
Saito, Nobuhiro and Tamaoka, Katsuo (2014) "Causal relationship between vocabulary ability and reading ability in Korean language acquisition," Kotoba no Kagaku (Science of Language) 28, pp.111-124.
Saito, Nobuhiro, Tamaoka, Kazuo, and Mu, Yuxin (2012) "How do Chinese and Korean native speakers understand the conditional sentence 'to'?" Bulletin of the Kyushu University International Student Center 20, pp.1-9.

E-mail : nsaito@soka.ac.jp