🎓Graduated from the Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University (Master of Art in Journalism, Political Science Minor)
* JLPT (N1) | BJT (J1+)
*Beginner-Intermediate Japanese teaching experiences
*Worked as translator, and had an internship at the famous media company in Japan, deeply understand Japanese workplace culture
*Living in Japan for more than 8 years
*Japanese classes suitable for travel/life/study abroad/work in Japan
About Simon
🍡Move to Tokyo in 2014|Go to Uni in 2015-2019|Go to Grad School in 2019-2021
🍡I like anime, Japanese TV series, movies, Monster Hunter, and played in the 2018 Monster Hunting King Tokyo Competition
🍡I like travelling around Japan
🍡During the university years, I was traveling around Japan, I did various interviews with people from different prefectures of Japan, to gain deeper understanding of the local culture, and to master the skills of communicating with Japanese people
Basic Japanese Class
🍙50 sounds, commonly used sentences in daily life in Japanese, self-introduction
🍙The basics of Japanese start from the pronunciation of the words, pay attention to the conversational pronunciation, the intonation
🍙Follow reading exercises in class, it is very important to remember good pronunciation from the basics
Intermediate Japanese Class
🍣The use of grammar/vocabulary, the use of verbs/adjectives, the use of auxiliary words/Japanese particles
🍣Train the Japanese way of thinking, never translate into Japanese in your brain
🍣Japanese conversation listening skills, and be able to complete simple answers smoothly
Advanced Japanese Class
🍛 Explain the reading skills of JLPT, quickly grasp the key points of the article, and also explain complicated grammar/vocabulary
🍛Master how to use honourifics correctly
🍛 Explain the Japanese that you often hear in your favourite anime/Japanese drama/song etc. and practice listening and pronunciation
JLPT Intensive Class (N5-N1)
💮Explain the test skills for students to take the JLPT
💮 Quickly grasp the question patterns to ensure that you will not panic when you have seen the question types during the exam
💮Explain the grammar/vocabulary that often comes up in JLPT, to improve the speed of reading and solving questions
💮 Practice mock papers
The teacher will also make your personal Japanese courses according to your needs, and will also share the experiences of the teacher about examinations/job interviews/work in Japan etc.
Hope to see you soon (^o^)/