Motoko Teraoka, Leigh McDowell

Meet the Members in an interview series aiming to get to know our chapter members better. These interviews are released as Youtube videos and podcasts. In this the first episode in the series, we hear from Motoko Teraoka, who has been the Membership Chair and face of Nara JALT for over a decade. Motoko shares how she came to be a language teacher, what and how she teaches, and her engagement with JALT over the years. This series will appeal primarily to Nara JALT members but may also be of interest to others curious about our diverse range of members and their journeys through the language teaching landscape.