SARNIA, Ontario -- While the number of Japanese language learners and educators in Canadian schools is growing, elementary schools like Gregory A. Hogan, a Catholic institution here, are eager for teaching intern Akiko Samukawa's volunteer services.
The 26-year-old native of Kobe interned three months at Riverside Public School in Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto, and six months in Sarnia.
In Sarnia, Samukawa assisted kindergarten and first-grade teachers and devoted Fridays to Japanese lessons for grades one though six.
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