I graduated from the University of Birmingham with a 2:1 degree in German Studies with French and Spanish. The daughter of a French/Spanish teacher, I have lived, worked and travelled abroad extensively, including a year studying at the University of Mainz, Germany.
Upon graduation, I taught English in a remote Japanese village on the government-run JET Programme, so have basic Japanese. I also taught evening classes to adults in Japan so have a range of experience teaching English as a…