はじめまして！ ha ji me ma shi te! (How do you do? / Nice to meet you!)

I've started Japanese lesson courses using Skype.
If you have a computer with a webcam and high-speed Internet service, you can take Japanese lessons from your home!

Located in Texas, cheerful, responsible, native Japanese speaker enjoys teaching Japanese as a second language. Experience includes teaching Japanese in the Dallas area. As a native speaker, would be able to teach Japanese customs and etiquette. After living in the US and Canada for several years, would also be able to teach the differences in Japan and western countries from personal experience.

Completed Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language courses in Kyoto, Japan.

I will be Using Skype and Google Documents to teach Japanese online. Skype and Google accounts are required.

Since I am using Gmail as my e-mail provider, you may need to check that my replies do not get placed in your junk mail folder. I usually reply within three business days, so if you do not receive a reply in that timeframe, there may be problems with you receiving mail from Gmail.

Schedule Openings

Currently I am only giving individual online Skype lessons.  Available time slots are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings.  For actual opening time slot, please contact Kyoko at:

nihongoJapanese-tutor.com

Thank you!

Experience

Japanese tutor Sept 2001 to Present
Providing private tutoring lessons to students either wanting to improve their Japanese class grade or who were not taking a class but were interested in learning Japanese.

Japanese class assistant (volunteer) Sept 1998 to Jan 2015
Provided assistance to the Japanese language teacher at a high school in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. Responsibilities included practicing drills with small group of students and assisting students preparing for the Japanese speech contest.

Other work experience (in Japan)
IBM business partner instructor
Taught office workers how to use computers (personal computer operating system and applications).

IBM business partner office manager
Managed instructors and customer support personnel and performed editing responsibilities of the company's customer support newsletter.

Courses

• Japanese for Busy People Courses
  
  Japanese for Busy People is a three-level text book series and is the most popular and the most comprehensive Japanese language textbook series in the world. The entire series is designed to meet the needs of students and business people who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time. Courses offered here currently only cover the first two levels.

• Basic Japanese Conversation Course
  
  Basic Japanese Conversation Course is intended for people who are more interested in being able to hold basic conversations in Japanese and not focus as much on the grammar. Grammar will be taught but the emphasis will be on conversation ability. People who may be interested in this course are those who may be traveling to Japan and would like to be able to converse in Japanese but would not have the time to be able to take a comprehensive Japanese language class. Students can customize the curriculum to pick and choose the subjects which would be most applicable to them.

Course Descriptions

• Japanese for Busy People course 1 (JBP-1)
  
  This course is for those who has little or no experience learning Japanese.
  The textbook for this course is designed for approximate sixty-hour classroom lessons, but this doesn't include the lesson time for learning Hiragana and Katakana (Japanese phonetic alphabets).
  
  Material:
  Japanese for Busy People I  Revised 3rd Edition or 4th Edition
  
  
• Japanese for Busy People course 2 (JBP-2)
  
  This course is for those who have completed JBP-1 course or have equivalent knowledge.
  The textbook for this course is for mid-beginners and it is designed to help learners consolidate their understanding of syntactical structure through 15 lessons that focus on how to talk about topics relevant to daily life.
  
  Material:
  Japanese for Busy People II  Revised 3rd Edition or 4th Edition
  
  

• Basic Japanese Conversation Course
  
  Intended audience: This course is for those who has little or no experience learning Japanese.
  
  You can choose one or more subjects from the list below.
  You can select any subjects but Subject 1 or equivalent knowledge is required.
  In addition, Subject 11 or equivalent knowledge is required for any verb subjects.
  
  Material:
  Vocabulary and sentence structure will be provided by Google Docs on the day of the lesson.  Google Docs will be used for sharing content, so you will need Google access either through your Google email account or a Google account associated to your non-Google email account.
  
  Subjects:
  As lessons will be customized for each student, the time it takes to cover subjects below depends on the interest and level of the student.
  
  Subject 1  Basic Japanese Grammar and Pronunciation
  
  Subject 2  Greetings
  Example: Good morning / Hello / Good-bye / Thank you.
  
  Subject 3  Self-introduction
  Example: How do you do?  / Nice to meet you / My name is Asuka.
                  What is your name? / I live in Dallas    etc.
  
  Subject 4  Time Expressions (1)
  Example: hours / minutes / from / to
                  What time is it? / It's 3:10 pm / The movie is from 7 to 9 pm    etc.
  
  Subject 5  Time Expressions (2)
  Example: months / days of the month / days of the week today / tomorrow / yesterday
                  What day is today? / Today is Monday.    etc.
  
