ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS (A)

2010.04～2011.03

(1)PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

• Petchko, K. (2011, March). Predicting reading achievement in the Russian language. Paper presented at the Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences 2011, Osaka, Japan, March 21, 2011.
• Petchko, K. (2011, March). Academic writing as a set of skills: A critique and a proposal. Paper presented at the Symposium on Writing Centers in Japan 2011, Tokyo, March 9, 2011.
• Petchko, K. (2011, March). The role of cognitive, phonological, and linguistic abilities in early reading development in the Russian language. Proceedings of the International Technology, Education and Development Conference 2011, Valencia, Spain, March 7, 2011.
• Petchko, K. (2010, October). Teaching culture in the EFL classroom: In defense of the status quo. Paper presented at the JII Annual Conference 2010, Tokyo, October 17, 2010.

(2)OTHERS

• Panelist. Symposium on Writing Centers in Japan 2011, Tokyo, March 9, 2011.
• Session chair. Psychology and Education. Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences 2011, Osaka, Japan, March 21, 2011.

2009.04～2010.03

(1)PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

• CONFERENCE PAPER: Petchko, K. (2009, May). “Teaching academic writing to international students in Japan: Challenges and solutions.” Paper presented at the First Annual NEAR Language Education Conference, Niigata, May 30, 2009.

(2)OTHERS

• CHAIRED CONFERENCE: Organized and chaired the First GRIPS-TUJ Conference on English-based University Education, Tokyo, February 27, 2010.
  The conference drew together more than 90 participants including university educators, policy-makers, and graduate students from Japan, Korea, and Singapore.

2008.04～2009.03

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

• Petchko, K. (2008). Reading development and dyslexia in Japanese. In O. B. Inshakova (Ed.). Writing and reading disorders: Theoretical and experimental analysis. Moscow: Research Institute of School Technologies. (18 pp.)
• Petchko, K. (2009). Predicting reading achievement in a transparent orthography: Russian children learn to read (Doctoral dissertation, Temple University, 2009). UMI No. 3344384. (333 pp.)

2007.04～2008.03

PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

• Petchko, K., “Does focus-on-form improve vocabulary acquisition from reading?” Paper presented at the Fifth Asia TEFL International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 5, 2007.
• Petchko, K., “Assessing the dimensionality of phonological awareness in the Russian language.” Paper presented at the Tenth Temple University Applied Linguistics Colloquium (co-sponsored by the Japan Association for Language Teaching), Tokyo, Japan, February 10, 2008.
• Petchko, K., “Educational system in Japan: Challenges and best practices.” Keynote address, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Information Sciences, Moscow, Russia, January 17, 2008.
• Petchko, K. and Hamashima, T., “Life-long employment and professional development in Japan.” Paper presented at the Seventh International Scientific Conference on the Use of Information and Educational Technologies to Promote Social Partnerships between Educational Institutions and Businesses (organized by the Ministry of Education of Russia and Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Information Science), Moscow, Russia, February 20, 2008.

2006.04～2007.03

(1)　ACADEMIC PAPERS (individually authored papers)

• Petchko, K., A Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Dyslexia: What Is It, Who Has It, and How Is It Related to Literacy?, research report prepared for the State Institute of Standardization and Control of Biomedical Preparations, Moscow, Russia, 43p. (January, 2006).

(2)　LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS (available from WhalesWeb.com)

• Petchko, K., Basic Business Communication Skills, 114p. (2006).
• Petchko, K., Basic Business Communication Skills: Teacher’s Supplement, 70p. (2006).
• Petchko, K.., Basic Business Writing, 131p. (2006).

(3)　DOCTORAL DISSERTATION UNDER REVIEW

• Petchko, K., “Determinants of Reading Acquisition in a Transparent Orthography,” 249p., College of Education, Temple University, under review.