"ESL:

- Certified in TEFL/TESOL with 4 years of classroom experience in Japan, ages 5-15 and adult students

- Currently an online business English conversation tutor

Japanese:

- Intensive study of Japanese for over 8 years

- Completion of N3 and N2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

- College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) tutoring certification level 1 with 25 volunteer tutoring hours in Japanese and in-class training

- I have studied different speaking and listening patterns, and how to adapt my teaching style to individual students

Academic Writing:

- Two years of experience as a teaching assistant in general world literature and humanities courses with a BA in Comparative Literature

- Helping students improve their literary analysis and general writing skills along with test preparation skills

Other skills I enjoy:

- Traditional Japanese dance (nihonbuyo): 3 years of training in Japan. How to use a folding fan, tenugui, umbrella, other cool props while dancing

- Japanese flower arranging (ikebana): 4 years of arranging flowers in Ohara style.

- Piano: completion of the Utah Music Teacher's Association (UMTA) Achievement in Music (AIM) up to level 10. My strengths lie in playing classical music, music theory, and sight reading.

- My other hobbies include creative writing, translating, listening to foreign music, studying German and Norwegian, and gardening." less...