Kazuko Thornton

Mailing Address:
1467 Stonegate Lane,
East Lansing, Michigan 48823

Email address: kazukot@msu.edu

MSU degrees: MA in Spanish (1969) and PhD in International and Comparative Education with a cognate in Applied Linguistics (1979)

Dissertation topic: A Survey - Educational Condition of Foreign Children in an American Public School System (To be published in Japan (2003)- "Career Preparation Education at a Comprehensive High School in Michigan" )

Current Position: Retired from East Lansing Public School Administration; Fixed term faculty(Assistant Professor)in the Teacher Preparation Program at MSU; consult with American and Japanese education institutions Areas of special competence: ESL and Foreign Language instruction, Lesson Study planning

Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish