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Japanese translator and native speaker gives fun Japanese lessons
Isoko D.

3,295 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $35
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About Isoko


Bio

I am a native Japanese speaker and translator living in the United State. I have 2 years of experience to teach Japanese language to American high school students. During my college days, I assisted the Japanese class instructor and helped college students to read, write and speak Japanese. I have been tutoring on Wyzant for about one and a half years. Now I teach Japanese community education classes at two locations.

I studied linguistics in the United States and one of the...

I am a native Japanese speaker and translator living in the United State. I have 2 years of experience to teach Japanese language to American high school students. During my college days, I assisted the Japanese class instructor and helped college students to read, write and speak Japanese. I have been tutoring on Wyzant for about one and a half years. Now I teach Japanese community education classes at two locations.

I studied linguistics in the United States and one of the linguistics classes I took was Applied Linguistics, basically how to teach foreign languages. I chose Japanese and ended up with getting self-published with a Japanese grammar book, "Speak Like Native Speakers Japanese Verb Conjugation I."

I want my students to enjoy learning Japanese, because it is fun to learn a foreign language. For beginner students, I can offer the lessons starting from the very basic grammar, greetings, numbers, the letter Hiragana, Katakana, and so on. For advanced students, reading lessons are available. We can read the Japanese book "Kiri no mukou no fushigina machi," which targets Japanese 4th or 5th graders to read. Or "Akage no Anne," the Japanese translation of "Anne of Green Gables," can be your textbook.

Let me help you to speak real Japanese. Your life will be more colorful.


Education

BA from University of Nebraska-Omaha
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I teach local community education class for adults. I write study materials for my beginner's Japanese lesson. You do not have to buy textbooks for my lesson if you are a beginner of Japanese language. I self-published the Japanese grammar book "Speak Like Native Speakers Japanese Verb Conjugation" and am writing more!

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Well organized, Knowledgeable, Kind and will be using again

My child thoroughly enjoyed her time with Isoko and is looking forward to her next lesson. I liked how prepared she was and my daughter liked how she taught so this was a win for all involved. I would highly recommend her, if you are considering a Japanese tutor. This whole experience went so much better than I ever expected.

Rita, 164 lessons with Isoko
Tutor responded:

Thank you very much for this nice comment! I enjoy teaching your child too. She is smart and hard-working. I will work harder to make my lesson better.

great teacher!!

Today was my first lesson with the teacher! It went extremely well. She went into great detail. I learned to complete full sentences.

Todor, 2 lessons with Isoko
Tutor responded:

Thank you very much, Todor! I hope you enjoy learning Japanese.

Great tutor

Isoko is a great teacher. She kind and makes the lesson fun. I enjoy working with her. If your looking for a Japanese language tutor I would definitely recommend her.

Jennifer, 8 lessons with Isoko

学んだこと

Sensei introduced the idea of verb auxiliaries. We looked at ways that dialect is shown in the book and how to guess at the standard spelling. I had fun trying to understand リナ from the clues so far. I was encouraged to get the meaning and move on without worrying too much about every detail of grammar. Those will come eventually.

Neil, 6 lessons with Isoko

Excellent tutor

Wonderful progression and enjoying each lesson. We couldn’t be happier with how well our son is learning and looking forward to each weekly lesson.

Heather , 34 lessons with Isoko
Tutor responded:

Thank you for the nice comment. Your son is very smart. I appreciate he studies hard and does all homeworks. Yes, he gets better every time.

Excellent tutor

Wonderful progression and enjoying each lesson. We couldn’t be happier with how well our son is learning and looking forward to each weekly lesson.

Heather , 34 lessons with Isoko

Excellent tutor

Comprehensive and thorough lesson gauged upon where the student (my son) is starting from. Isoko is patient and very kind. Looking forward to continuing lessons each week.

Heather , 34 lessons with Isoko

Excellent tutor

Comprehensive and thorough lesson gauged upon where the student (my son) is starting from. Isoko is patient and very kind. Looking forward to continuing lessons each week.

Heather , 34 lessons with Isoko
Tutor responded:

Thank you very much for the kind comment.

Excellent tutor

Comprehensive and thorough lesson gauged upon where the student (my son) is starting from. Isoko is patient and very kind. Looking forward to continuing lessons each week.

Heather , 34 lessons with Isoko

Knowledgable and Patient Tutor

My daughter really enjoys her lessons with Isoko. Her approach is very organized and well thought out with her own lesson plan/book. My daughter had an interest in learning Japanese and Isoko is a wonderful tutor for her - she exhibits patience with my tween daughter and as a native-speaker, provides unsurpassed knowledge of the intricacies of the language. Thanks, Isoko! Thanks, Isoko!

Donna, 9 lessons with Isoko
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