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About Us!
We provide immersion classes to help returnee children maintain their English skills.
The Japanese school system does not support returnee children in maintaining the English proficiency they have acquired. Without appropriate support, even children who have the same ability as native speakers will gradually lose their ability within 2 to 3 months.
This is also known as, language attrition.
Our mission
Our aim is to make your child’s English education a positive, enjoyable, and rewarding experience.
For every child
All activities are planned to meet each child’s individual needs. This approach will help your child to develop to the best of their ability.
Open-door policy
You are welcome to visit the school, observe our classes, and meet the team to have a better understanding of our teaching methods and philosophies.
What is Immersion Teaching?
Language immersion, or simply immersion, is a method of teaching a second language in which the learners’ second language (L2) is the medium of classroom instruction.
Through this method, learners study school subjects, such as math, science, and social studies, in their L2. The main purpose of this method is to foster bilingualism, in other words, to develop learners' communicative competence or language proficiency in their L2 in addition to their first or native language (L1).
Tammy Raanan-Ota BA Dip Ed
Newcastle University, Department of Linguistics
Kumamoto University, Faculty of Education, Government Scholarship Study Abroad Program
University of New England, Faculty of Education
Tammy is from Australia and has a special passion for immersion teaching, especially when it comes to returnee children who have spent time abroad or in international kindergartens or schools and acquired a native level of English. Majoring in linguistics and education, Tammy has taught in Australian primary and secondary schools and has taught English to Japanese children and adults for over 30 years. She is also the curriculum and resources manager at UCAN2 which she has done for over 10 years. She also plans the intricate student centered lessons each week.
Arne Karm, CEO/Teacher/TESOL Accredited
TESOL accredited and with over 15 years experience teaching in Japan. Arne is from Australia and has taught at UCAN2 for over 10 years. As well as being a great teacher Arne is also our resident chef, and prepares the delicious lunches we all enjoy every week.
K.O. Micairan, MA in Special Education and Early Childhood Education, Education and Curriculum Consultant
Teacher K.O., as her colleagues and students fondly call her, has been teaching young children for a little over two decades.
She was a preschool teacher and an academic director in an international school in the Philippines .
She has been teaching English in Japan since 2017.
Tammy Raanan-Ota BA Dip Ed
Newcastle University, Department of Linguistics
Kumamoto University, Faculty of Education, Government Scholarship Study Abroad Program
University of New England, Faculty of Education
Tammy is from Australia and has a special passion for immersion teaching, especially when it comes to returnee children who have spent time abroad or in international kindergartens or schools and acquired a native level of English. Majoring in linguistics and education, Tammy has taught in Australian primary and secondary schools and has taught English to Japanese children and adults for over 30 years. She is also the curriculum and resources manager at UCAN2 which she has done for over 10 years. She also plans the intricate student centred lessons each week.
Arne Karm, CEO/Teacher/TESOL Accredited
TESOL accredited and with over 15 years experience teaching in Japan. Arne is from Australia and has taught at UCAN2 for over 10 years. As well as being a great teacher Arne is also our resident chef, and prepares the delicious lunches we all enjoy every week.
K.O. Micairan, MA in Special Education and Early Childhood Education, Education and Curriculum Consultant
Teacher K.O., as her colleagues and students fondly call her, has been teaching young children for a little over 2 decades.
She was a preschool teacher and an academic director in an international school in the Philippines before she became an English teacher in Japan.
She has been teaching in Japan for 6 years.