Mayumi Sensei’s Pattern Practice Course has been transformative for my Japanese speaking skills. I used to struggle with intonation and pitch accent, but the lessons have helped me improve tremendously. Mayumi Sensei provides excellent guidance, and the course instructions are clear, practical, and easy to apply in real conversations. Through consistent practice and feedback, I have become much more aware of natural Japanese rhythm, pitch, and pronunciation. As my Japanese has become more natural, I have also gained confidence in speaking. Seeing the results in real-life situations was especially rewarding. During my recent trip to Japan, I was able to have natural conversations with several Japanese shop assistants. The interactions felt much smoother than before, and I found it easier to understand and respond naturally. If you are serious about sounding more natural in Japanese, I cannot recommend this course highly enough.

I’ve been taking lessons with Mayumi sensei for about four years now, and I could not recommend her enough. She is everything a good teacher should be — incredibly patient, kind, and attentive to detail. As you take more lessons with her, she learns exactly what you personally need to work on and brings that into your lessons so you can continue improving. This kind of personalized instruction is invaluable as a language learner. I also want to say that my speaking has improved dramatically after taking her pattern practice course. If you are a beginner or intermediate learner struggling with speaking confidence, this is the course for you. I have been learning Japanese for about seven years now, and I have never felt more confident speaking than I do after working through this course with Mayumi sensei. I highly recommend trying a lesson with her. No matter which course you choose, you will leave feeling more confident and more knowledgeable about the language.

Mayumi is very focused and organized as a teacher. I really appreciate that she keeps me on task. She is an excellent teacher for someone who really wants to improve their Japanese. A+

Mayumi sensei’s pattern practice lessons are truly effective. Having recently returned from a trip to Tokyo, I found practically all the service staff (who could code switch between Japanese and English) speaking with me comfortably in Japanese instead of English. Despite being an intermediate learner, this has not happened to me previously before I started pattern practice and I attribute this to Mayumi-san fixing my pitch accent and mora such that I can speak in a way that is easier for native speakers to understand. While textbooks serve as a good grammar base, the pattern practice curriculum trains the learner to speak more like a native person and to communicate better. I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to become fluent.

Another very good lesson. A+

Mayumi is a very good teacher and one I think that any student would find helpful. She corrected my pronunciation and intonation which was a good thing. Recommended.