Ayumi Tsukahara

Teaching Fellow (Japanese)

Background

I have taught Japanese at the Centre for Open Learning at the University of Edinburgh since 2013. Levels of teaching experience at the University range from absolute beginner to upper-intermediate.

JLPT exam proctor since 2015.

Lecturer for JET pre-departures in 2024 and 2025.

Qualifications

PG Cert in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, IIEL London

Passed the Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test

BA in Language, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Japan

Undergraduate teaching

Japanese Lifelong Learning courses, Centre for Open Learning