About
I joined the department as a part-time Japanese language tutor in 1999 and became a full-time language instructor in Japanese in 2004. I also completed my Master’s degree at the University of Birmingham. I have spent my entire career in the UK at the University of Birmingham.
Qualifications
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B Com Sci at Jobu University in Japan
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Japanese Teacher as Foreign languages at SOAS (University of London)
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MA in Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham
Teaching
I teach numerous Japanese language programmes, including MOMD Module, With Japanese Module, Final Year Tandem Module, and Open Access Courses.
Undergraduate modules taught (Japanese as ‘Minor’)
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Intensive Ab Initio Japanese I & II
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Intensive Ab Initio Japanese I & II Reading and Writing
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Intensive Japanese V & VI Speaking & Listening
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Final Year Japanese-English Tandem Module
Undergraduate modules taught (Japanese as ‘Module Outside Main Discipline’)
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MOMD Japanese Level 1
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MOMD Japanese Level 2
Open Access Course
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OA Japanese Level 1
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OA Japanese Level 2
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OA Japanese Level 7
Other activities
2010-Present: External Verifier of the QCB/NVQ Languages qualifications for OCR
2010-Present: Assessor of NVQ Language in Japanese
2008-Present: Language Co-ordinator in Japanese for OCR CBLC (Certificate in Business Language Competence)
2003-Present: Examiner of OCR CBLC in Japanese
Feb 2012: Interlocutor: 7th Japanese Speech Contest for University Student (BATJ & Japan Foundation)
Feb 2011: Interlocutor: 6th Japanese Speech Contest for University Student (BATJ & Japan Foundation)
2008-2010: Committee member of Birmingham British-Japanese Society (Eiwa-kai)
Feb 2009: Interlocutor: 4th Japanese Speech Contest for University Student (BATJ & Japan Foundation)
Publications
Books
F. Enokida, J. Ogawa (2013) Colloquial Japanese (The complete Course for Beginners): Routledge
F. Enokida, J.Ogawa and R. McNab (2009) Easy Learning Japanese (Audio Course): Harper Collins
Articles
F.Enokida, “House!: Hai sense, uchi” in BATJ (The British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language) Journal, 6, (2005)