Katie's Notes

An academic blog by a linguist specialising in qualitative healthcare research & medical humanities

education

  • I love teaching

    The first ten weeks of my course have passed, and we have the Easter break until we start the second half of the semester. My students gave me a letter, some Japanese biscuits and Cleistocactus!     I have taught since 2017, and more and more, this experience has made me give serious consideration to how read more

    I love teaching
  • The last class of the semester

    I have finished my teaching for the summer semester and was touched to receive a thoughtful gift of tea and cards from my students. Over the past six months, since beginning my language course in January, I have had truly rewarding experiences in class, engaging interactions with students and valuable opportunities to reflect on my read more

    The last class of the semester
  • Outreach sessions

    I delivered five outreach sessions on the Japanese culture and language at a secondary school. A total of 125 Year 8 students joined the session, which was more of an interactive session between us than the presentation style I used last time. I enjoyed all the sessions with the students! I was so impressed that read more