Faculty and staff

Satomi was born and grew up in Kyoto, Japan. She started to offer Japanese courses in 1994 after she immigrated to Canada. She has been teaching since then to all age people from two years old to adults. She was also running a private Japanese school in Abbotsford as a children’s after school program. Over the course of those years, teaching all different age groups, she established courses that help students learn efficiently and effectively while keeping them interested in learning Japanese. While she was working at Ninagawa Japanese School, she was selected to become an instructor for Japanese Language Instructor Course because of her outstanding teaching skill and knowledge. She joined UFV Modern Language Department in 2014 and she has been teaching as a Japanese Seminar Assistant since then.

• BA in English at Kyoto University of Foreign Language, Kyoto
• Japanese Instructor Certificate course at Tokyo Japanese School, Tokyo
• Japanese Instructor Certificate course at Ninagawa Japanese Language School, Vancouver
• Provincial Instructor Diploma at Vancouver Community College

Courses Taught

• Japanese Seminar at UFV, Abbotsford 2014-present
• Japanese courses for all ages at Fraser Valle Japanese Language School, Abbotsford 2004-2020
• Japanese courses beginners to advanced at Ninagawa Japanese School, Vancouver 1995-2005
• Japanese Instructor Course at Ninagawa Japanese School, Vancouver 2000-2005