- Hitomi Masuhara is Visiting Fellow at Carnegie Faculty in Leeds Metropolitan University and a freelance educational and research consultant. She is a founding member and Secretary of the International Materials Development Association (MATSDA). She has taught at secondary and tertiary level in Japan, Singapore, England and in Oman. She has also run Materials Development Workshops, often for the Ministry of Education, in countries such as Argentina, Botswana, Bulgaria, China, Mauritius, Mexico, the Seychelles, South Africa and in Vietnam.
- Her co-edited book has just come out in December, 2010:Research for
- Materials Development: Evidence for Best Practice.
- Coninuum.
- She has also published journal articles (e.g. ELTJ, MET, Simulationand Gaming), book chapters (e.g. Materials Development in Language Teaching, CUP; Developing Materials for Language Teaching, Continuum; English Language Learning Materials - A Critical Review, Continuum; Language Acquisition and Development: Studies of Learners of First and Other Languages, Continuum), books (e.g. Developing Language Course Materials, RELC) and 8 coursebooks (Japan, China, Singapore, Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan African countries).
- “One of my favourite quotes by an English actor Jack Bowman says, ‘All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity’. Teaching is performance. If our students get totally engaged, motivated and show remarkable progress, it probably means there was something valid in our teaching. I’ve been exploring what this philosophical validity could mean through my research into the role of the brain in language acquisition, materials development and teacher development. My teaching and publications are often inspired by dancing, yoga, and appreciating art.”
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