Kiyomi Ogawa 小川清美

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Kiyomi Ogawa 小川清美

Professional Teacher

Teaches

Japanese

Native

Speaks

English

French

Arabic

Chinese (Mandarin)

Italian

Korean

Spanish

Specialties

Test Preparation

Certified Japanese language teacher and manga creator

Teaches

Japanese

Native

Speaks

English

French

Arabic

Chinese (Mandarin)

Italian

Korean

Spanish

Specialties

Test Preparation

Certified Japanese language teacher and manga creator

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

Resume & Certificates

From JapanLiving in Jackson, United States (11:41 UTC-05:00)

About Me

italki teacher since May 13, 2013

InterestsMusicArtFilms & TV Series

I like to meet new poeple and learn new things. I love music,art, nature and squirrels .

Me as a Teacher

I teach Japanese and translate it together with my husband. I gained insight into how foreigners experience Japan and its language by teaching Boeing employees in Nagoya and Syrian family. I like to use illustrations to help students understand difficult concepts, as can be seen in my books. In April 2019, I began creating four-panel comics and articles related 2010 Working for relocation company Cartus Cartus 2012 Top Language Teacher Club Italia Nagoya Co.,Ltd. 2016- Published six textbooks Japanese textbook "practical Japanese " "practical Japanese 2 " and 3 " easy and fun katankana" "hiragana" "kanji" 2019 manga (short comic)has been serialized in a website "Matcha"

My lessons & teaching style

For formal lessons, I make individual lesson plans for each student and use pdf, real-life materials (menus, etc.) and textbooks. For informal sessions, I don't make lesson plans. Students prepare a topic and focus on conversation. Informal sessions are aimed at intermediate to advanced students, as a certain level of proficiency is required to manage a somewhat fluid conversation.

My teaching material

PDF file
Text Documents
Image files
Video files
Flashcards
Articles and news
Quizzes
Homework Assignments

Certificates

JLPT - ITALKI, Japademy, etc - 2024I had many experience of JLPT class on italki and other school. I'm not sure if this is collect information but here are some proofs that I taught JlPT https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rmu6hF6m379u6hK_o6WexUGiaEqnno461DqTkY9IpMQ/edit?usp=sharing I think you can find more completed JLPT lessons in my past ITALKI history. I also published JLPT textbooks. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kiyomi-Ogawa/author/B004L3HNFC?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Certificate verified

Cartus 2012 Top Language Teacher - Cartus - 2013

Certificate verified

Completion of 420-hour Advanced Japanese Teacher Training Course - The World Japanese Language Centre - 2012

Certificate verified

Herb coordinator - Japanese gardening society - 2008

Certificate verified

Education

2010 - 2012

Other - Advanced Japanese Teacher Training CourseThe World Japanese Language Centre

2010 - 2011

Other - Japanese language educationJapanese teacher courseI learned how to teach Japanese for non English speaker in Japanese.

Work Experience

2010 - 2017

language teacherCartus - Nagoya, JapanThrough Cartus, I am currently teaching Japanese to American employees of Boeing who are living in the Nagoya area.

2016 - Current

authorIBC publishing - Tokyo, JapanJapneses textbooks Practical Japanese Easy and Fun hiragana, katakana, kanji

2019 - 2021

Manga creatorMatcha - Tokyo, JapanCreating four-panel comics and articles related to the Japanese language for MATCHA, a Japan travel web magazine.

2010 - 2015

Japanese language teacherClub Italia Nagoya Co.,Ltd. - Nagoya, JapanTeaching Japanese for Italian exchange students.

2018 - 2018

Japanese language teacherlinguage-japanese-school - Toyota, JapanTeaching Japanese for Mexican engineers.

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496

Students

10.3k

Lessons

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Attendance rate

99%

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Rating

496

Students

10303

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

99%

Response rate

Japanese Lessons

Trial Lesson

262 lessons completed

USD 7.00+

Fun! Japanese lessons in English

A1 - C2

Language Essentials

4,818 lessons completed

USD 12.00+

Package with 1% off

日本語で話しましょう！

B2 - C2

Language Essentials

2,286 lessons completed

USD 11.00+

Package with 1% off

Translation Course

B1 - C1

Language Essentials

4 lessons completed

USD 10.00

JLPT N3,4,5

A1 - B1

Test Preparation

0 lessons completed

USD 23.00

Package with 1% off

JLPT N 1, 2

B2 - C1

Test Preparation

11 lessons completed

USD 25.00

Package with 1% off

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4,272 Reviews

Mindy

5 Japanese lessons

Excellent teacher and great lesson!

Mar 14, 2025

Ming-Yuan Tseng

9 Japanese lessons

Ms Ogawa gave many examples and explained the nuances of each phrase and how they would be interpreted by the native speaker, something not fully written in the textbook!

Mar 11, 2025