Your bilingual cross-cultural specialist 🌊 **in Japan Mar 6 to 27**
지도 언어:
일본어
원어민
구사 언어
영어
원어민
크로아티아어
세르비아어
에스페란토어
Your bilingual cross-cultural specialist 🌊 **in Japan Mar 6 to 27**
자기 소개
지도 경험
내 강의 및 지도 스타일
이력서 및 자격증
시작 미국미국, Los Angeles 거주 중 (15:20 UTC+09:00)
자기 소개
italki 강사 시작 연도: 2024년 Jul 24일
흥미로운 주제여행역사작문예술영화
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!
내 창작 콘텐츠
지도 경험
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.
내 강의 및 지도 스타일
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 prompts
내 수업 자료
PDF 파일
텍스트 문서
이미지 파일
비디오 파일
플래시카드
퀴즈
테스트 템플릿 및 예제
숙제
학력
2012 - 2016
학사 - Government, FilmCornell University
2018 - 2020
석사 - Arts Studies & Curatorial PracticesTokyo University of the Arts (東京芸術大学)
경력
2016 - 현재
Freelance Travel & Culture Writer--
2018 - 2019
Gallery AssociateClear Gallery Tokyo
5.0
등급
56
학생
344
수업
100%
출결
100%
응답률
5.0
등급
56
학생
344
수업
100%
출결
100%
응답률
일본어 강의
시범 수업
42개 강의 완료됨
USD 7.00+
Japanese for N5, N4, N3 Learners 🕯️ 40 min or 55 min
A1 - B2일반268개 강의 완료됨
USD 35.00+
패키지(5% 할인가)
Japanese Conversation Session 🎋🏮 40 min or 55 min
A2 - C2회화 연습34개 강의 완료됨
USD 35.00+
패키지(5% 할인가)
수업 가능한 시간
회원님의 시간대 기준 (UTC+00:00)
내 창작 콘텐츠
퀴즈 (5)
15개의 평가
Jeremy
11개의 일본어 강의
강사님의 선택
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!
2024년 10월 24일
Stan
2개의 일본어 강의
Great session. Loved that everything was explained clearly, especially confusing vocabulary. Looking forward to another lesson.
2025년 2월 25일
Brett
36개의 일본어 강의
Karuna makes the difficult palatable.
2025년 2월 6일
Brett
36개의 일본어 강의
강사님의 선택
she rocks
2024년 10월 24일
zack
4개의 일본어 강의
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!