From JapanLiving in Orlando, United States (15:11 UTC-04:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Dec 1, 2021
Interest topicMusic
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My name is Harumi. I was born and raised in Japan.
I studied music in college in LA and went to Brazil.
Now I'm back in the USA and teach music and languages online besides making YouTube videos.
I love traveling, and I used to do backpacking in all over the world.
Olá! Tudo bem? Sou Harumi.
Sou japonesa casada com brasileiro.
Fui ao Brasil e morei lá uns sete anos. Atualmente moro nos EUA.
Gosto muito de viajar e conhecer as pessoas!
こんにちは!はるみです。
私は日本で生まれましたが現在はアメリカに住んでいます。
日本語、英語、ポルトガル語とスペイン語を話します。
日本語以外にオンラインでポルトガル語やブラジル音楽などを教えています。
Me as a Teacher
I've been teaching more than 15 years now.
As a language teacher, I started teaching Japanese in Brazil in 2014.
But I also taught music and English for kids in Japan, so teaching was always my passion.
I started teaching online in 2019, and now I teach every single day.
I love to see the students' progress so every level is welcome in my lesson.
Recently I started to learn Chinese and French online, too, in order to of course improve my language skills but also to understand my students' difficulties.
Even though I've only taken a few lessons so far, I've already found out a lot of things, and that's helping to change my mind and improve my lesson.
My lessons & teaching style
I have materials to practice building Japanese frases in your head and start speaking right away.
I'm also good at explaining grammar.
If you're a total beginner, don't worry, I'll explain everything in English or other languages, but I also want you to challenge to listen and try to understand the context.
For intermediate and advanced students, I use articles and stories to strengthen their proficiencies.
I love talking about the culture, too.
I can always customize your lessons depending on your needs, but at the same time, from my lots of teaching experience I always have ideas what you need to do in order to improve your skill to achieve your goal.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Video files
Quizzes
Homework Assignments
Image files
Articles and news
Flashcards
Audio files
Graphs and charts
Test templates and examples
Work Experience
2014 - 2019
Japanese teacher WizardWizard - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Education
2009 - 2011
Bachelor's - ArtCitrus College
File uploaded
Certificates
Certificate as a Japanese teacher Wizard (Brazil) 2019Teaching experience more than 2 years at the institute
Certificate uploaded
5.0
Rating
41
Students
193
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
5.0
Rating
41
Students
193
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
35 lessons completed
USD 9.00+
Customize your own lesson! (All levels)
A1 - C2General158 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
Package with 11% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
19 Reviews
Traum82 (ハイメ)
35 Japanese lessons
Harumi-sensei is always good in helping me understand the little things not clearly explained in the books. Little adjustments to the way I put together sentences (although grammatically correct) help me sound a little more natural, even at my beginner level.
Jun 9, 2023
Traum82 (ハイメ)
35 Japanese lessons
Harumi sensei is great. She probably noticed me struggling a lot during our lesson, so she changed the lesson on the fly to get me re-engaged before returning to the exercise. It helped keep the lesson relaxed and I c
May 25, 2023
Traum82 (ハイメ)
35 Japanese lessons
Harumi-sensei is always eager to help and points out little things that I should avoid and why, which helps me get a better grasp and remember when not to use certain words...keeping me from sounding weird.
May 18, 2023
Traum82 (ハイメ)
35 Japanese lessons
Can not say enough good things about Harumi-sensei. I'm always learning important little things here and there during her lessons (in addition to the lesson materials).
I highly recommend her.
May 9, 2023
Traum82 (ハイメ)
35 Japanese lessons
Harumi-sensei is very encouraging. It is very helpful when I'm struggling with basic things. She's also very friendly which helps ease my nerves as I try to put a sentence together.
I wish I had found iTalki and started my lessons with Harumi-sensei earlier in my language journey, but we shall carry on and continue studying to full profiency (however long it may take).
May 6, 2023
Traum82 (ハイメ)
35 Japanese lessons
There is a lot to learn, but there is no rush. nothing good comes with rushing. Harumi-sensei is very informative, and our lessons are following a very good progressive format building on previous thing. Of course, Harumi-sensei is always there to help me when I stumble (which happens quite a bit).