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Konnichiwa :) ————————————————————————— Trial lesson is $35/hour Discounted package is available. ————————————————————————— I am a Japanese native speaker with five-year teaching and tutoring experience in Japanese Born and raised in the countryside of Japan. I majored in media communication when I was in a university in Tokyo. I have M.A. degree in Japanese Pedagogy. I currently teach Japanese at an American university in CA. I'm well trained and equipped to teach/tutor all levels of Japanese, from Novice to Superior on the ACTFL Scale or 0-5 on the ILR Scale (Interagency Language Roundtable) My teaching style is a student-centered, interactive, communicative approach. I use a textbook but always supplement with teaching materials tailored to my student's needs/goals, e.g., conversation, writing, listening, reading. I am also happy to teach/tutor Japanese for special purposes, such as tourism, conversation survival skills, banking, trade, marketing, business administration, exam prep, tutoring for college Japanese courses, etc. Bonus: I will provide you with learning materials, so you don't have to purchase the textbooks I teach general, travel, business Japanese online. “””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” “””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” - Trial Lesson (1 hour) $35 - Online Lesson (1 hour) $40 - Online Lessons Packet (5 Lessons) $190 *Valid 90 days NONE REFUNDABLE - Online Lessons Packet (12 Lessons) with a lesson plan $450 *Valid 180 days NONE REFUNDABLE - Online Lesson for Kids under 12 (30min) $25 - Online Group Lesson (1hour) $25/per person “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” These prices are including homework, grading, and learning materials. You can try it out and decide whether you want to continue taking my lessons or not :) After you decide to continue taking my lessons, it will be on a weekly basis. If you are interested in learning Japanese, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me! I'm happy to answer all your questions and build an effective learning environment that suits your needs and expectations.

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Nina F.

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Details: 14 - 17 years old • Intermediate • Intermediate • Beginner • Professional or academic reading/writing • 45 minutes • Phone or internet (no in-person meeting)

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Becky P.

Nov 30, 2021

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Details: 18 - 25 years old • No experience • Conversational proficiency • Beginner • Beginner • Basic reading/writing skills • 60 minutes • I travel to the japanese tutor • Phone or internet (no in-person meeting) • The japanese tutor travels to me

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Aug 14, 2021

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Details: 26 - 44 years old • No experience • Conversational proficiency • No experience • No experience • Basic reading/writing skills • 45 minutes • Phone or internet (no in-person meeting)

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Nov 2, 2020

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Aug 26, 2020

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Details: 26 - 44 years old • Beginner • Full fluency • Beginner • Beginner • Full literacy • 60 minutes • Phone or internet (no in-person meeting)

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What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
- Trial Lesson (50min) $35 - Online Lesson (1hour) $40 - Online Lessons Packet (5 Lessons) $190 *Valid 90 days NONE REFUNDABLE - Online Lessons Packet (12 Lessons) $450 *Valid 180 days NONE REFUNDABLE - Online Lesson for Kids under 12 (30 min) $25 - Online Group Lesson (1hour) $25/per person (everyone is supposed to be the same or similar level)
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Here are examples of the learning process for different levels. Novice Level Learner: N5, N4 (Genki 1) - Greeting phrases - Basic Japanese writing system. e.g. Hiragana and Katakana - Numbers e.g. time, price, and ages, etc... - Long-form (polite way to talk) - How to order food - Culture etc... Intermediate Level Learner: N4, N3 (Genki 1 and Genki 2) - Many different kinds of forms are often used in Japanese society. e.g. しなければいけません, 〜んです, etc....... - 300 to 500Kanjis - reading passages with Kanji - reading a short news article and discuss the topic - Culture etc... Advanced Level Learner: N2, N1 (Tobira, Japanese news articles, or other requested textbooks) - 800 to 1000 Kanjis - Thinking critically in Japanese - Reading long articles from a Japanese website and discuss - Using the textbook "Tbira" to learn advanced grammar - Culture and History etc... I will provide you HW after lessons. Some people are too busy to work on HW outside of the lesson. In that case, we will work on the HW together in the lesson. I'm flexible with anyone who has a busy schedule and wants to learn Japanese.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Japanese Language Pedagogy M.A.

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