Bridging Community & Culture: Mosaic Cultural Identity

Item

Title
Bridging Community & Culture: Mosaic Cultural Identity
Rights
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Chelsea Heathcote
Date
1990s, 2010s
Description
Syarifah Nur Fathima is a Japanese International student of Malaysian descent who was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She came to Canada 2 years ago (September 2017) and has since been volunteering at the London Japanese School and acting as a TA for Professor Mitsume Fukui here at Western. In Japan, she studied Japanese Literature and Culture at Musashino University. For her graduate at Western, she completed an English Teaching program for International students in order to further develop her English-speaking skills. She just recently graduated and hopes to find work in London before returning to Malaysia. There she hopes to secure a career teaching Japanese while utilizing her polylingual skills.
Format
Video
Language
English
Place
Malaysia, Japan (Tokyo), Canada (London)
Publisher
Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, Fall 2019 (ICC2500F)
Contributor
Syarifah Nur Fathima: Member of London Japanese Community
Extent
8:23
Identifier
https://youtu.be/oBnP_PtfALA
Relation
Is Part Of The Japanese Collection
Subject
Teaching & Education in Cultural Contexts
Temporal Coverage
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1994. Both parents are Malaysian. International student studying English at Western University in London, Ontario since 2017.
Source
Original

Tags

1990s 2010s Bilingual Canada Educating Oneself education English Japanese Japanese Community Japan Japanese Japanese Language School Japanese Culture Language Language learning London Japanese Community London Ontario Teaching Language Teaching Children Self Perception Student international student