Native French & Japanese Speaker w/ 10 Years Teaching Experience

Yuki Nathalie K.

A Truly Versatile and Well-Rounded Educator

For a little bit of background about myself, I am a community manager with a minor degree in Japanese. Due to a change in my team's roles, my job description now requires more than just being able to read and comprehend Japanese -- I now regularly write posts in Japanese, too. Since moving to the Bay Area a few years ago, I have not had the opportunity to use my writing skills regularly. My search quickly ended with Nathalie because her background was everything I needed. She is a native Japanese speaker who worked in a similar field posting articles regularly for various audiences in Japanese. She also answers all my questions concerning cultural nuances behind certain words and expressions to boot! I had been way out of practice with composing long, complicated sentences, and had a few cobwebs to clear up with a good amount of grammar points and keigo (honorable language). In our first lesson, and consequently our first couple of emails/lessons, Nathalie quickly assessed my skill level, and keeps me as immersed in the language as possible for my educational benefit. She continues to challenge me with every lesson, and is always happy when she sees me progress in my understanding of translations and writing composition. If you are looking to develop a certain writing style, she can definitely help you with that. Nathalie is someone who can help you progress to Japanese native fluency, regardless of whether or not you're a beginner. She will always meticulously plan your lessons according to your end goal, and make sure you achieve it. As long as you put in the effort, and maintain that passion for the language and culture, she can take you a very long way! I am very glad that I chose her as my tutor.

Leanne, 5 lessons with Yuki Nathalie

Professional, patient, smart, adapts quickly

I knew Nathalie would be a pro--and she was and is. Smart, engaging, quickly adaptive to the individual student and forward thinking. Grateful to have connected here!

Marie, 17 lessons with Yuki Nathalie

Une prof incroyable

J'ai commencé mes leçons avec Yuki en octobre l'anneé dernière. Avant, j'avais appris francais au lycée et à l'université, mais plus de dix ans avaient passé, donc j'ai eu besoin d'ameliorer rapidement. Je suis trés contenu avec notre leçons - chaque fois Yuki me donne les sujets interessants pour notre discusions (les articles des magazins, les video, les podcasts differents), et elle est toujours attentive et professionnelle! Je voudrais prendre l'èxamen DELF B2 en été. et je suis sur que je lui passerai avec son aide.

Nikita, 26 lessons with Yuki Nathalie

Expert Tutor

Yuki sensei has been doing a review with me of the いい and な adjectives present, affirmative and negative. Right along with the past, affirmative, and negative tense for the いいand な adjectives. Yuki sensei makes the lesson fun and interesting. She is a great listener and explains the lessons clearly.

Yukiko, 12 lessons with Yuki Nathalie

excellent teacher

Yuki Nathalie K. is a very present and knowledgeable teacher who cares about language and is very responsive to student needs. I feel lucky to have found her as a teacher.

Judith, 9 lessons with Yuki Nathalie

Awesome tutor

Yuki is an amazing French tutor. She's attentive to my goals in French and works actively to help me achieve them. Her lesson plans are fun and engaging. I appreciate how she picks novels and articles that follow my interests. Overall, she's a brilliant and organized tutor with a deep understanding of French. I definitely feel like I'm progressing faster than I would have if I had enrolled in typical community college class. Thank you so much, Yuki!

Yvette, 18 lessons with Yuki Nathalie

Friendly, knowledgeable and flexible

Yuki Nathalie is a lovely person, and a patient and engaging tutor for my son. She encourages him and is happy to indulge him on his interests in the language and culture, while she stays on task. In just a couple of months, my son has learned so much; his fluency and comprehension are quite impressive, and I know it is thanks to Yuki.

Jessica, 61 lessons with Yuki Nathalie

Excellent French Tutor

Yuki taught my daughter beginning French for about a year and a half. I recommend her highly without any reservations. Yuki is a nice, thoughtful and rigorous tutor. She is also a committed teacher — her lessons were organized according to our immediate needs/objectives, and accommodating to Theo’s schedule and temperament. We are going to France for a year, and b/c the middle school here in Oakland doesn't offer a foreign language, we hired Yuki who met my 12-year-old daughter once a week at a cafe near her school. Our daughter now knows quite a bit of vocabulary, a number of verbs and various tenses, and can have a basic conversation with her peers and adult in French. Her pronunciation is v. impressive. For the most part, the lessons were drawn from the Bien Dit books and worksheets. But some of Yuki’s pedagogical strategies include a postcard/letter writing exchange in which she would write to my daughter about her business trip to Japan, and Theo would respond accordingly in French about her spring break in LA. In the following lesson, Yuki would correct her grammar and spelling. Sometimes, they would read books together. When we return to the States, and if our daughter is into it, we are seriously considering asking Yuki if she would like to continue teaching Theo French in order to prepare her for high school French and the AP French exam.

Theodora, 43 lessons with Yuki Nathalie

Excellent Teacher

Yuki helped me see where I needed improvement on in my Japanese. I am glad I got to try out what I know and get feedback on what I need to work on. I got to test out my grammar and listening skills. It was a bit tough for me to keep a conversation without having to pause and think about how I was going to say my sentences correctly. Yuki was very helpful writing down words I had trouble with or wasn't sure about. Then she would explain what the word meant and how it was used.

Jorge, 1 lesson with Yuki Nathalie

Excellent French teacher - native speaker

Yuki is a native French speaker (native fluent Japanese too!). She's attentive, experienced and helpful. She understands how to teach language and is both professional and down-to earth. In short, she is excellent.

Tom, 9 lessons with Yuki Nathalie