薫 山.
  • Speaks English (B2), Japanese (Native)
  • 563 lessons taught
  • 3 lessons booked in the last 48 hours

薫 山.

Japan

Failure is the mother of success, my favorite word and rule of my class

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About the tutor

Failure is the mother of success, that is my favorite word.


As JK Rowling said in famaous Harvard commencement speech, "failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way."


Only rule in my class is, don't be afraid to make a lot of mistakes, let's speak a lot in Japanese.


It is very comfortable to work with foreigners for me, so my first career after my graduation was business center at foreign capital hotel, and now I am working at pharmaceutical company.


Other info? Please ask me in lesson!

How to support your Japanese skill?

Making your customized PPT as material and giving you detailed feedback after the lesson.


Trial lesson (Speaking only Japanese except begginers):

20min ; free talk

I would appreciate if you could let me know about your self in detail; trigger to be interested in Japanese, what your motivation, achievement goal etc.

20 min feedback and reflection

I will advise which part you will improve.

20 min Seeking best method fits you

I will introduce some methods to improve Japanese skill, so let’s seek together what method really fits your current situation. I might provide you homework for next session.


I have more than 5 years teaching experience for Japanese;

my teaching career started when I was high school student as volunteer.

I shared precious time with “newcomers” who tried to learn Japanese hiragana, katakana, kanji. The students were mainly children(5-15 years old) and live Japan within three years.

New Year's card written in Japanese that they had sent me is my invaluable starting point and motivation to teach Japanese.

My university days, I had a class for more advanced skilled learner who hope to know more historical culture and speak more “natural” Japanese, especially pronunciation by unique way; singing a song, tongue twister-- I believe Japanese has characteristic rhyme, so it is very important part to be “natural” Japanese speaker; these were great method to practice Japanese


For my dear student, I truly would like to seek together what method fits you based on my experience, but I believe talking, speaking a lot, mistaking a lot would be the best method to learn Japanese even if you would like to just learn writing or listening;

so basically I strongly recommend you to speak only Japanese in my class (except beginners).

I can speak English, but I would like to limit to speak English. That is making a long way to be “good ” Japanese speaker short.

Thank you for checking my profile, hopefully see you soon!

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Apr 28–May 4, 2024

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  • 2018 — Present

    Takeda Pharmaceutical

    Staff, Translater

  • 2016 — 2018

    Eisai

    EA

  • 2015 — 2016

    Grand Hyatt Tokyo

    Staff

Specialties

  • Conversational Japanese

    Interesting to learn new language is really nice, but just "want to speak" would not be ideal goal. I will suggest your clear goal to achive your ideal goal. How to do self-intro? How to make a question?

    Not just memorizing fixed expression, let's aim to make sentences that you like on your own.

  • Japanese for beginners

    New comer child class was my first career. How to memorize hiragana, Kanakana, basic kanji? I will teach effective way to memorize these as first step. Even if you are interested in speaking, reading these character would be first.

  • JLPT

    N5-N1, I have experienced to teach all level. Let's focus on your weak point and improve it together.

  • Japanese for children

    New comer child class was my first career. How to memorize hiragana, Kanakana, basic kanji? I will teach effective way to memorize these as first step. Even if you are interested in speaking, reading these character would be first.

  • Business Japanese

    I worked at five star hotel in business center. After that, I was a executive assistant at listed company. Based on these career, I can teach polite, formal Japanese that is used in business in actual.

    You can learn speaking, writing, reading and listening as well-balanced.

  • General Japanese

    At international school, I was an assitant teacher in intermediate class.

    インターナショナルスクールで、日本にきて5年以内の生徒のクラスを担当

  • Japanese for Professionals

    To aim advanced level leaner, how to use casual Japanese, when should we use polite expression?

    We can learn about it.

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55

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3 lessons booked in the last 48 hours

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$

55

50-min lesson