Aus JapanLebt in Utsunomiya, Japan (09:46 UTC-06:00)
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italki-Lehrkraft seit 10. Feb 2022
Thema von InteresseSchreibenAnimation & ComicsEssenMusikSpiele
Hello! My name is Takeshi. I lived in Toronto for two years, and now I'm back in Japan! I also spent 9 months in the States. While I was in the States, I spent my time recording music in Chicago and studying English. I'm super passionate about music, movies, acting, creating content, and language. I'm also addicted to improving myself. I want to meet people who are serious about learning Japanese and whom I can share my vast knowledge with! I'm looking forward to meeting you!
Meine Kreationen
Ich als Lehrkraft
I've been professionally teaching Japanese for about three years. My specialties are casual Japanese and teaching phrases that only native speakers use! I help my students avoid directly translating things, as this often results in creating unnatural expressions (E.g When we hang out and friends look a bit bored, we don't say "Are you bored? We say "Do you wanna do something different? (何か違うことする?)in Japanese). Also, I break down common formal Japanese expressions and explain how you can make casual phrases with them. So that you can see the difference and pick proper expressions when you speak or write!
Meine Stunden und mein Unterrichtsstil
I teach Japanese for a variety of use cases. For example, one of my students wants to be a flight attendant, so we practice a mix of formal and casual Japanese. Another one of my students wants to be funny when he speaks Japanese, so we speak casually and watch anime and comedy together! I always watch my student's favourite anime, shows and videos on youtube to learn natural expressions so that they can remember phrases and rewatch them whenever they forget the phrases we learned! I'm passionate about finding methods that suit my friends. (I call the people I teach, friends!)
Just took my first full lesson with Takeshi sensei and it was really great. I promise you won't regret booking him. He answered some questions i have always had about Japanese and was very good at correcting me and making me feel comfortable.
20. Feb. 2025
Scott Sapolio
5 Japanisch Unterrichtsstunden
Takeshi seems like a great guy just from the first lesson and showed me all sorts of material that would be used to learn Japanese. You can tell he genuinely takes this seriously and cares about each student's learning process. Can't wait to have more lessons!
25. Jan. 2025
Jordan
2 Japanisch Unterrichtsstunden
Absolutely out of this WORLD! I couldn't have asked for a better teacher. Takeshi is the one to go to if you're serious about getting better at Japanese; he managed to work around some of my barriers when it comes to language learning and presented everything in such a way that I could feel as if I'd gained progress in only one lesson, and then walked away feeling like I've escaped a roadblock in my Japanese learning journey. I feel like I can actually see myself speaking Japanese in a year, which I never would've expected before now. That's crazy! Than you, Takeshi-sensei!
24. Nov. 2024
Mike
2 Japanisch Unterrichtsstunden
Takeshi sensei was really awesome. He even gave me a little extra time to talk overtime which was very generous. He was also very good at correcting my unnatural Japanese and i just felt very comfortable making mistakes with him. I will for sure be taking more lessons in the future.
13. Feb. 2025
Sophie Ricaldi
1 Japanisch Unterrichtsstunde
Great first insight into what learning with Takeshi will be like.
21. Jan. 2025
Carolina
21 Japanisch Unterrichtsstunden
For this class I couldn't prepare like I always do. We started as always with a chit chat, we review a couple of videos I had studied but that I didn't have many questions and since we had time left, Takeshi brought a video to watch together, we watched it twice, one to assess how much I can understand and another one to solve doubts. I learned new vocabulary and had a laugh finding out the plot of the video. Takeshi sent me this video to review it again and make notations and another one to watch for next time. Always fun to hang out with Takeshi, he seems already like an old friend, so fun to talk to that I forget about the time. Thank you for the patience Takkun xP