Hello, my name is Reiko AL ALI and I'm an experienced native Japanese tutor currently living in Japan. I have been giving Japanese lessons online with Verbalplanet since 2024. I am currently offering a free initial trial lesson for new students.
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About me - English
Hi, I am Reiko.
I’m a qualified tutor. I have been teaching Japanese over 12 years. I currently live in Japan with my husband and an adorable male cat.
My husband is a non-Japanese speaker so I know how to teach the Japanese language.
I can guide you to reach your goal quickly. I have lived in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Hiroshima. I traveled around Japan with my husband so I know many places in Japan.
We can talk about Japanese culture, cuisine and Japanese people.
Also I am huge fan of Japanese animation.
We can enjoy talking about them.
My favorite one is Haikyuu.
I'm looking forward to seeing you on our trial lesson.
Qualifications & Experience
I graduated from specialized Japanese teaching school.
I was successful at gaining the examination of Japanese Teaching.
I have 12 years experience of teaching Japanese.
I have taught many online lessons.
Teaching Approach
When you have some specific textbooks (Minna no Nihongo, Genki), you can take lessons with using those textbooks. Basically I teach Japanese by sharing my original slides which have Roma-ji. It will help you how to pronounce Japanese. By learning Japanese, you will gradually be able to read Japanese Hiragana and Katakana. After each lesson I will upload a pdf file which will help you review the class.
In my lessons I encourage you to speak Japanese more and more.
You will be able to speak Japanese.
I think Japanese is quite difficult language to study by yourself.