Keitaro T.

When you learn with me, I guarantee that you will walk away with something tangible and immediately useful after each lesson. I establish realistic time-tables and goals with you the students and guarantee results, not empty promises or false-hopes.

Some of my accomplishments include helping MBA and MA students earn consistent A-grade work in their major, helping both native and non-native college students pass their English courses, helping high school students earn financial aid with their letter-writing skills, and helping middle school students write essays that set them apart from their peers in class.

A bit about me:

-I have an MA degree in English TESOL and a BA in English Composition.
-I have been working as an English and ESL instructor since 1996.
-I have native language fluency in Japanese

What I can do for you:

-Help you successfully take and pass "timed" exams including SATs, TOEFL, and TOEIC tests

-Help you develop confidence and boost your grade performance in writing, whether it's basic sentence writing, paragraph and essay development, or graduate Thesis work

-Help improve conversational ability including fluency and vocabulary-use for ESL and EFL learners

-Sharpen effective communication including public speaking skills and business communication for both native and non-native English speakers

-Help you develop conversational fluency in Japanese, regardless of your starting level. I also include vocabulary, reading, writing, and cultural understanding as part of the lesson as well

Questions? Please feel free to contact me anytime. I will do my very best to help you achieve your goals!

Keitaro's Subjects

English:	English, ESL/ESOL, grammar, public speaking, writing
Test Preparation:	GRE
Language:	ESL/ESOL, Japanese
Elementary Education:	grammar
Business:	GRE, public speaking
Corporate Training:	ESL/ESOL, grammar, Japanese, public speaking
Homeschool:	English, ESL/ESOL, Japanese, writing

ESL/ESOL

Do you have difficulty studying/learning English? Do you find it hard to "join in" with the class because of language barriers?

Please allow my expertise to help you. I have been an ESL/EFL Instructor for the past 12 years. I know what foreign students feel. I also understand what it is like to be a foreigner learning a difficult language because I have taught in 4 different countries, and I had to learn my host country's language to survive~!

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Public Speaking

I am interested in tutoring the subject of public speaking for a few reasons. First of all, I personally have taken college courses on public speaking, and I passed them without any problems or difficulties. Secondly, I participated in a variety of public speaking events (ex: Japanese speech contests in San Francisco, Speaker at the PTA meetings in Japan and South Korea, among others). Third, I worked as a speech contest coach for 3 students in the past while I was in Japan. These students, middle... Read More

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Education

Undergrad, CSU Sacramento Graduate, Masters, CSU Hayward

I really love the way that he teaches — Through these lessons, he reviews everything we learn in the past lessons. Not only he asks, and I answer, but more like two friends chatting with each other. I feel more free to talk and feel comfortable. He is really good and patient. For example, this class I didn't do well (because the words about vegetables I didn't memorize well), I felt so bad, however he still kept smiling and encouraged ...

— Rachel from Fremont, CA

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