Travelling to Japan? Beginners welcome! CELTA certified trilingual teacher
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Italian
Indonesian
Travelling to Japan? Beginners welcome! CELTA certified trilingual teacher
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Brescia, Italy (17:25 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 24, 2020
InterestsPets & AnimalsFoodSports & Fitness
I was born in Japan, grew up in Indonesia, educated in the US and currently living in Italy. I love traveling and hiking. In the past few years, I’ve been exploring the Alps and the beautiful cities and villages in Italy. I also love eating good food and meeting people!
Me as a Teacher
Teaching is my passion. I've taught in various institutions, online and offline. I have a lot of experience teaching beginner to intermediate students in Japanese and in English. I can help you improve your daily conversation skills and/or academic study.
My lessons & teaching style
I encourage my students to talk a lot during the lessons, but that doesn’t mean we will be just chatting. When the lessons is over, you’ll have learnt something new and be confident in using them in the real situations.
If you don't have any specific requests, we can use materials from textbooks to start with. I will be asking level appropriate questions, so don't worry if you are not so confident with your language skills.
Although my lessons are taught in its language, if you have any problem expressing yourself, I can help you in English or in Italian.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Audio files
Video files
Articles and news
Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
64
Students
1,077
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
64
Students
1077
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
45 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Basic Japanese
A1 - A2Language Essentials835 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Package with 9% off
Intermediate Japanese
B1 - B2Language Essentials83 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Package with 9% off
O-chat in Japanese / 日本語茶屋
A2 - C2Conversation83 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Package with 5% off
Let's learn Hiragana and Katakana!
A1Language Essentials5 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Package with 5% off
Japanese Conversation Lesson for Two
A1 - B2Language Essentials26 lessons completed
USD 47.00+
Package with 8% off
Availability
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77 Reviews
Zoey Knittel
28 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Aya Sensei is an incredible teacher! She creates a warm and encouraging learning environment, tailoring each lesson to our pace and interests. Her explanations are clear, her patience is endless, and she makes learning Japanese both effective and fun. We've seen real progress in our skills thanks to her thoughtful guidance. Highly recommend her to anyone looking to learn Japanese! 🌸✨
Feb 28, 2025
Johan Staaf
170 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I've been studying with Aya-sensei every week for over half a year now. I'm continually impressed with Aya-sensei's ability to always challenge me without making it too difficult or too easy. Progress is steady and I can sincerely recommend Aya-sensei to anyone who wishes to improve their Japanese.
Feb 19, 2021
Chiara Cavalieri
1 Japanese lesson
Molto organizzata, paziente e gentile! Ha creato una lezione su misura per me. Ottima esperienza!
Nov 13, 2025
Mingzhang Chen
29 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
First official lesson with Aya sensei. Aya sensei is a Cambridge CELTA-qualified teacher who is very good at engaging students using well-graded questions. Her approach is highly student-centred, allowing me plenty of opportunities to practise listening and speaking.
Oct 17, 2024
lidia.zitara
1 Japanese lesson
La sensei Aya parla molto bene l'italiano, è molto gentile, mette a proprio agio senza essere cedevole nella richiesta di impegno. Nella lezione di prova ha già proprosto un piano di studi e indicato testi, fornito materiale e dato un feedback sul mio livello. Grazie mille!
Nov 17, 2025
gerardo De Lucia
8 Japanese lessons
I still don’t believe it… AyaSan made me speak in Japanese, it was the first time for me.
Thank you so much, Aya. 🌸