Mayumi Fukuda-Oddie

Mayumi Fukuda-Oddie is a Japanese language teacher with extensive experience teaching Japanese in tertiary and adult education settings in Sydney including the University of New South Wales, and TAFE. She holds a Master of Arts in Japanese Studies from the University of New South Wales and a Master in Language and Literacy from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Mayumi has taught Japanese at CCE since the year 2000, and is the convenor for CCE’s Japanese language program. She also works as a tutor at the University of Sydney and was recently a recipient of University of Sydney’s Dean’s Citation for Excellence in Tutorials with Distinction (2018).

The desire to improve the language abilities and cultural knowledge of her students in a fun, relaxed and supportive environment is what motivates Mayumi, and she finds the experience of teaching and the interaction with her CCE students deeply rewarding.