Shie Sensei

Absolutely amazing teacher! I can’t recommend her enough, I’m super lucky to be her student. I can’t wait for the next lessons!

I've always wanted to learn Japanese but never got around to it until my late 60s. Shie Sensei was quick to assess my level of knowledge and I like that she uses listening tools from the Genki book that I'm familiar with and shares helpful YouTube videos. She is open to focusing on what I am most interested in learning and makes good suggestions for future study. I enjoy her relaxed, flexible teaching style and her lessons are fun.

This is one of the best teachers I’ve had on here. I am so glad I was able to find her. I have always been nervous to learn the Japanese language because of how difficult everyone else made it seem. This has been my second lesson but I feel confident that in no time I will be able to say basic sentences by the end of the month. Her teaching methods are a mixture of visual learning (which is best for my memory) and also listening. The material given is perfect for all levels.

I recently finished a full set of 10 lessons (biweekly for an hour each) with Shie Sensei, and have been more than satisfied enough to book an additional set of lessons. Shie Sensei continues to put a lot of customization and personalization into my lessons, and I can tell my progress has dramatically improved compared to my previous effects at Japanese self-study. I also really appreciate, given my goals of focusing on learning to speak conversationally with Japanese relatives, that Shie Sensei has skipped on doing kana early and instead letting us use romaji, and giving a lot of focus to the Genki dialogue practices instead. She's also done a great job of helping me build up my vocabulary quickly through custom app-based lists and quizzes, in a way that's been very practical. Very excited to continue improving my Nihongo with Shie Sensei!

She’s the best!!!!

Every lesson has been great. I appreciate her thorough explanations of topics and how she approaches the chapters in Genki 1 and 2 with a more in-depth explanation. I feel challenged every lesson to a point where it keeps motiviating me to try harder.