Hello, my name is Ann K. and I'm an experienced native Japanese tutor currently living in Japan. I have been giving Japanese lessons online with Verbalplanet since 2018. I am currently offering a free initial trial lesson for new students.
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CharlotteRae Australia
Once again super happy with my experience with Ann Sensei. She was very supportive, positive and encouraging, particularly with my slowness and nervousness to speak. Looking forward to more lessons and improving!
CharlotteRae Australia
Had a really positive experience with my first lesson with Ann today. I'm a very nervous Japanese student who really struggles with the speaking/listening side to language-learning, but she made me feel at ease, kindly encouraged me to push through and corrected me in a super positive style. Definitely recommend Ann and will be booking in again.
どうもありがとうございました。
Chris W Australia
It was my first lesson, and I felt a little trepidation as I had never spoken any of my patchwork of self-taught Japanese. With the skill and patience of a very good teacher, Ann-san quickly had me relaxed and enjoying the experience of trying to speak in Japanese. The whole experience was in fact a lot of fun, and left me feeling inspired to put in a real effort to learn and speak more.
misajin2996 Philippines
She is very patient and considerate, especially when it takes me a long time to answer. I always appreciate her kind way of teaching. レッスンはとてもたのしかったです。ありがとうございました!:)
misajin2996 Philippines
Despite the technical problem that we had during the lesson, we were still able to finish the lesson. Thank you very much!
misajin2996 Philippines
It's been a while since our last lesson, so I was very nervous. I learned a lot today! I will try to practice speaking more. Thank you for always guiding me well! :)
Native Japanese born and brought up in Japan, I have three years' experience of teaching Japanese. I am a qualified teacher and trained in teaching Japanese.
Offerings:
- Beginner to advanced level Japanese (focus on communication)
- Customised lessons according to your objectives
- Business level speaking, email and Japanese business culture/etiquette
- Standard Tokyo accent Japanese
- Fun lessons!
Qualifications & Experience
I am a qualified Japanese teacher with:
- a Japanese language teaching competency qualification (日本語教育能力検定)
- 420 hours of Japanese teaching training (日本語教師養成講座420時間修了)
- three years' experience of one-on-one teaching in Australia
Teaching Approach
- Communicative classes (mainly speaking and listening, but reading and writing could be your homework in order to fully understand Japanese)
- Grammar is learned in context
- Flexible teaching style depending on needs of each student