Make progress and get the results you want ! Learn without textbooks ❗️Limited Availability❗️
Teaches
Japanese
Native
English
Speaks
German
Make progress and get the results you want ! Learn without textbooks ❗️Limited Availability❗️
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Hollywood, United States (04:43 UTC-07:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Mar 29, 2016
Interest topicMusicGamingTech
Award winning Japanese teacher who lived in the UK 🇬🇧 (for 15 years), Germany 🇩🇪 (2 years), Australia 🇦🇺, and the U.S 🇺🇸. I picked up English and Japanese as I grew up. I can speak in different accents! I have been awarded the Duolingo Language Impact Award in 2021.
I'm a very articulate speaker, and I explain complicated ideas in a way everyone can understand.
I'm also a composer/musician/sound engineer. I've written music for Discovery, Netflix, Universal etc... Recently I started writing stories for TV.
Things I like: music, video games (JRPGs), technology, comedy, cats (I have a cat called Yuffie), brain science, exercising, and anime etc.. I welcome everyone with open arms!
Me as a Teacher
I've been teaching online since 2011. I've given over 26,000 lessons (over 8000 on italki + other platforms). I LOVE teaching and helping students.
I'm a tech savvy teacher. I often use screen sharing and/or Google Docs during my Intensive Japanese class. I won't make it boring by using a textbook. I have my original materials and customized files for you.
★ I'm very passionate ! My "Intensive Japanese" lessons are only for those who are serious and dedicated. I want my students to have at least 25 mins/day for self study/review. Possibly 1hr/day, if you want to be fluent quickly :) ★ I'd have to "unleash hell" when a student gets lazy. haha. Bet you don't want to see that.
My lessons & teaching style
Basically, my lessons are very practical and I want my students to talk and practice what they've learned.
It usually takes my beginner students about 3 months to start speaking. My Intensive Japanese lessons are tailored to your specific needs (general, work/business, study, JLPT, test prep, interview, travel, hobby, etc), so you can improve quickly.
I mostly make my own lesson materials as I find textbooks a bit boring! 😆
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★ If you are more than 15 minutes late, the lesson will be treated as a no-show. And no refund will be given.
★ At least 24-hour notice should be given for a lesson to be cancelled or rescheduled.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Audio files
Image files
Video files
Flashcards
Articles and news
Quizzes
Test templates and examples
Graphs and charts
Homework Assignments
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Rating
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Students
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Lessons
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5.0
Rating
607
Students
8350
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
Japanese Lessons
Japanese
English
Trial Lesson
310 lessons completed
USD 45.00+
For Intermediate and Advanced students (Conversation Practice 28mins/57mins)
Taeko always has well structured lessons planned and starts the lesson right on the dot, but she does more than just that. During today’s lesson, she gave me a really great talk about proper learning mentality; basically, when you’re learning a language, you’re teaching a young child. You wouldn’t get angry with a young child for not grasping advanced concepts quickly, so you shouldn’t get angry with yourself either.
Really changed the way I think about learning, and I feel like I can be much more patient with myself. What a great teaching moment!
Oct 14, 2021
Brandon Pun
412 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I have been Taeko-sensei's student for a while now and I have to say that she is my favorite teacher I have ever learned under. From the very first lesson, she had a good grasp of where my current skills were at and had strong suggestions for what I needed to improve on. Overtime we developed a lesson plan that worked well for me. Every lesson feels extremely engaging and she she always shows a vested interest in what I have to talk about. It is very much like talking to a friend. I cannot recommend her enough!
May 29, 2020
christina keller
468 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
My son loves his lessons with Taeko. He is making excellent progress with Japanese. I honestly could not say enough positive things about how working with Taeko has improved my sons foreign language learning experience.
Oct 31, 2017
Ahmad
29 Japanese lessons
it was a good lesson Thank you
May 25, 2023
Chris
2 Japanese lessons
びくりしたから先生は早いすぎて宿題を直した。ありがとう先生!
Mar 20, 2023
Chris
2 Japanese lessons
Tbh I was not expecting to have a lot of fun talking and hand has a very good so was able to hear her very well. Hope to have more lesson with sensei in the future.