Hi, everyone！

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I'm Shoko Miyata.

I have been involved in various types of Japanese language education to various types of learners, from elementary school students to graduate students and business people, in Japan and abroad for many years.

I had a chance to look back on my life as a Japanese language teacher, and I realized once again that the driving force for me is to see the progress of each student in front of me, to see them happy to be able to do what they could not do before.

(I'm sure many Japanese teachers feel the same way.)

I am grateful that I have been able to continue this kind of work for so many years, and I have come to realize that I would like to be of some use to local children in the next stage of my life. Around 2018, while teaching Japanese at a university, I started teaching Japanese in the community with a group of friends who share my passion.

The year 2020 has been an eventful one for me.

Due to the new coronavirus, all of my university teachings went online, and I spent a lot of time implementing new teaching formats and learning the skills to run them effectively.

I also had to take a break from teaching Japanese to children.

But a pinch is an opportunity.

Because of this, I will be able to teach MARBLE Japanese online in the future.

If you join MARBLE and learn Japanese with us, I am sure you too can improve greatly, and nothing would be more gratifying than seeing your improvement.

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Teaching experience 

・Taught Japanese to elementary and junior high school students in Nerima Ward

・Taught Japanese to students at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India.

・Taught Japanese to international students at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, etc.

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・Taught "Japanese Language Teaching Method" at Japanese Language Center for International Students in Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Sagami Women's University, Kyoritsu Women's University, Tamagawa University, etc.

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Community activities

  2018-

・Development of a "Language Program" for Japanese children at a developmental support class for children

・Developed and implemented a language support program for children with disabilities at Diana (http://www.five-nine.jp/dayservice.html), an after-school daycare service

・Opened the Japanese Language service MARBLE for local children and foreign people in Koto ward, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Publications

・『日本語作文1,2』（"Japanese Composition 1, 2）専門教育出版

・『話してみよう　身近な日本』（Let's talk, familiar Japanese） 朝日出版

・『新完全マスター　日本語能力試験N3, N4』（New Complete Master Reading Comprehension

　　Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3, N4）スリーエーネットワーク etc.

Online teaching material development:

・Purdue University Online Japanese Course Grammar Lecture Videos