Tasha WaldorfTucson, AZJapanese Language Teacher for All Ages & Adult ESL Teacher for Japanese Speakers
I graduated from the University of California, Riverside with a Bachelor's in Japanese and also received an Associate's of Arts in English from Crafton Hills College.
I currently teach Japanese to all ages online on Varsity Tutors, and volunteer at my local Japanese Language School to help with teaching students of all ages in Japanese.
In addition, I have earned a teaching certificate (TEFL). This was a 120-hour course which included a course on teaching English as a foreign language and it's structure; while it was specifically for teaching ESL, the bulk of the course focused on the methodology I would need to work as a teacher. I did this so that I can better teach Native Japanese students English, and though I love to teach Japanese the most, I felt that earning a teaching certificate was the best way to learn methods about teaching a language and helping my students as their tutor! Along the way, I learned a lot about teaching, its methods, lesson planning, and how to teach language in general.
I love teaching students of all ages, making engaging and fun lessons, and spreading the passion, love, and knowledge of Japanese!