Overall consultation time to kick-start the lesson.

This is the time for the instructor to get a comprehensive understanding of the learner's goals, preferences, learning history, etc., and to discuss with the learner which lessons to choose and how to proceed with it.

Any learning level is welcome, but the only languages the instructor speaks are English and Japanese. If the learner send detailed information before the lesson, the instructor can also help the learner to some extent in Chinese.

Overview :
Preparation for the JLPT, level N5 - N1 covered.
This lesson provides repetitive practice of each level of JLPT.
Learners can find out their weaknesses and unlearned areas for each level through solving practice quizzes. 

Basic flow:
The learner will receive a set of quiz document of JLPT style (4-choice-questions) after booking the lesson time, then is to send back as many answers as possible to the tutor before the lesson time.
The tutor will check the answer, then feed it back to the learner in the lesson time, focusing on the questions that the student made mistakes, or have not studied yet. If necessary the tutor gives introductory lecture and additional practice. If the lesson time still remains after the lecture finishes, additional questions will be provided on the spot. The student's further questions are also welcomed.

Initially, the questions will be provided evenly across all subjects (vocabulary, grammar, reading, and listening), but the amount ratio per subject may be adjusted according to the weaknesses of the learners.

Note:
Before the first lesson please send me your target exam level, your experience on JLPT study, past test results (if you have), and the subject you would like to tone up mostly. I will send you a mini placement test, then start the lesson with its check and feedback.

Seize JLPT! (test preparation, covering N5 - N1)

This is a time for comprehensive Japanese language study that focuses on conversation.
The only fixed thing is that the lesson is conversation-centered.
Anyone with a desire to learn natural Japanese is welcome, from beginners to advanced learners.

The specific content of the class can be freely designed according to the wishes of the learners.
It is a sort of "Anything Goes" time.

For example, it can be no-set-up chat, exchange of opinions on a topic, chat on hobbies, or even complaint about the workplace. 
It doesn't matter if you can't find the right Japanese expression or if your grammar isn't correct! Just talk. I will listen to you, then make up for any parts that you could not say in Japanese or incorrect expressions.

Also, you are welcomed to ask questions about the material you are studying.
I can cover any genre, from vocabulary to grammar, reading and listening comprehension.

Learners can also get some tips on the pronunciation, on words and short phrases.

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Please note that:
If you want to focus especially on pronunciation, please come to another lesson "Japanese Voicing Room" since we need the separate instructions.

Develop Your Japanese skills through Talking!

This lesson is a conversational time that includes correction of the Learner's Japanese writings.

Corrections here mainly include the following:
・Correction of interview and speech drafts
・Writing practice for EJU and other tests
・Correction of Japanese translations

It is possible to do both checking and correction at the same time during the lesson time, but it is not very efficient. Therefore, I recommend the  learner to send me the manuscript before the lesson by 2 days before. Corrections will be made outside of the lesson, and during the lesson time, I will mainly check the meaning of the sentences and provide feedback of the corrections.

★important★
1. As for translation checking, there are some professional fields that I cannot cover, so I strongly recommend learners to send message or use the trial service before booking the lesson.
2. The purpose of this lesson, including the translation check, is to introduce Japanese natural expressions appropriate to the situation, so the lesson is not to accept responsibility for the results after using the correction provided.
3. In the lesson time I may confirm with the learner the meaning of sentences in detail. So
it is preferable that the learner speaks basic Japanese.

Improve your Japanese Writing!

A lesson for beginners, designed following learners' needs.

Learners can design lessons in consultation with the teacher about their needs, goals, and  textbooks they prefer. 

Conversation practice, supplementary lessons according to some school's textbooks are also possible as well.  (In that case, please send me the name or photo of your textbook.)

Consultation messages before booking lessons are welcomed!

Basic Japanese along textbooks you like!

This lesson is to practice Japanese with emphasis on learning pitch-accent.

Many people are worried that mastering the Japanese accent is difficult.
Certainly, this is different from the stress accent found in English and other languages.
However, In this lesson, we consider pitch accent as a melody; 
Just like humming, you can practice Japanese sentences as if they were a melody.

Actually, each word has a specific accent, which must be learned to form a melody.
But at the beginning, two levels, pitch-high and low, are enough.
Let's all be Speak&Spell as the first step!
(Have you ever heard of the famous toy born in 1978?)

Then when you feel uncomfortable with that robot-way, you can increase it to three levels, I would say, 3pitches: high, medium, and low.
This is where the human work begins, which the accent marks don't tell you.

As practice progresses, the pitch divisions will increase to four, five, or more levels, like forming a musical score.

In this way, I think the approach is not to practice according to the knowledge you have learned; but to first push yourself into a mold and then discover the rules in it.
(Please note that you don't have to be a good singer or to worry even you dislike singing.)

The first goal is to be able to hear the pitches with your own ears, then "imitate" the melody you hear, and then be able to write your own prosody graph.
You can then move up to speaking and announcing in further steps.

The first obstacle may be breaking through the concepts you have learned.
First, relax and take  enough time to get used to the Japanese melody step by step.

Don't think, just feel! ...oops, sorry, ... Better get used to it than learn it!

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Required Skills:  
Ability to read hiragana and katakana.
Ability to read and understand Japanese sentences.