Kim A.
- Los Angeles, CA 90029 ( 22.1 mi )
- Experienced Japanese Tutor
- Female Age 35
- Member Since: 03/2012
- Will travel up to 30 miles
- Rates from $25.00 to $45.00 /hr
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Japanese is one of my top subjects! I have studied Japanese since high school and lived in Japan for 1 1/2 years total. My spoken Japanese is colloquial and fluent, and I am also very familiar with formal written and spoken Japanese. I have a wide knowledge of many traditional Japanese arts and Japanese culture as well.
I am very creative and hands on! Route memorization does not work for everybody and I believe in teaching flexibility.
Although I am not a certified teacher of Japanese, I know what it is like to be a student of it. I first went to Japan at the beginning of high school with the American Field Service (AFS). I had never studied Japanese before and I lived in a small town, lived with a family that spoke no English, and attended a Japanese high school for one year. Since my Japanese was initially learned entirely from immersion, I have a very natural intonation and colloquial speaking pattern--something difficult to acquire in a classroom. I have since studied Japanese grammar and Kanji formerly for almost 5 years. I returned to Japan in 2009 to spend a semester at the International Christian University in Tokyo as an exchange student. As the university is bilingual, I completed half ... read more
