Native Japanese & French (& Latin) Language Coach

From my first meeting with Yuki, I knew I liked her. I haven't learned another language in a long time, and unlike when I have learned romance languages (French and Italian), learning Japanese is an entirely new ballgame. Throughout our lessons together, Yuki has been patient, thoughtful, and has worked with me on improving my Japanese skills in a unique way. Unlike the traditional classroom or other online-based lessons, working with Yuki is entirely hands on. She pushes me to do the most with my time and learning ability while balancing the knowledge that learning a new language is difficult. Polite when correcting mistakes, and allowing for me to correct my own mishaps, she pushes my learning further so I better understand the language. That, along with her cultural know-how and willingness to discuss different topics while sticking to the lesson at hand, makes her an excellent language teacher. I have nothing but glowing things to say about Yuki, and could easily go on. If you are looking to learn Japanese, Frech, or Latin, she is absolutely the person you should work with.

Yuki is professional teacher who is very good at helping a student navigate an unfamiliar language step by step. The tone of the lessons can be quite casual if you want and she is happy to alternate between grammar explanations and conversation practice depending on what you need or feel like doing that day. As a self-taught student, it is especially good to get interesting conversation practice each week. After each lesson, she sends detailed notes that include grammar and vocabulary that arose during the session. During lockdown, lessons with Yuki have become the highlight of my week.

Yuki is a brilliant and wonderful teacher of languages (French, Japanese, Latin). I have recommended her to friends of all ages. She teaches students from middle school to middle age and beyond. She makes language learning interesting and fun. She's excellent at motivating students. I've studied French weekly with Yuki for two years. I look forward to our lessons. Yuki is a tremendously gifted teacher. She's native fluent in French, Japanese and English. She also teaches Latin which she also knows well. Because she knows so many languages, she understands the deeper ways to learn languages. She always comes prepared, is punctual and very kind. She also knows the culture and history behind these languages. I studied Latin in high school and college, and we've discussed Latin in addition to our French studies. I lived and worked in Asia for many years and I enjoy discussing Japanese culture and history with Yuki (in French!). Our studies have included intensive grammar review, speaking and listening as well as reading and translating classic texts. I am no longer as student but seek to learn a new language. Yuki is excellent with adult learners like myself. She also is excellent with students seeking help for school acceleration and improvement. Yuki is a wonderful human being and a tremendously talented teacher. If you want to learn Japanese, French or Latin, she's the absolute best.

Precise, knowledgeable, prepared, dependable, Y-san is an excellent Japanese tutor for the serious student. Highly recommended.

I studied French with Yuki for about 5 months and really enjoyed the experience. The only reason I am not continuing with her is because I'm moving to France! I appreciated that she corrected my mistakes, even if small, so I would learn the correct way and not form bad habits. It helped a lot because there were some mistakes I had made a million times before but no one had stopped me to let me know until Yuki. For example, we would start our sessions with her reviewing our text exchanges to explain a mistake I made, and as we had conversation she would fix me as I went and also write it down on a piece of paper for me to take with me after the session. The concepts she taught me were always accompanied by exercises which I started during session and completed on my own to review for the next session. She was very clear, patient, understanding, supportive - which was very motivating. She also was able to intuit/pinpoint some areas of improvement for me (conversation) so we started dedicating time in each session to just practice speaking. I've had teachers before who only taught grammar and no conversation, so while I understood the language in my mind, I had a very hard time speaking (which is the whole point of learning a language)! Above all, I really enjoyed her as a person as well. She was really kind and easy to get along with, and shared her own experiences with language which was really validating. Before working with her, I was more in the mindset that I needed to wait for a teacher to show me something. However, in working with her I became more confident and empowered to explore the language on my own. I highly recommend her and am so thankful for her help.