| Name: | Dr Sato Van Aacken |
| Position: | Senior Lecturer |
| Organisation: | University of New England |
| Department/Division: | Languages, Cultures & Linguistics |
| Primary Areas: | Education |
| Foreign language & culture |
| Expertise: | second language acquisition, Japanese language, Japanese orthography, computer assisted language learning (CALL), second culture learning, kanji characters, second language learning strategies, Japanese pedagogy |
| Organisation type: | Academic |
| Website: | www.une.edu.au |
| Notes: | Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA); Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA); Association of Teaching Japanese (ATJ) |
| Will do interviews except for: | Radio (pre-recorded),Radio (live),TV (pre-recorded),TV (live) |
| Expert's direct contacts: | |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3028 |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3735 |
| This expert is available for: | Conference presentation opportunities |
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Media Contact:
(Note: For journalists only) | |
| Contact: | Leon Braun |
| Phone: | (02) 6773 3949 |
| Fax: | (02) 6773 3351 |
| Postal: | The University of New England
Armidale 2351 |
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| Publications: |  A Gift of Japanese Culture - Open Sesame; What motivates L2 learners in acquisition of kanji using CALL: a case study; Innovative multimedia: Japanese - Daily conversation for beginners; The efficacy of CALL in kanji learning
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