大田奈緒【おおた なお/OTA NAO】

I’ve been taking lessons with Nao for long time, and I always enjoy our time together. Nao is very patient and helps simplify complex thoughts into more manageable chucks that are appropriate for my level. She is also flexible to the lesson style, sometimes we free talk and other times she prepares questions to guide the conversation. In the past she also helped me work through one of the irodori textbook and ensured that I was understanding the concepts correctly.

Nao is a great.

I really like studying japanese with Nao-san. Her lessons are well prepared, she is funny and has thought me so mutch in sutch a short time. :)

great teacher. very interactive and knowledgeable

Nao is helping me improve my Japanese speaking skills, she is friendly and helps me with the overly complicated things I am trying to say.

Speaking Japanese with Nao was a fantastic lesson for many reasons! First, she is organized and is able to use resources to focus on a topic to discuss about. This is great for someone who is unsure of what to talk about in another language (as I do!). Second, the flow of discussion is probably my favorite part of the lesson. We talked about current news in Japan and then the discussion organically flowed to our opinions, personal experiences and into other areas of relative interests. This is what I look for in speaking partners because talking in a language I'm learning just feels natural! And I have to mention that Nao is very friendly, encouraging, direct and is able to understand even when communication is a little challenging. One hour seems long but when it's this engaging time just flies by, so I hope to take another lesson in the future! Thank you, Nao!