Kanako
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Kanako
Professional Teacher
Teaches
Japanese
Native
English
Speaks
Spanish
Chinese (Mandarin)
Marathi
Teaches
Japanese
Native
English
Speaks
Spanish
Chinese (Mandarin)
Marathi
From JapanLiving in Boston, United States (08:59 UTC-04:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 1, 2015Interest topicFilms & TV SeriesReadingBusiness & FinanceFood
I'm a native Japanese speaker who has lived outside of Japan for almost a decade. My full-time job is marketing in a tech company (no other Japanese around me!), and I teach Japanese online and offline at night and on weekends. I'm fluent in English, and I understand Spanish and Chinese.
I spend my time teaching Japanese, studying Spanish (I hope I can teach Japanese in Spanish someday!), and practicing salsa dance. I've traveled a lot throughout Japan and many other countries. I love discussing various topics, such as; foods, history, festivals, trips, comics/anime/game, movies, music, business (especially marketing, sales, tech and HR), dating - the list goes on and on.Me as a Teacher
I love teaching in general. It's where my passion is! For 5 years, a part of my job back in Japan was to help non-Japanese students improve their Japanese fluency and prepare for moving to Japan. After 2+ years of teaching in iTalki, I'm very confident to serve various types of students. My students range from absolute beginners to JLPT N1 level, from 10 years old to adults, from different cultural background, from students to scientists, engineers, teachers, and artists.My lessons & teaching style
My lessons are completely tailored with your needs. In the first lesson, I take time to understand your current level and goals. I'll set up a Google Doc or equivalent, and in each lesson, I'll give you homework and discuss what we'll do in the next lesson. Setting right expectation is very important to me. You're more than welcomed to stop me at any point of lessons for questions. Also, bring any questions about Japanese languages and culture.My teaching material
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
TEFL - Mytefl.com - 2017
Certificate uploaded
Education
2012 - 2014
Master's - MBA
2004 - 2007
Bachelor’s - Music with technologyTo complete the Bachelor's Arts program, I completed variety of courses, from history to politics to foreign languages and sciences. This has helped me develop conversation with students with diverse background.
Work Experience
2007 - 2012
HR GeneralistI was solely in charge of talent acquisition for non-Japanese speakers who wanted to work in Japan. The company required very high proficiency in Japanese and my responsibility included screening and interviewing candidates, assisting those whom we had offered bruch up Japanese to JLPT N1 level and helping them start their life in one of the busiest cities, Tokyo.
2013 - Current
Marketing ManagerI have worked at various startups and small business, in the different industries, from software, human resources, retails and web services. My expertise is very broad; content marketing, social media, SEM/O, tradeshow, webinars, partnership, grass-root marketing, influencer marketing, guerilla marketing, the list goes on and on.
2018 - Current
Marketing Operations ManagerI moved to New England! Still continuing my career in the MarTech field, and it's exciting!
5.0
Rating
175
Students
1,110
Lessons
98%
Attendance
98%
Response
Japanese Lessons
Japanese
English
Trial Lesson
70 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Basic Japanese Conversation
A1 - C2340 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 12% off
Japanese Conversation - all levels
A1 - C2193 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 12% off
Japanese in Business: Business Culture, Job Search, Interviews
A1 - C24 lessons completed
USD 20.00
Special Offer for those who started with me before Jan 23, 2017
A1 - C2132 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 20% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
386 Reviews
All
Japanese
English
Bryce White
22 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Kanako has been an excellent teacher and continues to provide a valuable experience every lesson. Every lesson she takes the time to properly listen to any questions/concerns and difficulties you're facing and answers them in clear answers with explanations and examples. I'm glad I've chosen her to help in my studies as she's extremely knowledgeable of grammar and how to properly convey things with the language.
Aug 13, 2017
Ryan
15 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Great lesson. Kanako covered some important foundational knowledge i had been struggling with and made things so much clearer. I feel i have a better grasp of sentence structure after todays lesson. Thank you Kanako Sensei!
Aug 6, 2017
Kim Lefebvre
39 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Today we covered asking for directions using a map, and how to conjugate verbs into potential form. It was an excellent lesson. Kanako is very knowledgeable, and is a very supportive and helpful teacher. She is great about explaining things to me, and also making things fun. ありがとうございます！
Dec 18, 2016
Johan Öberg
40 Japanese lessons
Super!
Apr 2, 2021
Jordan
45 Japanese lessons
Very nice to chat after quite a break! Looking forward to more great lessons next year!
Dec 31, 2019
Campbell Ruddock
16 Japanese lessons
ありがとうかなこ先生!! Thanks for always making the lessons so fun!! You’ve got the best way of explaining everything!
Jul 23, 2019
Trial Lesson
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