Splash Biography
KHEPHRA OWL, Aspiring Education Policy maker with a passion for
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Major: Educational Sciences College/Employer: UC Berkeley Year of Graduation: 2025 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Khephra is a current Educational Sciences major at UC Berkeley with a minor in Applied Linguistics, currently applying for PhD programs in Language Acquisition. She recently concluded a research study at Oxford University on language revitalization efforts in Japan. She has also done research at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan on teaching Japanese as a foreign language. She is most interested in improving foreign language pedagogy for both K-12 and adult learners, and she hopes to go into Education Policy after graduate school. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)H1298: Indigenous Japan in Splash Fall 2024 (Nov. 16, 2024)
Japan has been one of the most popular tourist destinations lately. From anime to jiggly pancakes, people tend to portray Japan as some kind of separate haven from the rest of the world. Among various myths that have been perpetuated about the country, the myth that all people who live in Japan are Japanese and speak only Japanese is quite false! Join me in exploring a history of colonization in Japan and the various indigenous groups that reside there now.
H1132: Which Language Should I Learn? in Splash Fall 2023 (Nov. 18, 2023)
Do you want to learn a new language?
Are you scared it will be too difficult, or take too much time? Take this
Language Crash Course to learn more about what it takes to learn a new language! As someone who has studied 10 languages myself, I can provide some insight into different languages and language groups, as well as the benefits of learning a second language, so that you can decide if it's something you want to pursue.
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