Makiko

My group of 3 has been learning with Makiko-sensei for a little over 2 months now. During this time, we have learned all of hiragana, katakana, and can form more complicated sentences with topic, time, place, and verb/actions. We are honestly really impressed with our progress in such a short amount of time and look forward to meeting with Makiko-sensei every week! Our calls always have smiles and laughter, and she makes it fun to learn. :) Thank you Makiko-sensei!!

I have been meeting regularly with Makiko sensei for about a year and I whole heartedly recommend her to anyone wanting to learn or brush up on their Japanese. She always brings a very fun approach to every lesson and, in a uniquely kind/firm manner, corrects my mistakes to ensure that I am absorbing the info as efficiently as possible. I definitely plan to continue taking lessons with Makiko sensei and it would be remiss to pass up the opportunity of having Makiko sensei as a teacher.

For anyone interested in learning Japanese I highly recommend Makiko-sensei. I had been studying the Genki 1 book on my own for several months but wasn't really sure what kind of progress I was making. I scheduled a trial lesson with Makiko-sensei and feel so lucky and fortunate to have found her as my teacher. Ever since the trial lesson I've been taking classes once a week for a few months now and the hour session is always a highlight of my week that I look forward to. Makiko-sensei is a compassionate and patient teacher that makes learning enjoyable while always ensuring you actually learn the material. I constantly have questions and stumble over previously taught subjects but she always takes the time to review with me with a smile on her face. I'll soon be upping to 2-3 times a week because I enjoy learning from Makiko-sensei so much. I've always had a dream of learning the Japanese language and with the guidance of Makiko-sensei I believe I can make that dream a reality.

Makiko continues to be a great teacher! She does a lot to help you learn Japanese and uses Genki to its fullest. It provides a classroom setting and using the pair work is great exercise for language practice. She's great and provides a lot of good feedback to students and is very encouraging! Highly recommended!

Thank Makiko! Just ordered the books!

Makiko is an amazing teacher! I always enjoy our lessons, and she helps me understand each unit we go over with examples, doing pair work, and providing very helpful feedback when speaking. I always enjoy my lessons with her, and I feel like anyone would benefit from her when starting out learning Japanese!