Karuna
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Karuna
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Your bilingual cross-cultural specialist 🌊 **in Japan Mar 6 to 27**
Enseña
Japonés
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Habla
Inglés
Nativo
Croata
Serbio
Esperanto
Your bilingual cross-cultural specialist 🌊 **in Japan Mar 6 to 27**
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Yo como profesor
Mis clases y método de enseñanza
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De Estados UnidosVive en Los Angeles, Estados Unidos (15:20 UTC+09:00)
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Profesor de italki desde 24 de Jul de 2024Tema de interésViajesHistoriaEscrituraArtePelículas
Hi! I'm Karuna, a bilingual Tokyo-born educator. I received my B.A. from Cornell University and my Master's from Tokyo University of the Arts, where I also worked as a TA/Research Assistant. I’ve also worked as a Curatorial Assistant to a Japanese museum director and as a Japanese-to-English translator. 📍 Currently I split my time between California, Japan, and various other destinations.
🍥 MORE ABOUT ME 🍥
I enjoy architecture, design, history, cooking, and most things “Showa retro.” Also currently trying to in study (I use the term loosely) basic linguistics and etymology. When I'm not teaching Japanese, I myself am (slowly, arduously) learning Serbo-Croatian!Mostrar traducción
Yo como profesor
Express yourself with cultural cognizance while staying true to your authentic self 🎋🏮 I focus on facilitating your voice, i.e. student-generated output. This will include journaling/writing assignments and structured speaking challenges, as well as more free-form conversations for upper-beginner+ students who so desire.
Above all, our lessons together will be compassionate to both the cultural and linguistic standpoints of a non-native learner.
Japanese is a complex but also incredibly flexible language: I can equip you with the most efficient conversational “tricks” that natives use in everyday communication — but won’t skimp on important foundational grammar, either.Mis clases y método de enseñanza
My lessons are best for adult students ranging from beginners to intermediate learners (Levels N5, N4, N3). I'll default to Genki I and Genki II for grammar homework — but by no means exclusively, if you prefer another resource.
Some of my resources for students include:
🕯 Effective self-study tools, quizzes, and flashcard optimization strategies, so that our one-on-one time can focus on the things you *can't* so easily teach yourself
🕯 Small, manageable semi-improvisational speaking challenges to get talking as early as possible in a comfortable setting
🕯 Journaling & writing promptsMi material didáctico
- Archivo PDF
- Documentos de texto
- Archivos de imagen
- Archivos de vídeo
- Fichas didácticas
- Quizzes
- Ejemplos de preguntas de examen
- Deberes
Formación
2012 - 2016
Licenciatura/Grado - Government, Film
2018 - 2020
Máster - Arts Studies & Curatorial Practices
Experiencia laboral
2016 - Actual
Freelance Travel & Culture Writer
2018 - 2019
Gallery Associate
5.0
Valoración
56
Estudiantes
344
Clases
100%
Asistencia
100%
Respuesta
Japonés clases
Clase de prueba
42 clases completadas
USD 7.00+
Japanese for N5, N4, N3 Learners 🕯️ 40 min or 55 min
A1 - B2General268 clases completadas
USD 35.00+
Paquete con 5% de descuento
Japanese Conversation Session 🎋🏮 40 min or 55 min
A2 - C2Práctica de conversación34 clases completadas
USD 35.00+
Paquete con 5% de descuento
Disponibilidad
Según tu zona horaria (UTC+00:00)
Mis creaciones
Quiz (5)
15 opiniones
Jeremy
11 clases de Japonés
Selección del profesor
Lessons with Karuna are always a pleasure. She is calm, patient, and looks for ways to draw out your strengths so you pay less attention to your flaws. She has a wealth of resources to help you study and assigns homework that gets you thinking outside of the regular book work.
Karuna engages with you in a very casual conversational manner that helps you relax and she actively listens to try to understand what you are saying. I never feel like she is distracted or inattentive during my lessons with her. Since I am very nervous when it comes to speaking, there are often awkward pauses that Karuna adeptly fills in with questions or her own insights to keep the conversation going.
I highly recommend Karuna if you are beginning Japanese or if you just need somebody to help you with speaking practice. She gives good travel suggestions too!
24 de oct. de 2024
Stan
2 clases de Japonés
Great session. Loved that everything was explained clearly, especially confusing vocabulary. Looking forward to another lesson.
25 de feb. de 2025
Brett
36 clases de Japonés
Karuna makes the difficult palatable.
6 de feb. de 2025
Brett
36 clases de Japonés
Selección del profesor
she rocks
24 de oct. de 2024
zack
4 clases de Japonés
Karuna did an amazing job in our trial period and gave me the confidence I need to want to continue this. She was excited, patient and extremely motivating to talk to as well. I am looking forward to beginning this journey with her as my teacher!
21 de feb. de 2025
Brett
36 clases de Japonés
Working specific verbs and order.
9 de dic. de 2024
Clase de prueba
USD 7.00
El pago final se realizará en USD