JETAA-sphere Ep 15: Takaaki Hiratsuka on his new book about ALTs in the JET Program
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**In Episode 15 of the JETAA-sphere podcast, we interview Professor Takaaki Hiratsuka, author of the new book Narrative inquiry into language teacher identity: ALTs in the JET program.
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**Co-hosts: Steven Horowitz (Aichi, 1992-94) & Mark Frey (Kumamoto, 2002-2006)
**About Prof. Takaaki Hiratsuka:
List of Prof. Hiratsuka’s writings and presentations
Bio: Takaaki Hiratsuka is an associate professor in the Department of Global Studies at Ryukoku University, in Kyoto where he teaches a range of applied linguistics courses and supervises master’s and PhD students in related fields of language teacher education and narrative inquiry. He has a PhD in Language Teaching and Learning from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. And an avid futsal player.
**Other JET Alumni or Friends of JET mentioned in this episode:
- Bruce Feiler (Tochigi-ken, 1988-89), author of numerous best-sellers including Learning to Bow
- David L. McConnell, author of Importing Diversity: Inside Japan’s JET Program
- Earth Bennett (Aomori-ken, 2000-03), author of the JET cartoon strip series Every Situation Is Different
- David Namisato (Aomori-ken-2002-04), author of the cartoon book Life After the B.O.E.
- Khalid Birdsong (Osaka-fu, Shimamoto-cho, 2003-05), author of the cartoon series Fried Chicken & Sushi
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