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Saeko

Japanese

Native

English

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From Japan

Living in Sapporo, Japan

Hello, my name is Saeko. I live in Hokkaido, Japan, which is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. I was born and raised here, but I lived in the United States (Seattle, WA.) for about 10 years total for studying and teaching. I like learning about Japanese history and visiting historical places. I also like to visit shrines and temples. It's very soothing for me. Living in Hokkaido, I enjoy walking around and seeing the nature in different seasons in my spare time (unless it's cold and snowy..). I always enjoy listening to music and singing Karaoke! I like to listen to other people's stories and learn about things that I didn't know otherwise. I am a certified Japanese teacher and have almost 20 years of experience teaching Japanese. My teaching career began as an English teacher, but then I started teaching Japanese when I was a student TA at a community college in the United States. I taught from K to grade 12 at an international school from 2003 to 2022. While I was in the US, I taught college-level Japanese courses at a language school in Seattle, WA. before I came back to Japan. There, I taught mainly adult students. I also have taught private lessons with people with different levels and needs; from zero beginner to advanced, and for survival Japanese to speech practice. My lessons are communicative style. Students learn and improve as they use it. For beginners, I usually teach in English (unless student requests to use only Japanese) and grad...

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