Featured World Languages Instructors Ana Maria Espinel Ana Maria is from Ecuador and has extensive experience in second language acquisition. She uses a variety of teaching techniques to enhance second language learning. Armindo Fontana Armindo is from Sao Paulo. He holds a bachelor degree in communications and linguistics. He has been teaching Portuguese over ten years both privately and in schools and colleges. He makes his classes informative and fun. Lucie Hassaine Lucie is a native of France, she teaches elementary school students and adults. She introduces Canadian content into her classes. Julie Kim Julie holds a teacher certification from Ewha University in Seoul, Korea. She has been teaching Korean as a second language for several years. Yoko Maruyama Yoko is from Japan and holds a bachelor degree from a Tokyo university. Yoko has several years of teaching Japanese as a second language.
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Megumi Oba Megumi is originally from Tokyo, has a diploma in English from Cambridge University and has taught Japanese as a second language for many years.
Pontip Pl aczek Pontip is from Thailand and has a degree from Thammasat University in Bangkok. She has been teaching Thai to Westerners for over 30 years both in Thailand and Canada. Pontip had published a Thai language text books and audio CDs that she uses in class. Angelica Rost-Komiya Angelica is from Germany and holds a degree in Applied Languages and History from the University of Cologne and a BEd from UBC. She has several years of experience teaching German and French as a second language to children and adults. Domenico Sorace Domenico is from Italy and holds a degree from the University of Messina, Italy. Domenico has been teaching in the school system and also has many years in teaching the Italian language to adults.
Yuko Takemoto Yuko comes from Japan. She holds a Japanese Instructor Certificate in Second Language Acquisition and several years experience teaching Japanese as a second language Betty Tsung Lan Tu Betty, holds a PhD in Philosophy and Chinese from the University of Hong Kong. She has several years of experience in teaching Cantonese as a second language to adults. Nam Ok Yoo Nam, BA, MA, PhD, has a doctoral degree in Korean Language & Literature from Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul. She is Experienced in developing teachers’ resources for Korean as a second language education in BC.