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Stephen Shrader

Stephen Shrader

He has written books on intercultural communication, the textbook Our Japan, Our World, and most recently his first book in Japanese on how AI relates to the field of intercultural communication (and also language and translation). His MA (TESOL) is from the School for International Training. He is a tenured Associate Professor in the English Education Center at Notre Dame Seishin University in Okayama, and previously taught at Kansai Gaidai in Osaka. In addition to serving as the Program Developer for the Language Institute of Japan, he has experience at all levels of education in Japan. Early in his career, he taught briefly as an intern in Morocco and worked as a Japanese teacher for Concordia Language Villages.

Books by Stephen Shrader

Stephen Shrader

Little Things We Forgot We Learned

Readings on culture and intercultural communication for English students in Japan

Little Things We Forgot We Learned — Readings on culture and intercultural communication for English students in Japan cover

Little Things We Forgot We Learned

Readings on culture and intercultural communication for English students in Japan

Little Things We Forgot We Learned — Readings on culture and intercultural communication for English students in Japan

Little Things We Forgot We Learned introduces students to key concepts from intercultural communication. Designed as a “bridge” text between high level language textbooks and “real” undergraduate reading. Appropriate for study abroad preparation and for people who work with English. Care was taken to make it accessible for students with no experience living outside Japan.

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Our Japan, Our World

An Intercultural Journey

Our Japan, Our World — An Intercultural Journey cover

Our Japan, Our World

An Intercultural Journey

Our Japan, Our World — An Intercultural Journey

Our Japan, Our World: An Intercultural Journey provides engaging topics for a content-based course focused on culture. The text includes 48 topics: 16 on the world outside Japan, 16 on Japan itself, and 16 on intercultural communication. Each unit has pre and post discussion questions, comprehension and vocabulary questions. Teachers manul available on request.

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