Heidi comes to Gunmamachi, Gunmaken from Vancouver, British Columbia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in German from the University of British Columbia. She received her TESOL certification from the Canadian Global TESOL Training Institute in Calgary, Alberta.
She has six years of German-English translation experience. In 2001, she received credit for her research and translation work on the documentary film, Leo’s Journey: The Story of the Mengele Twins (Infinity Films Entertainment Group, Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia).
She currently teaches English as a Foreign Language to children, adolescents, and adults at Gunma Language Center and Language Academy

Hello! My name is Cameron Burris, and I teach English at GLC. Though I grew up in Kansas City, I attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. I
graduated in May of 2021 with my Bachelors of Arts in Classics. In short, I studied the history of Ancient Greece and Rome, as well as Latin and Attic Greek. I found studying　grammar particularly enjoyable, and it felt rewarding to be able to read some authentic texts. Overall, I would say that my college experience opened a window into the world beyond my home.
After graduating, I moved back to Kansas City. During the 2022-2023 school
year, I worked as an assistant teacher at a local elementary school. There, I worked with children ages 5-10 in individual and small group settings. During the evenings and weekends, I tutored high school students for all subjects of the ACT including the English and Reading sections. The ACT is one of the main entrance exams that students take for American universities. Over the course of that year, I enjoyed teaching a variety of different students. As a result, I enrolled in the CELTA program at Missouri State University in August of 2023. The CELTA is a certificate for teaching English as a foreign language to adult learners. While completing this program, I got the chance to meet many students from all over the world including Panama, Mongolia, Ukraine, Japan, Vietnam, and Mexico. They all had their own interesting stories and perspectives, and I felt fortunate to be able to support them in their English language journey. I am proud to say that I finished the program with a Pass A, which is a distinction that only about 5% of CELTA candidates receive globally. Since then, I have moved to Takasaki to start teaching English to adults and children as my full time job. In my free time, you will often find me exploring different places in Gunma Prefecture. I especially enjoy going to onsen towns up in the mountains, as well as going on hikes to enjoy nature. My favorite movie is Pan’s Labyrinth , and my favorite type of music is old Spanish ballads.
Thank you for reading this until the end; I look forward to meeting new students!

Hello! My name is Sean Hall, and I recently finished my master’s program in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) & Linguistics at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, USA. Many things brought me to this point, but the main ones are my love for languages and helping others see how language learning can impact their lives.

I first became passionate about language acquisition during my time as a student of Central Eurasian Studies. I was a student of Persian, and in summer 2017 I studied abroad in Tajikistan through the prestigious Critical Language Scholarship Program. During this trip, I was impacted by my interaction with Tajik language and culture, and I had my sheltered worldview as an American broken. At this point, I decided that I wanted to revolve my life around languages, so I began searching for careers that would let me use my knowledge in this field. When I returned to the USA, I took a course in Russian. Through a friend, I was connected with a language school in Ufa, Russia, and after I graduated with my BA, I went there and taught English for one academic year.

This experience showed me how life-changing teaching can be. I loved being able to help others solve their problems they had learning English, and I saw the impact that my knowledge of my students’ culture had in the classroom. They were more open to learning with me because I demonstrated genuine interest in their culture and language(s). I saw the importance of intercultural exchange in the English classroom, and I wanted to become a teacher who could do this exchange effectively.

アルゼンチンのブエノスアイレスから来た前田マルセラです。
このスクールでスペイン語を教えて8年になります。
スペイン語は多くの国で話されていますので、その国々の様々な文化や表現が混ざり合った、興味深い言語です。
皆さんとお会いできるのを楽しみにしています！