yuko

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yuko

Professional Teacher

Teaches

Japanese

Native

English

Speaks

Persian (Farsi)

Please check out Udemy's English course Amber & Nikki's English conversations and test prep!

Teaches

Japanese

Native

English

Speaks

Persian (Farsi)

Please check out Udemy's English course Amber & Nikki's English conversations and test prep!

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

From JapanLiving in Chicago, United States (02:35 UTC-05:00)

About Me

italki teacher since May 19, 2021

InterestsTechBusiness & FinanceTravel

Hi, everyone! I'm Yuko. I was born and raised in Tokyo, and currently live in Chicago. I'm patient, understanding, and empathetic towards my students. I started to tutor Japanese to high school students in Chicago and found teaching to be internally rewarding. I decided to enroll at Otemae University, Hyogo Japan (online), and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Japanese Language.

Me as a Teacher

Motivating language students online can be a difficult task since you don't get to meet them in person. In general, I don't believe it's effective to assign numerous grammar lessons. My lesson plan for the beginner to intermediate learners focuses on conversational Japanese, practicing repetition of sentences describing their daily lives in present or past tenses. This would build their vocabulary and grammatical skills in the process. Through my lessons, students have demonstrated to be more fluent and motivated.

My lessons & teaching style

Although it’s ideal to speak everything in Japanese, it’s easier for beginner learners to understand the instructions when I speak in English. Over the years I've noticed many students who are at first eager to learn the Japanese language quickly become overwhelmed with standard requirements and testing concepts at school. I've found that many learners get discouraged when they are spoken to in all Japanese. I believe that learning a new language should be fun, which is why I adjust my Japanese/ English ratio so students don't feel overwhelmed, having a better understanding in class.

My teaching material

Homework Assignments

5.0

Rating

Students

589

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

100%

Response rate

5.0

Rating

Students

589

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

100%

Response rate

Japanese Lessons

Japanese

English

Trial Lesson

37 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Japanese with Roman alphabet

A1 - A2

Conversation

329 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

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30 Reviews

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Japanese

English

Gabriel Cabrera

9 Japanese lessons

I appreciate how patient she was. She's very good at explaining things such as the appropriate times to use certain phrases (as well as which ones are natural and which are unnatural, which helped a lot when I was trying to make my own sentences)

Apr 4, 2025