The trial lesson is for students who are new to the italki system.
In the trial lesson, I will check your current Japanese skills first and then we will discuss your lesson plan.

For absolute beginner students, I will teach you Japanese greetings and expressions used in the lesson.

***The package is only available for students who take lessons more than twice a week. ***

This course is for Beginner students. (based on the textbook "Minna no Nihongo 1or genki1")

We will start with Hiragana (Japanese characters), greetings and self-introduction. 
By the end of this course, you will be able to understand basic expressions that are frequently used in daily life. Also, you will be able to communicate in Japanese by using short and simple expressions.

In my lessons, you will learn new vocabulary, grammars and then we will do role-playing to improve your conversation skills! Complete beginners are welcome! Let's have fun with Manami!

Beginner Japanese (55 mins)

***The package is only available for students who take lessons more than twice a week. ***

This course is for pre-intermediate students. (based on "Minna no Nihongo 2 or Genki 2")

You will learn how to ask for explanations, explain your own situation/ feelings and share information in Japanese. Also, you will learn how to use formal and casual styles properly depending on the situation. By the end of this course, you get enough skills to express your own opinions with details such as reasons and purposes. 

In this course, you will learn new vocabulary, grammars and then we will do role-playing to improve your conversation skills! If you know the basic grammars (N5 level), you can take this course.  Let's have fun with Manami!

Pre-Intermediate Japanese (55 mins)

FREE CONVERSATION COURSE：

This course is for students who want to practice Japanese speaking to improve their speaking skills. This course is *only for intermediate/advanced level* students. However, if you are beginner students and really wish to take this course, please feel free to ask me.

In this lesson,  we decide on a topic before the lesson, and we both prepare for it. (Topic examples:  anime, manga, Japanese drama, music, news, travel etc...) We will talk about the topic we decided. If you make a mistake, I will correct it every time. You will learn how to speak natural Japanese. 

Don't be shy! Let's talk in Japanese and have fun! I am looking forward to talking with you!




TRAVEL CONVERSATION COURSE：

This course is for students who are planning to go to Japan for holidays.

This course has 8 sections,
1) greetings, introduction, location
2) shopping conversation
3) restaurant conversation
4) direction
5) hotel/airport/bank conversation
6) questions
7) troubles
8) review

It depends on your speed, but if you take 5~8 lessons (1 hour), you can practice basic travel conversations.

You will learn important vocabularies, grammars and useful phrases in each section. 
Also, I can help you with planning if you need:)
Let's get ready for a FUN trip!

Free conversation / Travel conversation (55 mins)

***The package is only available for students who take lessons more than twice a week. ***

This course is for students who finished Intermediate course or has enough skills to start N2 level Japanese.

We will use textbooks such as みんなの日本語中級、中級を学ぼう、できる日本語上級、N2教材、ニュース記事etc...

Advanced Japanese (55 mins)

***The package is only available for students who take lessons more than twice a week. ***

This course is for students who finished the pre-intermediate Japanese course or has enough skill to start N3 level Japanese.  You will learn more about natural Japanese grammars and expressions. 

Like other courses, you will learn new vocabulary, grammar and then practice conversation. By the end of this course, you will be able to deal with most of the matters which might occur in daily life. Also, you will become able to talk fluently and naturally with Japanese people about diverse topics.

We will use intermediate level textbooks such as みんなの日本語中級、中級へ行こう、etc...) and other materials.