Acknowledgments
The original website “The Japanese Book Review” was started in 2015 with the support of the Five Colleges Innovative Language Teaching grant and Smith College Educational Technology Services as a part of the Five College Extensive Reading (ER) course curriculum. In 2017, the website separated from the Five College ER course and has been renewed with Tadoku books by learners aiming to serve all Japanese learners who are interested in reading Japanese books for study as well as for pleasure.
In Spring 2022, a team comprising a Japanese instructor, Smith students studying Japanese, and an information technology specialist collaborated and redesigned the website. The new design reflected Design Thinking and User Experience Design Theories to improve usability, findability, and accessibility for users and enhance a sense of connection and belonging among users and authors as a community of Japanese learners. We hope that the new website will help your journey of Tadoku practice with fun and ease.
As always, we are so grateful and honored to have readers like you! Happy reading 🙂
Project Partners
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- Atsuko Takahashi, Senior Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Greta Morgenstern, Class of 2023, major in English Language and Literature
- Quinn Audouin, Class of 2022, major in Japanese, East Asian Languages and Cultures and minor in Arts and Technology
- Ravin Wang, Class of 2023, major in Psychology for the Smith squirrel illustration
- Travis Grandy, Associate Director, Learning, Research & Technology, Information Technology Services, Smith College
- Joe Bacal and Mario Valdebenito, Former Applications Administrators, Educational Technology Services, Smith College
Please contact at tadoku@smith.edu for any questions and comments about the website.
