KOBAYASHI ToshihikoMajor in Entrepreneurship ProfessorContact: toshi84123 ![]() |
KOBAYASHI Toshihiko is a professor in applied linguistics and English teaching at Otaru
University of Commerce, Graduate School of Commerce (OBS: Otaru Business School)
in Hokkaido, Japan. He received a master’s degree in ESL and four certificates in conference
interpretation (Japanese – English & English – Japanese / consecutive & simultaneous) from
the University of Hawai’i at Manoa in 1992. He has been long involved in English
teacher education & re-training and materials development, publishing over 100 articles
and books on SLA, applied linguistics, English learning & teaching and discourse
analysis including Introduction to Colloquial English Grammar: 2nd Revised
Edition (Screenplay, 2017), Native and Nonnative Reactions to ESL Compositions
(TESOL Quarterly, vol.26, No.1, Spring 1992) and The Benefits of the CEG
Typology Framework for Learners, Teachers, Researchers and Textbook Writers (ATEM
Journal, vol.19, March 2014). He currently represents the ATEM Hokkaido Chapter and
the Otaru University of Commerce Teaching Alumni Group.