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🚩Fully-Licensed Japanese Teacher with 4 years of experience
🚩National Licensed Guide Interpreter, TOEIC 935, STEP Eiken Grade 1
🚩International Business for decades at foreign trading & shipping firms
🚩Odawara native, Tokyo based
🚩Visited 60 Countries, and Join International Exchange events & volunteering
🚩Love nature, local food and hot spring resorts in the countryside of Japan
🚩Former EN/JP Bilingual MC (Master of Ceremony), a professional who can share "how to deliver speeches" both in Japanese and English
—————————— [ What Yoshi can teach? ] ——————————
🔶BEGINNERS >> Explain everything in ENGLISH ←Recommended!! 😀
⭐BUSINESS Japanese >> Intermediate & Advanced Students ←Highly recommended!! 😀
🔴JLPT Exams (N1 & N2) & BJT (Business Japanese Proficiency Test) >> Practice & Explanation ←Plenty of HOMEWORK!! 😀
🚩WRITING >> Diary, Essay or Business E-mail ←Google Document or MS Word!! 😀
🔒INTERVIEW >> 1) CV/Resume, Application, etc. and 2) Preparation for Self-Introduction & Q&A ←Get a job!! 😀
🌸TOPIC-based Conversation >> To improve your SPEAKING Skills ←From simple chitchat to high-quality conversation!! 😀
🍀PRONUNCIATION & Accent Training >> Tips on your Speech & Presentation ←Speak like a native!! 😀
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🔶🔶 BEGINNERS with zero/little Learning Experience <Part 1>
★ HIRAGARA, Basic Greetings, Survival Expressions, Numbers, Body Parts, etc. all in ENGLISH
★ Followed by Travel or Everyday Expressions
★ Welcome back!! If you have a long break, you can start again with the basics or focus on any specific grammar items.
⭐⭐ BUSINESS Japanese ビジネス日本語 <Part 1>
★ KEIGO敬語 Honorific Expressions
★ PRESENTATIONプレゼンテーション & SPEECH
★ E-MAILSメール ←Negotiation, Reservation, Cancellation, Application, Reminder, etc.
★ NEWSニュース Articles ←Vocabulary, Summarization, Discussion, etc.
🔴🔴JLPT (N1 & N2) & BJT Preparation <Part 1>
★JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) - N1 & N2 and BJT (Business Japanese Proficiency Test)
★Keys to Success: VOCABULARY Building & READING comprehension
★HOMEWORK Assignment!
🚩🚩 WRITING <Part 1>
★ Diary, Essay or E-mail >> Anything you want!
★ Practice, , Writing Assignment, etc.
🔒🔒 INTERVIEW <Part 1>
★ I can proofread your CV/resume履歴書・職務経歴書 for your new job, university, To
★ You should also prepare for self-introduction and Q&A sessions. Let’s make a list of anticipated questions and prepare your own answers to them.
🌸🌸 TOPIC-based Conversation <Part 1>
★ We can talk about our everyday life, or we might decide a specific topic beforehand to discuss during the lesson.
★ Let's use new words & expressions you learn on exactly the same day or within a week!
🍀🍀 PRONUNCIATION & Accent Training <Part 1>
★ Would you like to speak Japanese with a proper Japanese accent? Let’s do it!
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🔶🔶🔶 BEGINNERS with zero/little learning experience <Part 2>
★ ORIGINAL Teaching Materials, with plenty of Useful Expressions, that I created myself
★ If you are planning a trip to Japan, communicate with Japanese people, or you don’t really care for grammar or Kanji characters, you can learn very useful words & phrases. >> Nihongo Fun & Easy must be the right textbook for you.
★ GENKIげんき I (Orange) & II (Green) >> Grammar-based ELEMENTARY Textbook with abundant explanations in English >> Excellent to make a brief or complete review on any specific grammar items in English
★ GENKI I (Orange) & II (Green) >> Standard and Traditional Grammar-based Textbook, basically written in English
⭐⭐⭐ BUSINESS Japanese ビジネス日本語 <Part 2>
★ You can learn: answering phone calls電話, writing e-mailsメール, arranging meetings or business trips会議・出張, rescheduling, entertaining接待 (e.g. evening banquets or events), speechesスピーチ as a guest or boss, presentationsプレゼンテーション, etc.
★ Business KEIGOビジネス敬語 or Hospitality KEIGO接客敬語 ←Let’s review the basics and learn practical Keigo expressions!
★ Let’s try to explain things shown in graphicsグラフ or chartsチャート in Japanese!
★ News articlesニュース記事 are very useful study materials to understand current affairs時事問題 in Japan.
🔴🔴🔴 JLPT (N1 & N2) & BJT Preparation <Part 2>
★ All the PREVIOUS Exams (PDF copies) ←From 2010 through 2023過去問題集
★ Nihongo-Soumatome日本語総まとめ as well as some other textbooks or reference books.
★ You are supposed to do a lot of homework assignment before each lesson and ask questions to me.
★ Keep READING!!! Reading any kind of materials is good for the JLPT study! I’ll be glad to help you.
🚩🚩🚩 WRITING <Part 2>
★ You can write anything including diaries, essays or e-mails in your spare time. Please send me anytime.
★ Your writing materials will be corrected within a day or two, so that you can ask any questions during the lesson. We both can discuss the topic further.
★ We can share a Google Document file during the lesson, and write something simultaneously from both sides. Of course, MS Word is also fine with no problem.
🔒🔒🔒 INTERVIEW <Part 2>
★ After rewriting your documents, you can practice speaking Japanese in a sophisticated manner. Think twice, or more, about a strong message in each line!
★ To enter college, you need to write a cover letter or personal statement, or commonly referred to as “Motivation Letter”志望理由書. >> I can help you with this one, too.
🌸🌸🌸 TOPIC-based Conversation <Part 2>
★ There are so many students, even at the super-advanced level, who need to practice and improve their SPEAKING skills. >> Don’t worry!!
★ Let’s talk about things in a wide variety of fields: shopping (convenience store, supermarket, online, etc.), food & drinks, services (restaurant, café, beauty salon, clinic, gym, laundry, library, etc.), office, school, friendship, travel (planning stage, station, airport, hotel, rent-a-car, etc.), part-time job, party, event, festival, ceremony, troubleshooting, etc.
★ Let’s pick one specific topic: aging society, English education, preparation for disasters, blood donation, Japanese manners & customs, etc. >> SPEAK OUT in your own words!
🍀🍀🍀 PRONUNCIATION & Accent Training <Part 2>
★ As a former “bridal MC”, master of ceremony, I’m confident on teaching SPOKEN Japanese.
★ If you would really like to speak like a native, please take a “shower” of BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE every day. Most probably, you can watch Netflix movies, YouTube channels, online NEWS websites, etc. SHADOWINGシャドーイング is a very good pronunciation practice, which I can teach you during the lesson.
★ As for SPEECHスピーチ & PRESENTATIONプレゼンテーション, I can proofread your scripts in advance and give you tips on pronunciation, delivery, intonation, etc.
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🐶 Come join My Trial Class! 🐶
What to expect in this 25-min trial❓
➡️ Plot your learning journey with me!
➡️ A detailed analysis of your current level
➡️ A problem-solving mini-lesson
➡️ Valuable learning methods to stop wasting time!
❗️Classroom Rules ❕
↘️ Bring your pen and a notebook to collect useful expressions in class.
↘️ Always check your connection and devices before class starts.
↘️ Cancel the class 24 hours before class. If you have to cancel a class within 24 hours, be sure you notify me through What’s App/AT Chat