Akiko Shirabe

Akiko has been a Japanese teacher for 20 years and has experience at all levels. She received a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, USA and a Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural Studies from Kyoritsu Women’s University, Japan.

Prior to joining the Unit of Language and Communication at KTH, she worked at NTI Gymnasiet Sundbyberg, Stockholm University, the University of Vienna (Austria), Wilmington Friends School (USA), and the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department.

She holds the Certificate of Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test (from the Japan Educational Exchanges and Services) and the Teacher Certificates in Japanese and in English (from the Swedish National Agency for Education).