I taught elementary students for 38 years. Let's enjoy learning Japanese!
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
I taught elementary students for 38 years. Let's enjoy learning Japanese!
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Yokohama, Japan (00:30 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 30, 2022
Interest topicFoodMedical & HealthcareTravel
I’m a retired teacher. I taught elementary students for 38 years which allowed me to be equipped with the necessary skills to teach Japanese in a fun and enjoyable manner.
After retirement, I studied to become a Japanese teacher because I like talking with people.
I like traveling and I have been to several countries. I’ve been to many places in Japan so I am knowledgeable about a lot of tourist destinations.
During my free time, I play table tennis once a week. Furthermore, I have played the ukulele for over 15 years. After the pandemic I want to perform some songs while playing the ukulele in parties.
I’m really looking forward to talking to people from various countries.
My creations
Me as a Teacher
I am currently a licensed Japanese teacher. But I want to gain various experiences as a community tutor in italki.
During our lessons, I use several Japanese textbooks.
For example; Minna no Nihongo, GENKI, FUN&EASY, TOBIRA, IRODORI(Web), and JLPT.
I can respond as much as possible to the needs of learners from beginners to advanced.
今、日本語教師の勉強を終わり、日本語教師のプロの資格を取りました。
このitalkiのコミニュティーチューターでいろいろ経験を積みます。
日本語の教科書は、「みんなの日本語」「げんき」「FUN&EASY」「とびら」「いろどり(web)」などをそろえています。学習者に合わせて、対応していきます。学習者の要望にできるだけ対応します。(初級から上級まで)それだけ、自由が利くということです。
教師としての経験を生かして、楽しくわかりやすいレッスンをします。
My lessons & teaching style
Lessons will be conducted in Japanese. If we can’t communicate well, I can use the English language for any explanations and clarifications. For this reason, I continue to study the English language.
レッスンは、日本語を通して行います。どうしても、伝わらないときは、最低限の英語を使います。
そのために、英語の勉強を続けています。
Learned many interesting things about the Japanese population and health system, about how a new mother is treated in Japan, etc. It was a very challenging conversation today that reminded me I need to work hard on my vocabulary (which is within my supposed language skills, but I hadn't really practiced in real conversation till now). まいさん、今日のレッスンもありがとうございました。
Apr 14, 2024
Panayiotis Payiatis
13 Japanese lessons
Another wonderful lesson with Mai-san! Today, we talked about curriculum in Greek school and student behavior. I talked about my performance at school when I was little. It was really fun. Then we talked about my studies and ended up discussing the differences between philosophy and religion.It was a really nice lesson! Thank you, Sensei!
Apr 7, 2024
Panayiotis Payiatis
13 Japanese lessons
Today we talked about hanami and walks in the park. About younger generations using technology way too much, about how my generation used to play. we ended up talking about animal-caffe in Japan. It was a lovely conversation. Mai-san was introducing new expressions and gave my feedback all the time! まいさん、ありがとうございます。
Mar 31, 2024
Panayiotis Payiatis
13 Japanese lessons
It was another excellent lesson with Mai-san. We had a really interesting conversation about kimono and yukata, old and new cities in Greece and Japan, tourism in both countries etc. Mai-san always gives me feedback, explains in many ways her expressions so that I can understand, and always presents the syntactic structure of sentences when necessary. まいさん、ありがとうございました。
Mar 25, 2024
Yong Jie
8 Japanese lessons
Teacher is always patient with me
Mar 22, 2024
Panayiotis Payiatis
13 Japanese lessons
Mai-san, thank you for today's lesson! I enjoyed it so much! Looking forward for the next!