Mr Fumitsugu Enokida

• Teaching Japanese as  a Foreign languages at SOAS (University of London)
• MA in Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham

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.

I teach numerous language programmes, including IWLP (MOMD and Open Access), With Japanese Module, Final Year Speaking & Listening, Tandem Module, etc.

Undergraduate Modules Taught (Japanese as ‘Minor’) 40 Credit

• Level C Japanese Language Beginner I & II
• Level  I  Japanese Language Intermediate I & II
• Level H Japanese Language Advanced I (Speaking & Listening)
• Level H Tandem Learning Japanese and English

IWLP (Institution Wide Language Programme) MOMD and OA

• Japanese Level 1
• Japanese Level 2
• Japanese Level 3

• Applied Linguistics
• Corpus Linguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
• Material Development

2013-present:  External Examiner for University of Warwick

2013-present:  Committee member of Japanese Speech Contest for University Student (BATJ & Japan Foundation)

2010-Present: External Verifier of the QCB/NVQ Languages qualifications for OCR

2010-Present: Assessor of NVQ Language in Japanese

2008-2010: Language Co-ordinator in Japanese for OCR CBLC (Certificate in Business Language Competence)

2003-2010: 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)

2004-Present: Member of the British Association for Teaching Japanese as Foreign Language (BATJ)