Kazuma Hatano

Foreign language/second language education

Language is inseparable from society and the economy, and therefore how we deal with language is a very important issue. As globalization accelerates, I am examining how we should deal with language (including foreign languages) from both the perspectives of language education policy and in the field of education.

Language education policy, Globalization and language, Soka educational philosophy and language education

Study Skills in Global Business I & II, Global Business Communication I & II, Business English for Professionals, Global Program (GP) Workshop I & II

2005 Cognitive Psychology (Master's degree) University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2006 TESOL (Master's degree) University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2013 Foreign and Second Language Education (PhD) University at Buffalo, State University of New York

2011-2013 Lecturer, Tokyo Faculty of Science and Engineering
2013-2014 Adjunct Faculty University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2015-2016 Adjunct Faculty at the World Language Center, Faculty of Business Administration, Soka University
2016-2017 Full-time Lecturer Faculty of Business Administration Soka University
2017-2024 Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration Soka University
2025-Present Professor, Faculty of Business Administration Soka University

Japan Association for University English Education (JACET)

Hatano, Kazuma (2015) Educational reform and linguistic disadvantaged: Common Core (National Common Academic Standards) and the current state of American education reform. Sugihara, Toshiko and Hara, Takayuki (eds.), Language and Inequality, Akashi Shoten
Hatano, K. (2013). Makiguchian perspectives in language policy and planning. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, (12), 1. pp. 50-60.
Hatano, K. (2012). Daisaku Ikeda's educational philosophy in the context of English education policy in Japan. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, (9), 1-2. pp. 118-131.
Hatano, K. (2011). Observation of gesture use in ESL classroom. Bulletin of Tokyo Denki University, arts and sciences, 9. pp. 129-137.
Hatano, K. (2009). Voice in EFL education in a Japanese context: Makiguchi's perspectives in the concept of “voice.” Educational Studies, (45), 2, pp. 165-180.

I hope to be of some help to you so that you can play an active role as the bearers of the "new great cultural construction." Let's think together, work hard together, and run through it.