From JapanLiving in Utsunomiya, Japan (10:56 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Feb 10, 2022
Interest topicAnimation & ComicsMusicFoodGamingFilms & TV Series
Hello! My name is Takeshi. I lived in Toronto for two years, and now I'm back in Japan! I also spent 9 months in the States. While I was in the States, I spent my time recording music in Chicago and studying English. I'm super passionate about music, movies, acting, creating content, and language. I'm also addicted to improving myself. I want to meet people who are serious about learning Japanese and whom I can share my vast knowledge with! I'm looking forward to meeting you!
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Me as a Teacher
I've been professionally teaching Japanese for about three years. My specialties are casual Japanese and teaching phrases that only native speakers use! I help my students avoid directly translating things, as this often results in creating unnatural expressions (E.g When we hang out and friends look a bit bored, we don't say "Are you bored? We say "Do you wanna do something different? (何か違うことする?)in Japanese). Also, I break down common formal Japanese expressions and explain how you can make casual phrases with them. So that you can see the difference and pick proper expressions when you speak or write!
My lessons & teaching style
I teach Japanese for a variety of use cases. For example, one of my students wants to be a flight attendant, so we practice a mix of formal and casual Japanese. Another one of my students wants to be funny when he speaks Japanese, so we speak casually and watch anime and comedy together! I always watch my student's favourite anime, shows and videos on youtube to learn natural expressions so that they can remember phrases and rewatch them whenever they forget the phrases we learned! I'm passionate about finding methods that suit my friends. (I call the people I teach, friends!)
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5.0
Rating
55
Students
272
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
5.0
Rating
55
Students
272
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
49 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Entertaining Japanese!
A1 - C1General224 lessons completed
USD 42.00+
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36 Reviews
maksymilian stachows
7 Japanese lessons
Amazing!
May 18, 2024
maksymilian stachows
7 Japanese lessons
Great teacher. Makes it fun and easy.
May 17, 2024
Carolina
16 Japanese lessons
I had a lot of time to practice conversation, Takeshi was helping to phrase things better to what I wanted to say, we reviewed vocabulary from last class material and we spent the last 10 minutes watching new content. Takeshi even stayed a couple of minutes extra to explain some vocabulary 🥰❤️ Thanks for another great class
May 14, 2024
maksymilian stachows
7 Japanese lessons
Great Sensei. He practices with you and speaks english well.
May 11, 2024
Daniel Jansky
7 Japanese lessons
This man is a magician at explaining things casually, formally, and for practical usage. All while keeping you comfortable with your ability and fielding any questions possible. 1-5 stars does not go high enough.
May 10, 2024
Carolina
16 Japanese lessons
We review a video that I was watching and Takeshi explained to me difficult terms that even at one point he wasn't aware of them but by watching them in context he could explain it to me properly (even explaining twice 'cause it was hard to grasp). We proceeded to watch another video of the same creator and reviewing the first part of it. It was so funny that I think it would make an excellent studying material because I'll watch it over and over. Thank you again for a great class