Takeshi Spada
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Takeshi Spada
Community Tutor
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Entertaining Japanese!
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Entertaining Japanese!
From JapanLiving in Utsunomiya, Japan (12:07 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Feb 10, 2022Interest 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!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
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Students
247
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45 lessons completed
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Entertaining Japanese!
A1 - C1General203 lessons completed
USD 35.00+
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31 Reviews
Carolina
15 Japanese lessons
We review a video that I was watching and Takeshi explained to me difficult terms that even at one point he wasn't aware of them but by watching them in context he could explain it to me properly (even explaining twice 'cause it was hard to grasp). We proceeded to watch another video of the same creator and reviewing the first part of it. It was so funny that I think it would make an excellent studying material because I'll watch it over and over. Thank you again for a great class
May 2, 2024
maksymilian stachows
2 Japanese lessons
Great teacher. Speaks english very well.
Apr 30, 2024
Carolina
15 Japanese lessons
So we started we casual conversation, then we move to review some lingo with a video I've provided last class. Takeshi explained to me expressions and ways of saying or interpreting a phrase and we even talked about other languages and the origins of words. Takeshi is always open to answer my weird questions and I'm happy he takes it with humour and care. Thanks for your time as always =)
Apr 17, 2024
Carolina
15 Japanese lessons
For this class we review some words from material I found online, we had regular conversation (since I'm rusty) and corrected phrasings I misused. Takeshi also gave me some new words along with examples to further explain myself in a more natural way. We had fun catching up and we even review structures that are historical or poetic nowadays versus what is used casually in conversation. Had lots of fun as always, class is always easy going and Takeshi is super patient with me =)
Apr 9, 2024
Anthony Huntley
27 Japanese lessons
I've been doing weekly lessons with Takeshi for about 5 months now and I'm super happy with how they've been going! He brings the same level of enthusiasm every lesson and always strikes the perfect balance between making things super fun and challenging my Japanese skills.
Mar 11, 2024
Oganesian Apkar
3 Japanese lessons
like the teaching style, looking forward to the next lesson :)
Feb 12, 2024
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