In today's episode Melinda Karaca (your host) will be interviewing professor Kensaku Yoshida.
Professor Kensaku Yoshida has studied English studies at the faculty of foreign studies at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. He received a master’s degree in linguistics from Sophia University and completed his doctoral course work at the University of Michigan. He has worked until his retirement in 2021 at Sophia University as a distinguished professor and as the director of the language education and research.
Since April 2021 he has assumed the position of Honoury president of the Eiken Foundation in Japan. This is one of the leading assessment organizations in Japan. Its purpose is to spread the English language and to improve it within the Japanese society.
He has worked for the ministry of education, culture, sports, science, and technology along at the national centre for university entrance examination committees to revise the national curriculum and for the university entrance examination system. Additionally he has worked for the British Council and has researched different topics and given various speeches including a speech in 2019 for TED X Talk.
In this episode he will explain and answer some of my questions about how it is to be an English teacher in Japan, the education system in Japan and about his experience.
Thank you.
