Melinda　Kawahara English Instructor Teacher Trainor Lindy　Lizard　English　House School Director　 School Representative Hello Everyone!! I’m Melinda. I have been living in Japan for 19 years, but this is a secret because I don’t want people to know how old I am. I came to Japan because I was practicing aikido at my university and my sensei was Japanese. I learned a lot from him about Japan and wanted to experience it for myself. When I first arrived in Japan it was easy to find a job with my light brown hair and blue eyes. I worked at various language schools and kindergartens before moving to Kagoshima in 1994 to work at Junshin junior and senior high school. I love Kagoshima!!! I love the food. I love the people. I love the beautiful beaches. And I especially love teaching English! About five years ago I started using storybooks as a teaching material in the classroom. I found that children enjoyed stories more than textbooks. Three years ago I found out about a method called TPR-S that’s becoming the leading teaching methodology in the United States. I have successfully passed two extensive training courses in this method. In 2004 I opened Lindy Lizard’s English House and base almost all of my classes on this methodology. It must be a good method as my student enrolment went from five to 125 in three years. I am the president of TPR-S Japan and often travel around Japan promoting this teaching method as a qualified teacher trainer. I am the author of the Lindy Lizard storybooks series. A series of books with an Australian frilled lizard as the main character. In the future I want to have my books published and travel around the world spreading the powerful TPR-S teaching method. I look forward to the day when I can teach you! Ryuya　Kawahara English　Instructor Lindy　Lizard　English　House LMS　Designer ＆　Management Assistant　Director Hello. I’m Ryuya Kawahara. I have an interesting background. I studied electronics and engineering at university. I didn’t have much interest in English until I met Melinda and decided to marry her. While working at Sony as a circuit designer I had to study practical buisiness English.. I successfully passed the pre-first level and started studying TOEIC. When I achieved a score of 900 I decided to study for the TOEFL test. With a lot of hard work I could gain a score high enough to allow me to enter graduate school in Canada. Now I’m studying educational technology at the University of British Colombia. This is my final year and I hope to graduate in the spring of 2008. While studying I teach full time at a technology high school. In the beginning I taught only engineering and computer programming, but with the change of the times I now teach a course termed “Multi Media”. From two years ago I started to teach this course in English. I have given several seminars on multi media in the classroom. At Lindy Lizard’s English House I teach Eiken and TOEIC classes. I hope to teach you one day too. Ryoko Enns English　Instructor Lindy　Lizard　English　House Assistant Director Teacher Representative Hello, My name is Ryoko Enns. I studied English Literature and graduated from Ferris Women’s University. Upon graduation, I taught Eiken at AXIS English school in Yokohama from 2000-2002. After that, I moved back to Kagoshima, my hometown, and continued to teach English conversation and Eiken classes. I have been trained in the TPR-S method and have been teaching using this method at Lindy Lizard’s English House since 2006. I am married to a Canadian and have two children. Thierry Bousquet French・Spanish Instructor Hello! My name is Thierry Bousquet. I was born in the South of France in 1960. In 1980 I moved to Paris and started a job as a lighting designer with “Philippe Geuly Theatrical Puppets Company”. I traveled around the world for 20 years and then settled down 1998. That same year I married Naomi and moved to Kagoshima five years ago. Since then, I have discovered a new world: the one of language and kids. . Holmes Rodriguez Spanish Instructor Hello! Let’s study Spanish Together. Spanish is one of the more important languages in the world, and is the official language of 21 countries in  South America, Europe and Africa. More than 400 million people around the world speak Spanish and there are more than 14 million students of Spanish as a second language. Moreover, it is the more important foreign language in the USA. Let’s study using the TPRS methodology, a funny and easy way to learn a second language.. Soo Kyung Korean Instructor Hello！ I’m Kim. I teach Korean. Let’s study merry han-gul together. I’m waiting for people who are interesting in it. Feel free to come and see my class. Yu Xin So Chinese Instructor 　　Hello!! I'm Yu Xin So and I'm the Chinese instructor. Chinese is becoming a popular language to study and also in demand in the business world. Don't worry if you are a beginner. I am a qualified teacher and have taught English in China before moving to Japan. Let's enjoy learning Chinese in a conversational way. 　I'm waiting to hear from you. Sachiyo Iwashita Receptionist・Substitute English Instructor 　　Hello. I'm an English major student at Kagshima University. One of my professors introduced me to Lindy Lizard English House. I really like English and spent 10 months in Australia teaching elememtary school students Japanese. I love traveling and want to visit many countries. Please look for me in the office and say "Hello". I look forward to talking with you. Misaki Lauren Kawahara Kids Class Assistant Hi! I'm Misaki Lauren. I study English conversation, STEP test level 2, French and Spanish at Lindy Lizard's English House. From April I am helping with the kids English classes. I really enjoy speaking English, singing songs, playing games, and chanting with the little kids. I want to meet you and sing and dance together!!