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Mel✨
Professional Teacher
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Fun, Easy to talk to,Certified teacher🇯🇵/🇺🇸,10yrs EXP, Explain in🇯🇵/🇺🇸,Group lesson for 2
Teaches
Japanese
Native
Speaks
English
Fun, Easy to talk to,Certified teacher🇯🇵/🇺🇸,10yrs EXP, Explain in🇯🇵/🇺🇸,Group lesson for 2
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From JapanLiving in Other, Japan (19:15 UTC+09:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Sep 29, 2017InterestsFoodTravelGaming
The time slots for August are open now!!!
Who’s Mel?
✅ Certified Japanese/English Teacher
Completed 420 hours of the Japanese Teacher Training Course
✅ Grammar & Conversation Specialist
✅ A native Japanese speaker from Tokyo who has lived in the US for 12 years
✅ Customize lessons to your preferences/needs
✅ Ten years of teaching experience - Japanese on/offline
✅ Given 10,000+ lessons to Japanese learners
✅ Very patient, open-minded, friendly, a good listener, and easy to talk to
✅ Offers a podcast for beginner/intermediate learners
🎙️Thinking out loud in Japanese 🌸 --- Received the Best Japanese Podcast for Beginner Award by TofuguMe as a Teacher
I’m here to help you with;
⭐️Absolute Beginner/Beginner/Intermediate students
⭐️Grammar points: conjugations, particles, etc.
⭐️Conversational skills: natural Japanese with standard pitch accent
⭐️Listening, writing, reading
⭐️Essay editing and proofreading service
⭐️Have confidence in speaking
⭐️JLPT preparation
⭐️Group lesson for 2 people
Please know that it's Okay to make mistakes because that's when you learn more and grow as a language learner.
So don't be afraid of making mistakes.
I make lots of mistakes when I speak English because I'm still learning and practicing, and that's Okay!!
Let's pay more attention to something you could do instead of something you couldn't do.My lessons & teaching style
🌸 Explanations in English and Japanese
🌸 Focus on conversation practice
🌸 Encouraging
🌸 Teaching style: interactive, customized, informative, fun, encouraging
🌸 Use Google Docs
🌸 In a lesson: grammar exercise, conversation practice, accent reduction, Tokyo pitch accent, etc.
🌸 Guided study using popular textbooks such as Genki 1 & 2 (2nd/3rd edition); Quartet I & II; Tobira; Japanese from Zero 1-5; Speed Master -N5, N4; Shinkansen Master - N3; Nihongo Somatone N5, N4, N3, etc.; websites
I’m very flexible so you can bring anything that you’d like to learn/practice to the lesson.
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*** Cancellations made less than 24 hours before the scheduled lesson time will not be refunded ***My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
- Graphs and charts
5.0
Rating
400
Students
9,651
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Japanese Lessons
Trial Lesson
159 lessons completed
USD 35.00+
⭐️STUDENTS AFTER 2021 ⭐️ Grammar/Conversation/JLPT N5,N4,N3
A1 - C2Language Essentials3,689 lessons completed
USD 33.00+
Package with 10% off
⭐️GROUP LESSON⭐️①Grammar for 2 people ②Conversation for 2 people
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,149 lessons completed
USD 41.00+
Package with 8% off
⭐️Patreon subscriber ⭐️
A1 - C2Test Preparation298 lessons completed
USD 34.00+
Package with 6% off
⭐️Students BEFORE 2021⭐️
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,625 lessons completed
USD 31.00+
Package with 7% off
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My creations
Podcast (11)
833 Reviews
Krow
98 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
My friend Danny and I have been taking lessons with Mel-san for a over year now. She is an amazing teacher!!!!! She is always incredibly patient and kind no matter how many mistakes we make. Whenever our studies falter when life gets busy, she is always so understanding and willing to work at any pace. Mel-san will also teach native Japanese grammar or phrases that the textbooks can be outdated on. She is good at creating a fun, but productive environment for learning. We've loved classes with Mel-san!!!!
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Nov 17, 2023
Kat Lee
100 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Mel 先生 is a really patient and wonderful teacher. Her emphasis on conversational skills has been tremendously helpful in training my brain to become more comfortable and better at using what I’ve learned. Her pacing is also great; I never feel rushed to move past points that I haven’t quite grasped yet. Thank you for another great lesson!
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Jan 13, 2023
Jackie Murakami
12 Japanese lessons
Another wonderful class! Mel先生 really inspires me to keep up with my lessons. I can't wait for the next one!
Mar 27, 2025
Linda
174 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I have been taking Japanese lessons with Mel-sensei for about a year and a half, and I would never have made the progress I have without her patient and kind help. She's a wonderful teacher and a kind and patient person, and I recommend her highly!
Sep 28, 2023
Jackie Murakami
12 Japanese lessons
Wonderful class with Mel先生! I 100% recommend her for practicing not only speaking but preparing for the JLPT too.
Apr 1, 2025
Jackie Murakami
12 Japanese lessons
このレッスンはすごかったです！Mel先生は楽しいレッスンを行なっていますので、真面目に日本語を勉強するようにしました！
Mar 19, 2025
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