Allison Minami : English
Allison Minami
English Native
Sessions: 3
Last class: 2+ days
 1 Reviews: 100% Positive
     
£19.42 / €22.94 / $24.38
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 Hello, my name is Allison Minami and I'm an experienced native English language tutor currently living in Japan. I have been teaching English online since 2020. I am currently offering a free initial trial lesson for new students. 
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tutor 17 Aug 2020
 
Selena SY L
 I had a great lesson with Allison. She suggested me a variety of materials to guide my language learning. I'm sure I can improve my English a lot through the lessons with her. Thank you for your feedback and enthusiasm! :)  
About me - English

Greetings! My name is Allison. I was born in America and lived there for 20+ years of my life. I spent my first two years at a university in Japan, and then completed my bachelor's degree in psychology and behavioral science from a university in the U.S. Currently, I live in Japan with my husband teaching English at an international school, and it gives me so much joy to be able to talk with people from different cultures.

Some of my hobbies include watching a tremendous amount of Japanese cartoons and Korean dramas, reading books from practically any genre, learning multiple languages (I am constantly in pursuit of Japanese fluency, while also dabbling with others like Korean, German, and Russian.), researching anything I can think of, and creative and academic writing.

Qualifications & Experience

In regard to my experience, I have been employed at a university here in Japan as their English Center teacher for the last 2 years, where I hold several roles. In the course of a day I come across requests for things such as editing and proofreading academic papers and college application essays, proofreading university memos and emails, PowerPoint presentations, and a variety of texts on their website for the faculty and staff, holding conversational English practice, crafting individual-based programs for students to help improve their TOEFL scores, and aiding both high school and university students with any English-related questions. I have also been entrusted to edit research papers written in English of the university's president. Recently, I have taken up the role of TOEFL teacher inside that same university and am currently teaching a TOEFL 550 class. I also have experience being a teacher’s assistant within an ESL class inside the U.S. and did an internship as an ALT in Japan for a summer. I've also held two separate jobs as a conversational English teacher. As for other English-related roles, I have acted as a translator for Japanese to English manuscripts for a year now, an English translator for an introductory biology class, and I have researched and written a biographical manuscripts.

Teaching Approach

I believe in partnering with students in their studies, meeting them where they are, as they are. Each language learner is unique. Their brains are unique, their personalities are unique, and their habits and interests are all unique! It is my job as a teacher to first and foremost get to know the student and to ask what goals they have for their language learning (whether that be a more native-sounding pronunciation or just improved skills in casual, friendly conversation). And likewise, if the student is unsure of where to even begin, I believe it is my job to help support them as we seek together to find that out, while also finding what kind of studying and practicing habits work best for that individual.

By asking each student what they want out of teaching sessions and conversations, and then basing our time together from this, I believe that not only will they be able to meet their goals sooner and more effectively, but we will be able to have more fun while we do it! Creating a space where the hard and intentional work of language learning can become enjoyable is my main hope and goal as a teacher.

While I am a teacher, and take the responsibility of that role seriously, I have also come to know for a fact that there is so much that I can learn from my students and my fellow language learners. That exchange is beautiful, and I am always amazed and excited by it.

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About me - Japanese

こんにちは!私はアリソンといいます。20年間アメリカで生まれ育ち、2年間日本の大学に通い、その後アメリカの大学で心理学と行動科学を専攻しました。今は、夫と共に日本で暮らし、インターナショナルスクールの大学部で英語の講師として働いています。異なる文化を持つ方々と話すことに、大きな幸せを感じます。趣味はアニメと韓国ドラマをたくさん見ること、読書、言語の勉強(ネイティブレベルの日本語を目指して今も勉強中です。ロシア語、韓国語、ドイツ語も時々勉強しています。)、興味があることについてなんでも調べること、そして書くことです。

Qualifications & Experience

過去2年間、そして現在も国内のインターナショナルスクールの大学部で、イングリッシュ・センターの担当として勤務しています。色々な仕事がありますが、私の専門はことばの流れをスムーズにすることだと言うことができるかも知れません。生徒のエッセイを校正し、教職員のメモやメールを修正し、英会話の練習に付き合い、それぞれの生徒のTOEFLスコアを上げために個人プランを立て、高校生や大学生の英語に関する質問になんでも答えるような仕事をしています。大学の学長の論文の修正も仕事として担当させていただきました。今はTOEFL 550クラスを大学で教えています。アメリカではESLクラスの先生の助手を務め、日本ではALTインターンを大学の夏休み中に行いました。アメリカと日本で英会話の先生として働いていました。他に英語に関係するものとして、日本語から英語の翻訳と通訳の経験が両方あります。

Teaching Approach

私は生徒が目的を果たすための支えと力になりたいと思っています。生徒は一人ひとりが異なります。脳や性格や習慣や興味も全部違うのです。世界には二人と同じ人がおらず、皆が特別だと思います。また一人ひとりをそのように扱うべきだと思います。一人ひとりの言語の学習スタイルと目標も違うはずです。先生として、チューターとして、私の仕事は、何はともあれ生徒の目標やスタイルについて聞くことです。生徒が自分の目標をまだ知らないのであれば、目標を一緒に探すことが私の仕事です。個々の生徒のニーズに基づいて教えようと頑張っています。そうすることによって、目標をもっと早く達成できると思っていますし、もっと楽しく勉強することができると思います!難しい言語の勉強の中にも楽しみを作りたいと思っています。

先生やチューターという仕事の責任を意識して教育に向き合っていますが、先生も生徒に色なことを教えられることがあると思います。その学びの交換はとても美しいし、興味深いと思っています。

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