kanako

Kanako-sensei is engaging, supportive, and encouraging. She always asks plenty of questions and gives me space to try answering on my own before stepping in to guide me when needed. Our lessons are mostly conversation-based, since that's what I need the most practice with, but she’s also flexible and happy to bring in materials, like articles, when I want to try something different. I always feel at ease in her lessons, and she does a great job of helping me stay focused. I definitely recommend her classes!

I've had 3 conversation practice classes with Kanako-san and I've already booked another 7 more before my trip to Japan!! Kanako-san is encouraging, patient and really easy to talk to. She gives me the confidence to express my thoughts and feelings in Japanese and I'm all the more excited for my trip because of our lessons! I wanted to practice a couple of scenarios with her for my trip (e.g. restaurant, shopping) and she came prepared to the lessons with a specific Google Doc for me with handy phrases suitable for my level! It genuinely feels like chatting with a friend and I feel like that's the best way to learn! She's always thinking about specific phrases or vocab that I personally would need, rather than just generic ones and I really appreciate that thoughtfulness. Kanako-san is also extremely fluent in English so there's no issue there. Thank you Kanako-sensei!!

I really enjoyed our first full lesson! It was the right balance of textbook material exercises and conversation practice, and Kanako-sensei is very encouraging and friendly. I'm excited for my next lesson!

Kanako san is a really rare teacher that is super supportive and patient! I really feel confident to try and speak with her in Japanese even when I feel shy.

Kanako san explains everything with examples and I can ask questions during the class. That's a great way to learn!

Great as always. Kanakosan makes every lesson fun AND engaging. I really enjoyed today’s lesson. Thank you so much, Kanakosan