Dr. Miki Loschky
Teaching Assistant Professor of Japanese
Contact Information & Office 
Email: mikil@ksu.edu
Office: Eisenhower 216A
Research & Teaching Interests
The role of questioning in creating situation models while reading in L2; Language processing with an emphasis of how learners make use of cognitive connections to comprehend and produce utterances in their L2; cognitive benefits of bilingualism and its sociolinguistic implications (e.g., language identity); the effect of visual information on deep learning through narrative descriptions of visual arts.
Education
PhD, Curriculum & Instruction, Kansas State University, 2014
MA, Second Language Studies, The University of Hawaii, 1989
BA, Cultural Anthropology, Stephens College, 1981
Recently Offered Courses
100-level Courses: Intro to Japanese ( I & II), 2019-2020; these courses are designed to develop all four language skills (e.g., listening, speaking, reading, and writing). The class activities include communications tasks to provide meaningful contexts to learn basic Japanese language structures, while also practicing everyday conversational phrases in authentic situations.
Publications
Leung, G.A., & Loschky, M. (Eds.) (2020). When creole and Spanish collide: Language and cultural contact in the Caribbean. Leiden: Brill
Loschky, M. O. (Under Review). The Role of Prior Knowledge in Creating Situation Models during Second Language Reading Comprehension: How Can Teachers Engage Second Language Students in Global Processing? Reading Matrix
Loschky, M. O. & Shimizu, T. (2015). From schema-based information to situation models: How can we bridge theories of comprehension and practice? Studies in Languages and Cultures, 35. 113-122. Fukuoka, Japan: Faculty of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University.
Loschky, M. O. (1994). WH-question and Sentence-completion Routines in a 4-Year-Old’s Language Socialization, Kinjyo Gakuin University, British and American Literature Edition 35, 349-372. Nagoya, Japan: Kinjyo University
