My interest in linguistics and foreign language education started during my BA&MA in Indian studies and German language and literature, with a minor in Japanese studies. After a year abroad in Japan I have decided to pursue a career of a Japanese language teacher. As a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship student, I have completed a master’s course in Japanese language education, and a doctoral course in Applied Linguistic at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo. Prior to coming to York St John University I have taught Japanese in Croatia (University of Zagreb) and in Japan (Sophia University, Senshu University, Teikyo University, Tokyo Central Japanese Language School). My main research interest is in the field of discourse analysis, pragmatics and conversation analysis and their application in foreign language education.