Richard Harrison was granted the title of Professor Emeritus at Kobe University in early 2025. He received his Ba. Hons (1st Class) in Japanese Studies (Japanese linguistics) from Sheffield University in 1988. He has since been teaching Japanese in the UK, Australia and Japan. He received an Master of Education (Technology) from Monash University in 1999, and has been teaching Applied Linguistics specializing in Computer Aided Learning.
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Software Engineering – www.careerexplorer.com/careers/software-engineer/
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Shogun (James Clavell) – www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/shogun-james-clavell
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University of Sheffield – https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/
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Hosei University – www.hosei.ac.jp/
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Machine Translation – www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/machine-translation
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Near Peer Role Model – www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2021/01/18/motivating-your-ielts-students-by-using-near-peer-role-models/
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Dreamweaver – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Dreamweaver
CU-SeeMe – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CU-SeeMe
Monash University – www.monash.edu/
Jim Breen – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Breen
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Simul Academy – www.simulacademy.com/
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Trevor Raichura – www.buzzsprout.com/2042278/episodes/12766642-23-trevor-raichura
John Rucynski – www.buzzsprout.com/2042278/episodes/13347339-26-john-rucynski
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Mini – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Cooper
Hokkaido – www.visit-hokkaido.jp/en/
Episode #42 with Richard Harrison can be found HERE.