Nana Barker
Teaching Fellow (Japanese)
Address
- Street
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The University of Edinburgh
Paterson's Land - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
Nana Barker holds a degree in Linguistics from Kyoto Prefectural University. She has an extensive experience in language teaching and curriculum designing since 2011. She is currently appointed as Teaching Fellow / Course Collection Coordinator in Japanese. Besides her teaching, she also organises Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) together with Japan Foundation for Centre for Open Learning.
She has experience in teaching the language to wider audiences in various levels both in-person and online in Oxford, Melbourne, Australia and San Francisco, US.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Linguistics, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto Japan
- Certificate in exchange programme in English Language and Literature, Newcastle University, UK
Responsibilities & affiliations
Course Collection Coordinator in Japanese at Centre for Open Learning, The University of Edinburgh
Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) coordination at Centre for Open Learning, The University of Edinburgh
Language Tutor in Japanese for International Education Institute, University of St Andrews (2011-present)
Language Tutor in Japanese for Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick (2025 April - present)
External Examiner (Japanese) for University of Liverpool (2025 October - present)
Areas of interest for supervision
Nana teaches Japanese for Life Long Learning courses.