Happy to help you according to your own individual style!
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Happy to help you according to your own individual style!
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Other, New Zealand (05:35 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Oct 5, 2021
こんにちは!わたしはかなこです。
わたしは旅行、絵をかくことと、ガーデニングが好きです。
人と話すことが大好きで、italki を始めようと思いました。
一緒に楽しく勉強をしていけるように頑張ります!
Hi, I'm kanako, I'm a native Japanese speaker, born in Nagasaki and grew up in Fukuoka. When I get back to Japan I will stay in Osaka since my family lives there.
My hobbies include hiking, drawing, cooking, gardening and I'm a big fan of dogs.
I have done working holidays in Canada, Australia, Germany and New Zealand.
I love to challenge myself, I've tried different things such as working as a chef, bartender, farmer, zookeeper, pet sitter, and extra in a TV show.
Since I have not travelled much in Japan, it is the next country I will explore to see it's beautiful landscape and culture.
Me as a Teacher
Whilst living in Germany I was working as a private Japanese language tutor. It was a truly rewarding experience to see the progresion of my students' Japanese language skills.
Throughout university, I was tutoring a younger student to assist with maths, english and science.
At first it was difficult for me since he had no interest in these subjects. I tried a different approach to tutoring, this resulted in an overall improvement on his grades.
My lessons & teaching style
In my class I would like to use みんなの日本語 or Marugoto(まるごと)A1 Katudou(活動), these text books for begginers to learn basic and useful Japanese.
Or I can teach you how to speak Japanese naturally based on conversational practice. The goal of this practice is how to respond quickly and naturally.
I can constructfully criticize and correct your mistakes and put them in writing, allowing you to do further study independently.
I am flexible with your needs and we can discuss how you would like to learn based on your personal preference. I can suggest methods with your Japanese level in the first class.
I like to give homework at the end of every session and review it in the next session.
See you soon
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Image files
Quizzes
Flashcards
Articles and news
Test templates and examples
5.0
Rating
122
Students
725
Lessons
100%
Attendance
98%
Response
5.0
Rating
122
Students
725
Lessons
100%
Attendance
98%
Response
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
38 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Conversational lessons
A1 - C1Conversation Practice683 lessons completed
USD 9.50+
Package with 9% off
Advanced class
A2 - B1General4 lessons completed
USD 16.00
Availability
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70 Reviews
Tariq A
29 Japanese lessons
Kanako speaks English very well, which makes explanations easy. If you don't do conversational lessons, you can send pictures of your textbook and check over your homework or work through the problems in the book with her.
Mar 28, 2023
Mike Motes
18 Japanese lessons
これはまた興味深い教訓でした。私たちは音楽を話し合いました。たとえば日本のバンドのアメリカのツウアについて話し合いました。次のレッスンを楽しみにしています。
This was also an interesting lesson. We discussed music, for example, Japanese bands' American tours. I'm looking forward to the next lesson.