Chapter 18: How Did We End Up Here? Narratives of Filipinas Teaching English in Japan by Tricia Okada
Abstract
As a Filipina educator in tertiary education, Tricia Okada provides an important look into the identities of Filipina teachers, touching on the issues of migration to Japan and native/non-native-speakerism.
About the Contributor
Tricia Okada (MS) is an Associate Professor at the Center for English as a Lingua Franca, Tamagawa University. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication and Theater Arts from the University of the Philippines, and her master’s degree in Sociology of Communication from Osaka University. She is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies in Waseda University. Her research interests are gender, migration, sociolinguistics, and English as a Lingua Franca. Aside from teaching and research, she is interested in theater, photography, and cinema.
Citation
Okada, T. (2020). How did we end up here? Narratives of Filipinas teaching English in Japan. In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter (pp. 239-254). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/11/18
As a Filipina educator in tertiary education, Tricia Okada provides an important look into the identities of Filipina teachers, touching on the issues of migration to Japan and native/non-native-speakerism.
About the Contributor
Tricia Okada (MS) is an Associate Professor at the Center for English as a Lingua Franca, Tamagawa University. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication and Theater Arts from the University of the Philippines, and her master’s degree in Sociology of Communication from Osaka University. She is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies in Waseda University. Her research interests are gender, migration, sociolinguistics, and English as a Lingua Franca. Aside from teaching and research, she is interested in theater, photography, and cinema.
Citation
Okada, T. (2020). How did we end up here? Narratives of Filipinas teaching English in Japan. In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter (pp. 239-254). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/11/18
Information About the Book
Title: Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter
Editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo, Kathleen A. Brown, and Melodie Lorie Cook
Publication date: August 2020
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Title: Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter
Editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo, Kathleen A. Brown, and Melodie Lorie Cook
Publication date: August 2020
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