Akihisa.K

I've taken nearly 30 lessons with Akihisa-Sensei now, and we've recently finished the first textbook. I was scared to take Japanese lessons at first because of my busy work schedule and not having a lot of time/energy to study. Akihisa encourages mistakes and happily makes corrections as needed. He provides extremely detailed homework/study sheets after each lessons and can easily switch lesson formats as needed. I would have never had the confidence to continue learning as an adult if it had not been for Akihisa. If you're considering taking Japanese lessons trust me- if you go with Akihisa-sensei your investment will be worth it!

I am finishing my last lesson package with Akihisa-san, and I can safely say he is the best teacher I have ever had at Italki. First of all, the flow of the class is very good, Akihisa-san natrually slows or speeds up the conversation depending how the conversation is going. I also feel confident on taking risks with more difficult sentences, since his in-class feedback is very good, it doesn't stop the flow of the conversation, but helps you understand the point you missed. Also after every class Akihisa-san sends me a very organized and useful feedback with relevant lesson points, like grammar or vocabulary I missed, or that he thinks will help me out. For sure will continue with the classes, since I feel my japanese has improved since I started my lessons.

3rd Lesson with Akihisa-san and still having a great time learning Japanese. We also had a nice conversation about games (mostly Pokemon haha) at the end of the lesson

Akihisa先生 is a great teacher that really helps me get better in speaking, grammar, vocabulary and gaining confidence in outputting Japanese. He encourages me to speak a lot by asking good questions and being a patient listener. His explanations are easy to understand and the feedback and homework afterwards is super valuable. It also helps to have some common interests like the NBA and movies :) I highly recommend Akihisa先生 and looking forward to many more lessons!

ありがとうございました。楽しかったです。 As usual, Akihisa-san's lessons are excellent. I really appreciate that he asks whether you'd like to use 丁寧 or タメ口 at the beginning of the class. This allows you to practice both, which is an essential part of Japanese culture — being limited to only one register can be quite crippling. The topics he chooses are always interesting and push me to express different ideas in Japanese. After each lesson, I feel motivated to practice more and improve little by little. The road ahead is long, but with Akihisa-san's help, it's going to be a fun journey. Thank you so much, Akihisa-san!

ありがとうございました！とても楽しかったです。 その本を教えてくださって、本当にありがとうございました。 フリートークは難しいかわりに、とても楽しく、良い勉強になりました。（意味は大丈夫ですか？） 日本語を勉強するモチベーションがさらに上がりました！ -- Akihisa-san is a excellent teacher ! I like how he explains grammar and the free-talk part is always interesting. I enjoy that it's not prepared so that I have to do my best with my knowledge. Thank you again.