  Subject 6  Time Expressions (3)
  Example: duration of time (for one hour / for 2 minutes)
                   It takes 2 and a half hours from Tokyo to Kyoto.
                   It takes 15 minutes by car.    etc.
  
  Subject 7  Shopping
  Example: What is this?  / How much is this?
                   I'll take 2 of these / Do you accept credit cards?    etc.
  
  Subject 8  Eating at a Restaurant
  Example: How many people?  / This way please.
                   I'll have this cake and coffee / Do you accept credit cards?    etc.
  
  Subject 9  Taking a taxi or train
  Example: Where is the nearest station? / Does this train stop at Shibuya Station?
                   To Tokyo Station, please. / Do you accept credit cards?    etc. 
  
  Subject 10  Adjectives (1)
                    Describe things using adjectives.  Non-past tense
  Example: This apple pie is delicious / This room is not big    etc.
  
  Subject 11  Adjectives (2)
                      Describe things using adjectives.  Past tense
  Example: Mt. Fuji was very beautiful / The movie was not interesting.    etc.
  
  Subject 12  Verbs (1)  Non-past tense
  Example: I eat lunch in my office / I don't read newspapers.    etc.
  
  Subject 13  Verbs (2)  Past tense
                      (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: I went to Japan last year / I didn't read the book.    etc.
  
  Subject 14  Verbs (3)  Making a request
                      (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: Please read this letter / Please don't smoke here.    etc.
  
  Subject 15  Verbs (4)  Asking permission
                       (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: May I sit here? / May I eat lunch now?    etc.
  
  Subject 16  Verbs (5)  Making a negative request
                       (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: Please do not smoke here / Please do not take pictures here.    etc.
  
  Subject 17  Verbs (6)  Ongoing actions / Habitual or repeated actions
                       (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: I'm eating lunch / Mr. Tanaka plays tennis every Sunday.    etc.
  
  Subject 18  Verbs (7)  Current States
                       (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: Ms. Yamada lives in Yokohama / I work for a bank.    etc.
  
  Subject 19  Verbs (8)  States in Effect
                       (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: Mr. Suzuki is wearing black shoes / I'm standing in front of the elevator.    etc.
  
  Subject 20  Verbs (9)  To be verbs
                       (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: There is a dog in the yard / There are books on the table.    etc.
  
  Subject 21  Verbs (10)  Expressing desire
                       (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: I want to drink coffee / I want to go by taxi.    etc.
  
  Subject 22  Expressing likes and dislikes
                      (Lesson 11 or equivalent knowledge required)
  Example: I like pizza / My son doesn't like carrots.    etc.

Fees

• Japanese for Busy People Courses
  
  ・ Each weekly lesson is 45 minutes.
  ・ $100/month up to 4 lessons.
       There is no scheduled lesson for the fifth week of a month.
  ・ Fees do not include student materials.
  ・ Fees are non refundable.
  ・ Fee for the first month is due 2 weeks before the first lesson.
  ・ Fees for the next month are due at the last lesson day of the current month.
  

• Basic Japanese Conversation Course
  
  ・ Each lesson is 45 minutes.
  ・ $30/lesson
  ・ Students may decide on number of lessons per month
  ・ Minimum unit is 4 lessons to start taking this conversation course.
  
  Lessons are generally once a week but intensive lessons (more than once a week) are also available subject to availability.  If you would like to have short-term intensive lessons, please let me know.  You can decide how many lessons you would like to take per month and in total depending on your needs.  Fees must be paid in advance monthly.
  
  ・ Fees are non refundable.
  ・ Fee for the first month is due 2 weeks before the first lesson.
  ・ Fees for the next month are due at the last lesson day of the current month.
  

Textbook Contents

• Japanese for Busy People Courses



• JBP-1
  
  Hiragana and Katakana (Japanese phonetic alphabets)
  Introductions
  Time, day of week, date
  Numbers and counting
  Adjectives -i and -na
  Verbs present and past tense
  Give a brief reason
  Giving and receiving
  Making, accepting, and declining an invitation or suggestion
  Successive actions
  Making a request
  Asking and giving permission
  Prohibition
  Progressive form / present condition
  Preference and desire
  
  
• JBP-2
  160 basic kanji
  Asking preference / Getting suggestions
  Comparative degree / Superlative degree
  Stating decisions
  Progressive form
  Plain forms
  Asking for and giving explanations
  Expressing frequency
  Past experiences
  Describing a change in state
  Direct and indirect quotation
  Giving a reason
  Potential form
  Expressing uncertainty
  Hypothetical statements
  Conditional statements
  Expressing necessity