Miho at Monash
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007皆様、こんにちは。Hi everyone!
My name is Miho 「美帆」, and I live and teach Japanese in Australia, Melbourne. I am also currently studying at renown Monash University.
Since JapanesePod101.com began, I have been keeping track of its progess, as I see it as such a fun and interesting way of learning Japanese. I find the pedagogy of the program interesting, and as a teacher of Japanese, I would like to blog about “Japanese teaching”. It sounds quite broad, doesn’t it? I will basically talk about useful tips for both learners and teachers of Japanese over the next 10 weeks. My advice and tips will probably focus on students with an English Speaking background since I am in Australia, but you are always welcome to comment about other language backgrounds!
This week I would just like to take the opportunity to introduce myself.
I graduated from Ibaraki University (Japan), and majored in Music education. I took two years off from my studies and spend one year in Thailand to study traditional Thai music and dancing. Then, I spent another year in Melbourne working as a Japanese language assistant teacher at a secondary school.
These experiences led me to become interested in teaching Japanese as a second/foreign language, and I wanted to study more about teaching Japanese. I came back to Melbourne after I graduated Ibaraki University and worked as an assistant teacher again for another two years. In 2004, I earned a Masters of Applied Japanese Linguistics at Monash University in Australia. In 2007, I returned to Monash University and am studying to become a Japanese teacher.
I look forward to sharing my advice and ideas with you!
Posted by Miho Okano in Teaching Japanese |
June 6th, 2007 at 12:32 am
美帆さん、great to have you blogging with us!! We’ve been expecting you! Can’t wait for your first post! Any hints?
よろしくお願いします！
June 6th, 2007 at 12:46 am
hello Miho!
looking forward to reading your blog. あなたのブログを読むに楽しみ。(that right? ^^
June 6th, 2007 at 8:15 am
>Peterさん
No worries! I am exited to be part of Japanese Pod 101!
>マーヴィンさん
コメントありがとう♪
来週も、マーヴィンさんのコメントを読むのを楽しみにしています。(^^)
June 6th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Mihoさん
“No worries” - you’re sounding very Australian!!
メルボルンわ寒くなるね。(in Melbourne it’s becoming cold, huh?)
June 7th, 2007 at 12:24 am
Tonyさん
haha… I have been here too long :p
そうですね・・・メルボルンは、だんだん寒くなってきました。
明日はもっと寒くなりそうです・・・。
June 7th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Mihoさん、さすが先生ですね。I really liked the tecnique you used to correct Marvin. Correcting someone using the correct version of what they intended masked in a response is an excellent technique that encourages further usage! お上手ですね！
June 21st, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Hi! I’m currentlly in Canberra just finished my exchange program at ANU.
I wish to be a Japanese teacher here in Australia after finishing my degree in Japan. (I will graduate next march) And I have no idea what to do to next.
Of course I’m planning to come back here, but I wanna be like you and am hoping to hear from you about how to be a Japananese teacher and what kind of qualification I need.
Sorry for asking many questions, but I just really want to find out the way before I go back to Japan. (I’m going back in September)
Sincerelly,
Tomomi Wakiya
June 21st, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Hi Tomomi san!
Regarding your question, it is depend on the level of students you want to teach, and also depends on the state. Since you are studying at ANU, I think you can go to Education faculty and ask a teacher there. I know Asian studies at ANU is quite big so you should be able to find someone who can help you better than me.
Anyway, here is the case in Victoria.
If you want to teach from Primary - Secondary, you need to undertake Graduate Diploma of Education (one/two year course, depends on the university). This course will cover all the Government’s requirement to be a qualified teacher.
If you want to teach at tertially level, the most important thing is a teaching experience. Some institute might require you to have a certain degree. But again it depends on an institute.
Good luck and all the best.
Miho
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:20 am
Hi 美帆先生、マクシーワワです。
ええ。。。この名前を日本語で使うのは初めてなんです。。。
出身はシドニーです。上海に住んで、私も先生です。英語の。
I like Miho先生’s correcting of Marvin too, but sometimes the student doesn’t realise they’ve made a mistake. Especially when teaching. Sometimes you have to stop them, interrupting their whole train of thought because they’ve made a mistake that you often correct but they just don’t realise.
止めたら、学生悲しくて、止めなかったら、間違いはつずく。
I’m looking forward to 美帆先生 participating in the message boards, because I don’t think we get enough people correcting us, and it’s something we learners really need.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:21 am
Sorry, that should be ‘especially when speaking’, not ‘especially when teaching’.
June 22nd, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Maxさん。
Yes, I think you are exactly right. It is very difficult to make students realise when you are correcting their error without telling them in speaking context. But I think blog is good in this way, because you feel that you are talking to someone and you can actually see the words in written form.
How do you find teaching English in Shanghai? I have been there once and its an amazing city!!!
August 9th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
美帆先生,
Welcome to Melbourne, and to Monash Uni!
I used to study and teach computer science at Monash, Clayton campus, and loved it there. I’ve missed teaching for the last few years, and one day hope to return to it.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy your course and do well!
よろしくお願いいたします。
Kym
August 15th, 2007 at 8:00 am
Kym-san,
おはようございます！
Thank you for the message.
Did you study Japanese at Monash back then?
Yes, I love teaching too, because you can actually learn a lot from students.
I hope you enjoy studying Japanese with JPod101!
Miho
August 26th, 2007 at 11:24 am
美帆先生,
こんにちは！
お返事はありがとうございました。
I started studying Japanese after I left Monash. Unfortunately I didn’t have space in my course to study another language. I wish I had been able to, because studying a new language while working full time is difficult!
JPod101 is great, because I can listen while travelling to and from work.
Kym