Mineo Suenobu

Background

Suenobu, Mineo was born on March 10, 1941 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Son of Koji and Misao Suenobu.

Education

Bachelor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan, 1964. Master of Arts, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan, 1966.

Career

Teacher, Kobe College, Nishinomiya, Japan, 1965-1966; teacher, Kwansei Gakuin High School, Nishinomiya, Japan, 1966-1969; lecturer, Kobe (Japan) University of Commerce, 1969-1979; associate professor, Kobe (Japan) University of Commerce, 1979-1987; professor, Kobe (Japan) University of Commerce, since 1987; research, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1975-1976. Chairman faculty meeting Kobe (Japan) University of Commerce, 1990-1991, head English department, 1992-1993, chairman entrance examination institution committee, 1993-1994, chairman regional improvement promoting committee, since 1996. Visiting professor Jinan U.China, 1997, U. New England, Armidale, Australia, 1998.

Achievements

• Mineo Suenobu has been listed as a noteworthy applied linguistics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • From Error to Intelligibility: A Study of the Japanese Learner's Perception and Production of English ( KUC Monograph)
  • Communicability within errors (KUC monograph)

Membership

Member Japan Association College English Teachers (Executive Committee review 1985-1993), Japan Association for Study of Teaching English to Children (councilor, review 1980-1991), English Language Education Society (committee member 1983-1991), International Society Applied Psycholinguistics (treasurer), International Association World Englishes. Tenrikyo, Japan Association for Asian English (councilor since 1997), Language Laboratory Association Japan (Executive Committee), International Conference on Foreign Language Edition and Technology (chairman of the executive committee).

Connections

Married Yoko Yamamoto, September 25, 1971. Children: Toshio, Tomoko, Misako, Takeshi.

Father:

Koji Suenobu

Mother:

Misao Suenobu

Spouse:

Yoko Yamamoto

child:

Takeshi Suenobu

child:

Toshio Suenobu

child:

Misako Suenobu

child:

Tomoko Suenobu