⭐ Ejderha Sato ⭐

As 2023 concludes with today's lesson, it’s time to reflect on a year and a half of learning Korean! I am deeply and incredibly thankful for discovering Sato! While I began the year familiar with many words, now I can engage in basic Korean conversations. My proficiency in conjugating between past, present, and casual to polite tenses has grown significantly. Sato's teaching skills are evident; he gauges precisely when to challenge me and when to allow independent exploration. Whenever I struggle with a concept, his patient explanations ensure clarity. He will always keep at it until I have fully grasped the topic. His organized Google Docs of lesson notes are invaluable, and his commitment shines through—even when responding to late-night questions! Beyond language, Sato also adds invaluable insights into Korean culture and lifestyle. His meticulous attention to my pronunciation ensures I sound as authentic as possible. Truly a dedicated and skilled instructor! Thank you!

As another year studying with Sato San is finishing, I feel the need to write a proper review. A new year's resolution two years ago changed my life, I decided to try learning another language and shortly after discovered Sato San. Looking back after almost 100 lessons it is hard to believe we've come so far. Starting from scratch, we are now conducting class in almost exclusively Japanese. I am still far from proficient, but feel like I have an extremely solid foundation to build my intermediate level Japanese on. Sato San's style of teaching puts the ball in your court as a learner. The amount of information and study material he provides is abundant, its up to you as a student to study and apply. We have come a very long way together and I am very grateful as a student to have found such a great guide on my language Journey. We continue to trudge towards the metaphorical peak of Everest together. Sato San- 本当に　ありがとうございました

Another fun and very helpful lesson with Sato-sensei! I appreciate his patience and understanding when I forget vocabulary or make mistakes. And I'm super enjoying the pace and really am absorbing the new information well. I also enjoy all the cultural and language context that he gives as we go through the lesson. It gives so much more life and meaning to learning Japanese. I also found it very easy to study up on the previous lesson thanks to the Google Doc notes and organization.

Today was another great lesson! I’ve been making a real effort to speak more and more in Korean during our sessions, and I’ll keep pushing myself to do that. Sato is incredibly patient and always lets me try to express myself before stepping in to help, which I really appreciate. I’m also focusing on listening more carefully to what he says in Korean. In the past, the words would just fly by, but now I’m actively trying to understand what he’s saying. Today, we focused on practicing quote phrases (~라고/~다고). We started by working with individual phrases before moving on to full sentences, which was super helpful. Seeing how it’s done step-by-step made it much easier for me to grasp. Sato explained it so clearly that I had no trouble understanding the concept, and I’ll definitely keep practicing! Thank you for the great lesson, and I’ll see you on Wednesday!

Sato-san and I reviewed time and date to begin. We then covered kanji readings of some adjectives. I’m able to translate more complex sentences for listening practice than before!

We had a really good lesson today! It began with a discussion about my plans for October. During this discussion I had a bit of trouble with noun-modification, but Mr Sato took the time to remind me of the information I had forgotten. At the end of the lesson we reviewed my homework from two weeks prior and started the new chapter (食べた後で). As always, it was a great lesson and I look forward to our next. I'm ever thankful for Mr Sato's time, attention and guidance, I strongly recommend him for anybody attempting to learn Japanese!!!