Atsushi Iida 飯田敦史 is currently a doctoral candidate in the Composition & TESOL program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After taking his BA degree in Literature (English Literature) at Aoyama Gakuin Univeristy, Tokyo in Japan, he has studied TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana PA. He received his MA degree in English (TESOL focus) in 2007 and has pursued his doctoral degree (Composition & TESOL focus) since he finished the MA program.
Atsushi’s research field includes second language writing, creative writing, English haiku, CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), learner autonomy and learner strategies. If you are interested in his academic work, click here to read his journal articles.
Atsushi is now working on his dissertation. His main focus is second language writing. The goal of this study is to examine the contribution of writing English haiku to academic English writing in ESL/EFL contexts. Click here to read his dissertation work.
Atsushi loves teaching. Teaching is his life. He has taught both English and Japanese in different contexts.
Japanese (Instructor)
- The Yamasa Institute, Okazaki-shi, Aichi-ken, JAPAN
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
English (Tutor, Volunteer Instrucor)
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
- Hon-Amanuma Junior High School, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
If you want to know more about him, read his full CV (Atsushi Iida CV).
