Expert of teaching complete beginners who really want to SPEAK Japanese
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Expert of teaching complete beginners who really want to SPEAK Japanese
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
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From JapanLiving in Bangkok, Thailand (00:08 UTC+07:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Dec 16, 2015
InterestsSports & FitnessTravelMusicFoodScience
After I lived in Bangkok, Thailand for three and half years, I started my nomadic life, traveling mainly in Europe and Latin America. I speak Japanese, English, Spanish and French. (Puedo enseñar japonés en español también.) I love to study foreign languages!! My hobby is traveling, dancing, and workout. I practice classic ballet every week. Let's study together, and laugh a lot together!!!
Me as a Teacher
After I taught Japanese on Skype for one and half years, I moved to Thailand to teach at a Japanese language school. I gained experience of teaching Japanese at the school which is famous and has a good reputation. Not only teaching the grammar, I'm good at teaching how to write Japanese letters (hiragana, katakana and kanji) beautifully.
My lessons & teaching style
The most important thing of language lesson is not taking lessons but acquiring practical skills, so I proceed the course so that my students can review enough.
It seems that many people are afraid of starting to learn Japanese online from scratch, but actually I got quite used to teaching for such students, and I really love that! Feel free to take my trial lesson and experience my method!!
My teaching material
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Presentation slides/PPT
Image files
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Flashcards
Homework Assignments
Certificates
Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test - The Japan Educational Exchanges and Services - 2016
Certificate verified
the Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test - Human Academy - 2016
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2017 - 2020
TeacherWaseda Japanese Language and Culture School - Bangkok, ThailandI learned how to improve students' speaking skill without seeing texts as much as they can.
2020 - 2024
Teacheritalki
Education
1996 - 2000
Bachelor’s - ChemistryWaseda University
2000 - 2002
Master's - ChemistryWaseda University Graduate School
I was very nervous but Atsuko-sensei was very kind and helpful. I am beginning from scratch and she really took her time to explain things to me in detail. She did everything in her teaching style, she presented material, explained, guided, asked questions, and encouraged me. I will continue to work with her and I highly recommend everyone else do so as well.
Jun 6, 2024
Kyle Holmberg
107 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
My fiancé and I felt very engaged in Atsuko's first lesson! It was great to jump right into describing people's nationalities and occupations, and learning about negation, pronunciation, and compound sentences!
Jun 30, 2023
Matthew Johnstone
98 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Had another good lesson with Atsuko-sensei.
She's very patient, and skilful at matching her Japanese to my level, so I can enjoy hearing about what she's been up to and learn a bit about Japanese culture.
The materials for the "Elementary Grammar & Conversation" course are very good too, especially in conjunction with the book.
Jul 25, 2021
Guisella Pilonieta
1 Japanese lesson
Atsuko es muy divertida. Hace que aprender sea fácil y motivador.
Nov 3, 2024
Eric Rennagel
10 Japanese lessons
EXCELLENT!!
Sep 14, 2024
Eric Rennagel
10 Japanese lessons
Atsuko is fantastic! I've tried a few different sensei through iTalki and she is by far the best. I will be renewing my lessons with her!