Tomoko is an experienced Japanese language teacher and has been teaching a variety of courses in primary, secondary and community language school since she moved to Sydney from Japan. She has a Degree of Bachelor of Arts as well as a certificate of Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language and has completed an Advanced Japanese Teacher Training Course. She is an enthusiastic teacher whose lively style encourages students to communicate in Japanese. Tomoko believes that learning should be stimulate students' curiosity and fun if it is to be memorable and useful to students.