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I was born in Vietnam, grew up in Germany and have been living in Hawai‘i the last 22 years.

I teach Vietnamese at Kapi‘olani Community College and German at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

One thing you should know about me is that I have a passion for learning about languages and linguistics, how children acquire their first language and how children and adults learn a second language, and how to teach languages using different approaches. I also have a love for German literature.

Key experiences that have significantly influenced my philosophy of teaching and learning are teaching different languages (German, Vietnamese, ESL) and Linguistics at the university, community college, and private schools, and conducting research on language learning at the Honolulu Waldorf School and extensive data collection for first language acquisition in Vietnam.

Jennie