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Japanese (JLPT), Chinese lesson, Calligraphy and Media Arts

【Japanese course】
The course is designed for people who want to know more about Japanese culture through learning the language. People who want to focus on the JLPT exam (N1-N5) is also welcome.

Teaching material (text/videos) would be provided based on student’s level and learning interests. The weekly topic includes traditional ceremonies (matsuri 祭り), Anime/Manga/Game, travel spotlight, food (washoku 和食), craftsmanship (shokunin 職人), contemporary art and so on.

【Chinese course】
The course is especially for people who want to level up their conversation ability in Mandarin Chinese. You’ll learn the correct pronunciation and grammar nuance through reading text in different topics and listening to dialogue examples.

Additional vocabulary list for natural conversation would be provided for each topic, ranging from politics, economy, society to culture and performing arts. Any specific field of the student’s interests is more than welcome.

For Advanced students, the editorial and broadcasting materials form the prestigious media of Greater China would be provided.

【Calligraphy workshop】
▪ Good for children to practice Chinese characters/Kanji (漢字) and stimulate the creativity.
▪ Great fun for adults to emancipate the inner emotions from writing/drawing.

Different approaches of Chinese calligraphy (書法) and Japanese SHODO (書道) could be selected or mixed both during the learning process.

Extra information

▪ All the course is tailor-made based on the student's need, learning goal and current level.

▪ No language knowledge needed for people who want to try on calligraphy workshop. Totally beginner of Chinese/Japanese learner is particularly welcome :)

Location

Online via webcam
At teacher's location: University Road, Galway, Ireland

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General info

suitcase iconSkills:
Japanese for adults, School
Age:
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
60 minutes
The class is taught in:English, Japanese, Chinese

About Me

Hi :)
I come from Taipei, and lived+worked in Japan(Tokyo, Kyoto) before I reside in Europe and work in UK. Based on my anthropology background, I wrote a bilingual book series【Working Holiday Japan】of 4 books about my Japan experiences, which covers all the cultural events happening in whole year in Japan. That's all my starting point to learn Japanese from beginner to JLPT N1, the highest level for foreigner.

So, I certainly know the difficulties of Japanese grammar, and I know how to conquer those learning obstacles! Thus, I’m enthusiastic about sharing this fascinating landscape with you through teaching Japanese and leaning from your perspective of Japan/Asian cultures!

Since Chinese is my mother tongue and my academic training include sociology and literature, I would love to guide people enter this great treasure of our cultural heritage, not only to grab the language skills, but to understand the ongoing development of inter-asian studies (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan) as well.


I look forward to hearing from you, Cheers!

Education

▪ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degree, Media Arts Cultures
(Denmark, Austria, Poland, Hong Kong)
Thesis: How do digital technologies affect the aesthetics of Japanese calligraphy art and culture

▪ MA, Music for Applied Media (Danube University Krems, Austria)
Thesis: How do the soundtracks increase immersion in computer games?—A case study of《NieR : Automata》

▪ Double Bachelors, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學,台灣)
Chinese Literature and Linguistics
Humanities and Social Sciences (major in Sociology and Anthropology)

Experience / Qualifications

▪ Certificate Japanese-Language Proficiency Test 日本語能力試験N1 (Level N1)
I’m fluently in English, Japanese, French and Mandarin (native).

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Fionn is excellent, she really took note of my prior language knowledge and adapted the lesson plan to the information I had shared with her. Looking forward to more learning!

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