I graduated from the University of California, Riverside with a Bachelor's in Japanese and also received an Associate's of Arts in English from Crafton Hills College. I help as a substitute teacher and teacher assistant at my local Japanese Language School to help with teaching students of all ages in Japanese. In addition, I have earned a teaching certificate (TEFL). This was a 120-hour course which included a course on teaching English as a foreign language and it's structure. While it was specifically for teaching ESL, the bulk of the course focused on the methodology I would need to work as a language teacher in general. I love to use lots of visuals and colors in my materials! I'm passionate about Japanese and have been practicing Japanese for 9 years now.

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