Rika Kato

This was my first lesson with Kato sensei. My lesson goal was speech practice. As I had told her, I don't have experience conversing in Japanese & despite knowing a decent amount of grammar and vocabulary, my listening comprehension is very poor. She made me feel extremely comfortable from the start. Whereas I'd normally get very nervous and draw a blank, she has a gift for distracting you from these feelings and gets you organically engaged in conversation. The 30 minutes were up in what felt like 10 minutes. This is exactly what I needed to propel me to the next level. I will definitely be booking more sessions with Kato sensei.

Rika was super fun to talk to! this was my first conversation practice class so I was nervous at first, but that quickly dissipated once we got to talking. She gave great feedback and was helpful whenever I got stuck or was confused, and she helped me feel comfortable asking questions and trying to do things with the language that I wasn't yet confident about.

先生の教え方はフレンドリーで心強いです。私の問題のある文と表現を正しい文に言い換えるのを手伝ってくれました。 役立つ日本語の学習体験、ありがとうございました。助かりました。

Very productive lesson I have had today Thank you :)

Rika tiene muy buena energia y hace las clases realmente agradables.

Great starter lesson. She gave me feedback and asked what I wanted out of the trial lesson. And when I didn't quite understand a word or sentence she said, she would type it out so I could fully understand. She has a great understanding of English as well, I have no worries when it comes to asking her a question in English if I can't find the phrasing in Japanese.