外国人講師陣スタッフ紹介

Jennie grew up in a village in England and moved to the seaside town of Bournemouth to obtain her degree.  She started working in customer services for General Motors, which led to a position as a Flight Attendant for Japan Airlines (JAL).  With a desire to see more of the country , Jennie decided to move to Japan to teach English.  She held various teaching positions during her 6 years in Tokyo, which included working at an English conversation school, a kindergarten and two universities, and teaching business classes for companies such as ANA, OTIS and Yamato.  

Jennie currently lives in Florida with her American husband and works as an editor and proofreader of, mainly ESL, academic jounal papers.  In her spare time, Jennie enjoys swimming, dancing, volunteering at the local theatre and travelling. 

Daniel is from England, U.K. and has been living in Japan for over 9 years.  He has more than 10 years experience as an English teacher in Japan and the U.K.  During that time he has worked with learners of all ages teaching in both the private and public sectors.  He has extensive experience of teaching English for examinations, business and general conversation.  Prior to English teaching he worked in office administration in the British civil service and in private businesses.  In his free time he enjoys language learning, dance, working out and hiking. 

David has been a communication skills trainer and technical writer for the past 18 years.  He has delivered communication skills seminars at more than 100 corporations and agencies in Japan.  For 6 years he was engaged full time with a global European IT company, providing business skills training and document editing at their Tokyo headquarters.  Originally from the West coast of Canada, David has a standard North American English accent and vocabulary.  He lives in Tokyo, where he enjoys running, photography and travel in his spare time. 

 Geoff works in both academic and corporate settings as a lecturer, trainer and personal coach.  He holds a Master of Education degree from the University of Toronto and has more than twenty years in program planning, curriculum design and facilitation.  Geoff has worked with clients from a wide range of linguistic and cultural backgrounds to help them indentify and overcome communication barriers. 

 Hinnie Banno was born in Hong Kong, China and moved to Toronto, Canada with her family when she was nine years old.  She studied Asian languages at the University of Toronto and upon graduation, enrolled in a 6-months program at a language institute in Tokyo to study Japanese.  She loved life in Japan so much that she decided to start her career in Tokyo.  She now works in at a Japanese university as a supervisor of an English communication program.  Her hobbies include running, yoga, and traveling.  

 Born in Canada and residing in Toronto, John has taught English for over ten years in his home country and in Japan, where he earned his CELTA certification at the British Council in Tokyo.  His prior experience in commercial sales in Toronto and HR consulting in Tokyo gives him a practical edge in English for business purposes, and he focuses on teaching business English to international students in Toronto.  In his free time, John enjoys exercising, reading novels, and practicing Japanese conversations with students and visitors from Japan. 

Originally from Sydney, Australia, David has degrees in Linguistics and Performance Arts.  For more than 20 years, he has been both an English teacher and a professional actor. 

David enjoyed living in Tokyo for five years, where he taught many types of English classes and also performed as a family 'edutainer' all over Japan.

After leaving Japan, David moved to New York City, where he has continued to teach English and has also expanded his acting career in thearter and television.

David enjoys watching live theretre and movies, and he also loves travel and playing with his young daugthter. 

Anthony Carver is from London, England. He began his career in education in 1997, first, as an English teacher in London and, since coming to Japan in 2000, as a business communication consultant.  He has an M.A. in Japanese Language and Society from Sheffield University.  His dissertion focusing on human resources management in foreign affiliated firms in Japan was published in 2011.  In addition, he graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a B.A. in Media and Cultural Studies also holds a Cambridge TESOL certificate.