The teacher
Rie Ariga, Principal
Ms. Ariga has extensive experience as a researcher, teacher and student of second language acquisition.
She has earned degrees from the Academy of Language Arts in Japanese Teaching and from Tokyo Women's University in Linguistics. She has published original research on language learning strategies.
She has taught Japanese for more than 10 years in Japan and internationally, in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Ms. Ariga holds a teacher certification from the Ministry of Education.
In addition, She speaks fluent English, Mandarin Chinese, and Vietnamese.