From JapanLiving in Utsunomiya, Japan (20:19 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Feb 10, 2022
Interest topicMusicFilms & TV SeriesGaming
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!
My creations
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!)
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Audio files
Image files
Video files
Articles and news
Quizzes
Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
17
Students
61
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
5.0
Rating
17
Students
61
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
16 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Entertaining Japanese!
A1 - C1General45 lessons completed
USD 35.00+
Package with 14% off
Availability
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My creations
Vocabulary (2)
Podcast (10)
Quiz (10)
8 Reviews
Carolina
6 Japanese lessons
Awesome as always ☺️❤️
Aug 24, 2023
Lena
4 Japanese lessons
たかしさんはとても優しい先生です!
Aug 1, 2023
Carolina
6 Japanese lessons
楽しい〜楽しい〜楽しい〜w
Jul 19, 2023
Carolina
6 Japanese lessons
楽しかったです!<3 As always very fun, we talked a lot, Takeshi kun helps me to resolve any doubts I have with my games or the anime I watch, prepares guides with the vocabulary we used that I can consult constantly and it's always very open minded and with disposition to help me
Jul 11, 2023
Carolina
6 Japanese lessons
Super fun, very patient and attentive. Interesting material to review and more stuff to do for next class ❤️
Jun 28, 2023
Carolina
6 Japanese lessons
I loved it! I was pretty sure Takeshi was the type of teacher I was looking for and having a class with him confirmed to me. Thank you so much for your time, patience and kindness. I’m looking forward to the next one ❤️❤️❤️