About His Occupational Profile:

While working as an appointed lecturer in the education department of a large corporation (Kintetsu Corp.) for 20 years, Alex also found time to manage language schools in Osaka and became an FM Radio host and narrator for children’s English programs featured on the airwaves across Japan. In 1997, he was appointed at a university in New Zealand as a business lecturer where he enjoyed teaching business and comparative culture and volunteering to teach karate to children (he holds a 5th-degree black belt) in his free time. Returning to Japan in 1999, Alex served as a lecturer of distance learning course of the Leeds University in UK, an associate university professor of English and Business Communication and an external examiner at Chichester University in the UK until 2011. In 2003 he was chosen by MEXT to be a special English instructor for teachers in elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools. Currently he is a full-time professor at Tokiwakai Gakuen University (Osaka), and an appointed lecturer at Doshisha University (Kyoto), an invited lecturer at Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts (Kyoto), Kansai University (Osaka), and Kinki University (Osaka).

Alex’s other activities include an international narrator in NHK WORLD(r), FM OH!(Osaka) air-navigator
judging All Japan University and High School English Speech Contests, screening candidates at Radio DJ auditions, and writing columns in an English newspaper.

….quoted from an introduction of the ALT training book

1) International Media Appearances

: FM Osaka　2015-2019

https://www.fmosaka.net/
FM OH! COOL STRUTTIN’
FM OSAKA Wikiwand
Acted as an MC for the 'Stylish Jazz Night' live event at Honmachi Garden City in Osaka.
The event is recorded live for the FM Osaka program 'Cool Struttin' in collaboration with Stylish Jazz Night.
Alex is charge of an air-navigator for this program.

: NHK WORLD (r)

(voice-translation・narration) 2009-
*Introduction of Japanese cultures to the Global media
*Audio ： Preview!

: Nintendo(r):”wii”

(TV game Narration) 2009-
*Audio ： Preview!

: SHARP(r) : “Healsio”

(TV commercial narration for a microwave oven in UK )2008-

: Kawasaki Plant System(r):

(Commercial narration for a new product in USA) 2008-

: UNOMATIC(r) :

(Commercial narration for a new product in USA) 2009-

: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.:

(Commercial narration for a new product in USA, UK) 2009-

: Noritake Co. Ltd.:

(Commercial narration for a new product in UK) 2009-

: Ryukyu Power Electric Co. Ltd.:

(Commercial narration for a new product in USA )2009-

: HUIS TEN BOSCH Co. Ltd.:

(International Fire Festival: Narration) 2009-

: TOEIC(r):

Test of English for International Communication (narration) 2009-

: Osaka Cable Radio(r) :

Kids’ English Program (narration・air-navigator) 1999-

: Sky Perfect TV(r):

Introduction of Japanese Culture (shops in Kansai) 1999-

: Nippon Television Network Corporation(r)

(Enta No Kamisama) 2008-=God of Entertainment= *English narration

: PREX (r)

(Pacific Resource Exchange Center) International Business Exchange Project: Web-Site Main Narrator 2011-

: Obunsha(r)

(STEP(r): Interview Test 1st and Pre-1st: DVD video appearance) 2011-

2) Academic Teaching Backgrounds

+20 years’ teaching Business Communication in the education dept. of Miyako Hotel Osaka
+3 years’ lecturing Career Development Planning in a university in NZ (1999)
+1 year lecturing International Business Studies in Leeds University in UK (2000)
+3 years’ lecturing as an external examiner in the University of Chichester in UK (2010)
+12 years’ lecturing Career Designing and Practice in University Job Hunting Forums (present)
+12 years’ teaching languages, international business in universities in Japan (present)

3) Selected Publications

a) English Shadowing Textbook(2005)(co writer)
b) Translation Practice(2005)(co writer)
c) Asahi Weekly(r) (English Newspaper): Let’s Cross Culture! -columnist- (2006)
d) Let’s Cross Culture!(2007)(solo)
e) Let’s Cross Culture! 2nd Edition(2009)(solo)
f) Genius (Japanese-English Dictionary)(2009)(co writer)
g) TOEIC(r) CD-Rom (No.1 ranking on the Amazon) (2009)(co writer)
h) Business English (Study through Shadowing Method)(2011) (co writer)
*Academic Papers and presentation: https://alexmhayashi.com/
i) To Learn How to Teach English (2015)j)Let’s Cross Culture!(2016)(solo)the 4th Edition

4) Special Assets

FM Radio Air Navigator/Dj/Personality (1997-present)
Speech Presentation Expert(2000-present) :vocal coach/speech coach/presentation coach
Pioneered New Teaching Methods （2008-present)
: Internet English (a new style of a university English lecture class)
(A brand-new style of English lecture combined with English and a computer)
: Segmental Bodies of a Lesson for an Effective University English Lecture
(Partitionment of a class designed for English communication studies’ programs)
**Presented in an association (JACET)(2003)
: Shadowing Method for English Conversation Lessons (2001-present)
(Synchronized speech practice to be more close to a level of native speakers’ speech)

5) Academic Societies

+Japan Business Communication Association (JBCA)(1999-present)
Kansai Chapter President: (2011-2016)
+Communication Association of Japan (CAJ) (2003-present)：
Kansai Chapter President:(2008-2010)
+Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)(2002-present)