I have been teaching Japanese language since 1997. For me, teaching a foreign langauge is like having a good conversation. Students should pick up vocabulary and patterns of the language in linguistically and culturally rich context. I enjoy getting to know my students through actively engaging with them in class. Additionally, I believe that culturally appropriate performance is critical for smooth and comfortable interactions with natives speakers.  I received pedagogical training at Bryn Mawr College, PA, in 1997, through EEP (Exchange Japan Program, currently as known as Allex Japan Program) directed by Dr. Eleanor Jordan, a prominet Japnese educator. After the training I taught Japanese for two years in Kansas City, MO, and my passion for teaching grew more and more. I had an opportunity to study and teach at The Ohio State University (Japanese Literature) and Portland State University (Applied Linguistic) as a grauate student.  My previous teaching post includes; Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris (Paris, France),Kiev Politechnic Institute (Kiev, Ukraine)Northeast Normal University (吉林省長春)Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)  I also taught at ICU (International Christian University), Portland State University, The Ohio State University as a summer instructor. Academically I am interested in Performance Based Pedagogy, Intercultural Communication, Literature (Modanizumu), Interpretation and Translation, and "Border" crossing. In my free time, I enjoy reading books, urban exploration, and singing Karaoke.  

Dr. Nur Nasuha Binti Mohd Daud is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya. She obtained a Doctoral Degree in Software Engineering Tools and Methods from the University of Malaya in 2022. Her areas of research include knowledge graphs, knowledge representation, link prediction, large-scale processing, Apache Spark framework, Azure cloud deployment, docker containerization, social networks, and autonomous computing. Dr. Nasuha is also a member of the Malaysian Special Interest Group in Software Resilience, Quality, and Automation. She is dedicated to advancing her research, teaching, and learning and is always seeking new opportunities to improve and expand her skills.

Charity Lee is currently Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. Her main areas of research include narrative analysis and discourse analysis, particularly involving social practices surrounding migrant and vulnerable groups, as well as narrative methodology. Her research also includes communication practices in media, politics, and healthcare. More recently, she has begun employing participatory and arts-based methods in her work with vulnerable groups. She has published in Sociological Research Online; Discourse, Context and Media; Discourse and Society; Emotion, Space and Society; Patient Education and Counseling; International Journal of Medical Informatics; and Perspectives - Studies in Translation Theory and Practice. She teaches German linguistics at the undergraduate level and a range of discourse analysis approaches at the post-graduate levels. She welcomes supervision of postgraduate students on topics relating to healthcare and forced migration employing discourse analysis, particularly narrative analysis approaches, participatory action research and arts-based research.