30 yrs. of teaching exp. various ages. Friendly & Flexible.

I have a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MS in International Studies from Central Connecticut State University. I have had over 30 years of teaching experience, from young children to seniors, in Chinese and Japanese language and cultures. I was born in Kyoto, Japan and have lived all over the States teaching at high schools, community colleges and Universities. I enjoy traveling countries never visited before for teaching and business opportunities. I love the outdoors, reading and cooking. Feel free to contact me!

Hiroshi's Subjects

Math:	prealgebra
Language:	Chinese, Japanese
Corporate Training:	Chinese, Japanese
Homeschool:	Japanese, prealgebra

Prealgebra

I have worked for KUMON Math School as a primary teacher while I worked on my teaching certificate in a college in Japan. My graduate work is based on international education and business at Central Connecticut State University. I have been working K12 students with their Algebra and geometry for the last 30 years and love working with students until they solve the problems.

Chinese

I was born and raised in Japan but was always interested in learning Chinese language and culture, so I went ahead and studied Chinese as my minor concentration while I majored in Asian studies program at University of Colorado, Boulder.
As for my working experience in using Chinese, I have been largely involved in student exchange and recruitment program between Taiwan and the US schools. As far as my teaching experience is concerned, I have been teaching mostly beginning level Chinese... Read More

Japanese

Please take this letter as a formal request to tutor Japanese language to the students.

As for my professional credentials, I have been teaching Japanese for various constituents ranging from young children to working professionals for the last 25 years in academic institutions. I have taught beginning to advanced level Japanese both in universities and high schools as well as extensive private tutoring experiences all over the states and Japan.

To be specific, I have taught... Read More

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Education

University of Colorado at Boulder (Asian Studies)

Excellent Japanese tutor — Hiroshi has been tutoring my daughter in Japanese. She is taking Japanese 3 at her high school. Hiroshi is very nice and patient. My daughter sometimes goes in grumpy but always comes out in a great mood. When she has no homework problems, he easily finds something to work on. She is practicing conversation skills much more than they do at school, and her school teacher is impressed. Hiroshi is ...

— Diantha from Redmond, WA

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