Introducing Our Teachers
久保 美和 -Miwa Kubo-
多文化センターまんまるあかし理事長
Areas of Expertise
・Forming and Managing NPOs
・Multicultural Harmony and Cohesion
・International Exchange
Profile
From 2007, she worked for 9 years at the Akashi International Association (the present-day Akashi Arts and International Exchange Foundation). While there, she helped with international exchange activities, Japanese language classes, and with various management tasks in the association.
In 2015, she created the “Future Classroom.” This classroom exists to help teach children with roots in foreign countries. It teaches both the Japanese language and various different school subjects.
In May of 2016, she created the Non-Profit Organization Manmaru Akashi in order to do more activities for a greater number of people.
With this organization, she began various activities intended to help give support to foreign residents and to help bring them closer together with local Akashi residents.
・Multicultural Manager
☆Available Lecture Topics
“How to Form an NPO That Can Help Foster Multicultural Harmony”
“The International Society That Is Right Beside You”
And others
櫻江 茂樹 -Shigeki Sakurae-
多文化センターまんまるあかし副理事長
Areas of Expertise
・International Exchange
・Studying the English Language
・Studying the Japanese Language and How to Teach It
・Simple Japanese
Profile
In 2005, he began as a volunteer working to help with international exchange activities.
In 2007, he became a member of the Akashi International Association (the present-day Akashi Arts and International Exchange Foundation).
He began volunteer work teaching foreigners the Japanese language.（In 2009, he passed the exam to become a Japanese language teacher.）
In the Akashi International Association, he did volunteer work helping with English translation and interpretation.
He also did translation and interpretation work between Akashi City and its sister city of Vallejo, as well as to help guide foreigners around the Akashi area. In addition, he made an English “Hazard Map” showing which areas would be dangerous and which would be safe in case of an emergency.
From 2017 to 2019, he served on the board of directors at Akashi International Association.
In 2016, he became a volunteer at Manmaru Akashi. He currently works to help teach Japanese as well as school subjects. He also helps instruct those who are trying to become volunteers, and he is a teacher for the English class.
☆Available Lecture Topics
“Connect with Akashi, connect with the world Familiar international exchange”, etc.
☆Workshop
“Easy Japanese for talking with foreigners”
“Introduction to Volunteer Japanese Learning Support”
“Japanese Learning Support Volunteer Basic Course”
“Volunteer Interpreter Introductory Course”
“Various ways to study English”, etc.
Manmaru Akashi is looking for internationally minded instructors who are well-informed about the world.
If you’re interested, please contact us.
※Please note that we will do an examination before we decide whether or not to accept you as an instructor.
