⭐ Ejderha Sato ⭐

As 2023 concludes with today's lesson, it’s time to reflect on a year and a half of learning Korean! I am deeply and incredibly thankful for discovering Sato! While I began the year familiar with many words, now I can engage in basic Korean conversations. My proficiency in conjugating between past, present, and casual to polite tenses has grown significantly. Sato's teaching skills are evident; he gauges precisely when to challenge me and when to allow independent exploration. Whenever I struggle with a concept, his patient explanations ensure clarity. He will always keep at it until I have fully grasped the topic. His organized Google Docs of lesson notes are invaluable, and his commitment shines through—even when responding to late-night questions! Beyond language, Sato also adds invaluable insights into Korean culture and lifestyle. His meticulous attention to my pronunciation ensures I sound as authentic as possible. Truly a dedicated and skilled instructor! Thank you!

Another fun and very helpful lesson with Sato-sensei! I appreciate his patience and understanding when I forget vocabulary or make mistakes. And I'm super enjoying the pace and really am absorbing the new information well. I also enjoy all the cultural and language context that he gives as we go through the lesson. It gives so much more life and meaning to learning Japanese. I also found it very easy to study up on the previous lesson thanks to the Google Doc notes and organization.

A great lesson today! We talked about crime in Japan, and yamibaito! We also went over passive causative, and finished the lesson with some て おく practice! いつも　ありがとうございました、サトさん！また来週‼︎

As another year studying with Sato San is finishing, I feel the need to write a proper review. A new year's resolution two years ago changed my life, I decided to try learning another language and shortly after discovered Sato San. Looking back after almost 100 lessons it is hard to believe we've come so far. Starting from scratch, we are now conducting class in almost exclusively Japanese. I am still far from proficient, but feel like I have an extremely solid foundation to build my intermediate level Japanese on. Sato San's style of teaching puts the ball in your court as a learner. The amount of information and study material he provides is abundant, its up to you as a student to study and apply. We have come a very long way together and I am very grateful as a student to have found such a great guide on my language Journey. We continue to trudge towards the metaphorical peak of Everest together. Sato San- 本当に　ありがとうございました

I’ve been taking lessons with Sato-san for just about a year now. I regularly look back and am surprised by how far I’ve come. Even though I’ve had to slow down at periods due to work, I feel as though I am always making progress. Working through Sato-san’s curriculum has really built a strong foundation, and now that I’m further along, things “click-together” in a way that helps me get a stronger understanding of grammar/sentence structure. As I advance, we spend more time talking about how words relate to each other, and nuances between when different words are used, invaluable information that cannot be learned from most online resources. Sato-san brings out humor to make lessons enjoyable and memorable, and is always patient when I am tired. When I have busy periods at work, we shift to focus on review, and when there’s something interesting in the world we explore in detail, so I can better tie language to real events. I look forward to another wonderful year.

Today's lesson was spent on ironing out conjugation of irregular verbs and enumerating verbs which differ only by pitch accent.