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Meet your teacher
David Nagai

Teaching Experience

  • 15+ years 

  • USA, Philippines, India & Japan (Miyagi, Kawasaki, Yokohama)
     

Education

  • MA in Community Development

  • BA in Geography

  • Courses have included:

    • Education & Teaching

    • Cross-Cultural Communication

    • Mass Communication

    • The Art of Dialog & Facilitation

    • Gender & Development

    • Project Design & Management

    • Community Organizing

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Cross-Cultural & Work Experience

  • Lived in six countries

  • Multicultural teams (NGO & private sectors)

  • Cross-cultural teaching & brainstorming

  • Cross-cultural education resource development

  • Start-up business consulting & strategic planning

  • ​​Facilitating public health training

  • Cross-cultural conflict management

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Languages

  • English (native)

  • Mandarin Chinese (advanced)

  • Bengali (intermediate)

  • Japanese (lower-intermediate)

Hi, I’m David Nagai. I’m the teacher and founder of Bridge Beyond English here in Yokohama-Motomachi, Japan.

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I’m American but I was born in Taiwan and lived there for most of my childhood. I’ve lived in six countries, studied four languages, have a master's degree and have more than 15 years of teaching experience. And now I've lived in Japan for about ten years. 

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My master’s degree is in community development, where I learned how to teach and facilitate groups of diverse people cross-culturally. 

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I learned how to help people express their ideas and opinions, and also their problems and dreams relating to their work and life.

 

I discovered how to help people use communication, brainstorming and critical thinking to creatively solve problems, innovate and imagine better work and a happier life. 

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When I lived in India, I did NGO work in slum communities. I was involved in social business startup consulting and education for communication skills, leadership development, conflict management and gender equality.
 

I feel so thankful and humbled to have experienced so many diverse places and cultures in my life – to meet so many interesting people who have helped me open my heart and mind to different ways of thinking, working and living life. ​

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Over my life I’ve seen people from many cultures trying to communicate and collaborate. It can be really beautiful and positive connection. But often, it results in poor connection, miscommunication,
or even conflict. 

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My hope is to help people communicate confidently and sensitively across cultures – to have good connection and collaboration.

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I also want to help people discover their creativity – to help them ask better questions, solve problems and innovate.

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If you join my school, I look forward to helping you express yourself more fully, think in more creative ways and expand your ability to use communication to collaborate and connect with diverse people in English.

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I offer a free online consultation where we can see if you’re a good match for my school.

 

You can book your free consultation today.

 

I hope to see you soon.

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