Rika Kato

She was lovely and very helpful

Rika-san's lessons are so much fun – I always look forward to them! She makes chatting and studying Japanese really enjoyable and gives super helpful feedback. As a beginner with only very basic Japanese knowledge (mostly from watching anime) to start, I definitely feel more confident (and understand more) now, and I can't wait to keep learning with her!

Rika was super fun to talk to! this was my first conversation practice class so I was nervous at first, but that quickly dissipated once we got to talking. She gave great feedback and was helpful whenever I got stuck or was confused, and she helped me feel comfortable asking questions and trying to do things with the language that I wasn't yet confident about.

Thank you for today's lesson! See you again soon!

This was my first lesson with Kato sensei. My lesson goal was speech practice. As I had told her, I don't have experience conversing in Japanese & despite knowing a decent amount of grammar and vocabulary, my listening comprehension is very poor. She made me feel extremely comfortable from the start. Whereas I'd normally get very nervous and draw a blank, she has a gift for distracting you from these feelings and gets you organically engaged in conversation. The 30 minutes were up in what felt like 10 minutes. This is exactly what I needed to propel me to the next level. I will definitely be booking more sessions with Kato sensei.

先生の教え方はフレンドリーで心強いです。私の問題のある文と表現を正しい文に言い換えるのを手伝ってくれました。 役立つ日本語の学習体験、ありがとうございました。助かりました。