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Experienced native Japanese language instructor
Kana E.

5,632 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $35
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About Kana


Bio

Dear new student,

First of all, thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to introduce Japanese culture and its language to you. I believe that having knowledge of other country’s culture and its language will bring you a lot of opportunities for better understanding of people in the other part of the world.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Kana (pronounced “Kahna”) E. I have lived in Pittsburgh since 2007. I worked in Okinawa, Japan as an English Instructor for my own...

Dear new student,

First of all, thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to introduce Japanese culture and its language to you. I believe that having knowledge of other country’s culture and its language will bring you a lot of opportunities for better understanding of people in the other part of the world.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Kana (pronounced “Kahna”) E. I have lived in Pittsburgh since 2007. I worked in Okinawa, Japan as an English Instructor for my own private English School since 1995. I helped writing essays or making teaching materials for the school. While I was working for the school, I had some chances to teach Japanese language to the people who worked for U.S. military base. They were very eager to learn Japanese language to have a communication with local people. I also teach business Japanese (conversation and email writing). I have helped people who needed to make a presentation (Japanese speech training) in their work places. I really enjoyed helping their needs and I am feeling blessed to do the same to you this time.

For your learning, input from you is very important. Do not hesitate mentioning your specific needs, and that would help me customize your lesson as much as possible. I always believe that language learning should be ‘interactive’ in true meaning. I am really hoping that our class would be successful!

Just being native speaker does not always prove that the teacher is skilled one. So I took some test for my students. I have ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages - Japanese) OPI (speaking) and WPT (writing) certificates, and both are superior levels. (The highest skill level of the test.)

I can set up a flexible schedule for you. Sometimes things happen. I would like to support your learning as much as I can. Input from you is always important. Let me know about your specific needs to learn Japanese. I will customize your lesson.


Education

B.A.
English and American Literature
  • Licensed teacher

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $35
  • Rate details: Private lesson: $35/h Group Lesson rate : for 2 $60/h, for 3 -$75/h, 4 to 5 -$95/h, for 6-10 - $120/h. If no-show happens 3 times, you will be charged the full amount lesson fee for an hour.
  • Lesson cancellation: 1 hours notice required
  • Background check passed on 6/15/2018

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Approved Subjects

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Japanese

I have a certification of ACTFL writing and speaking certificates. 
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She's Wonderful

I began looking for a tutor to become comfortable speaking Japanese. I have always struggled with speaking in languages I've learned and really wanted improvement. She has been wonderful and a lot of fun. She also makes me feel comfortable enough where I can make mistakes and learn from them. I love the reviewing the recorded sessions and the notes she makes on them. I have always seen improvement in the sessions we have had.

Ammie, 14 lessons with Kana

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Kana is teaching my daughter (and myself sometimes) Japanese. She is patient and she knows the ins and outs of the language. We are continuing to work with her. She’s so sweet and great!!

Selene, 18 lessons with Kana

Amazing tutor

I had a upcoming trip to Japan and wanted to be able to speak and understand some Japanese before I went.I also wanted people to be able to understand me. Kana is amazing at taking what I needed and forming lessons plans to suit my short term goals. Not only are her lessons information but they are also fun making learning Japanese a fun and easy experience. Im currently in japan and using the things Kana taught me and not only do the people in japan understand me but I speak so well they think i speak Japanese. If your looking for a tutor that can help you learn Japanese in fun and easy way i highly recommend Kana as your tutor

April, 13 lessons with Kana

Ms.Kana is a knowledgeable, patient, and structured tutor.

Ms.Kana understands that learning a new language isn’t just about grammar or learning verbs. She begins with every day material like: days, date, and time. She is very structured in the material she covers and very patient with pronunciation, correcting you if you make a mistake without becoming upset or frustrated with you.

Angel, 5 lessons with Kana

Highly knowledgeable and great tutoring methodology

Kana Sensei brings a great combination of knowledge and experience to the tutoring sessions, acknowledging my background (I learned Japanese for seven years many (20+) years ago and connecting it to my needs (focus on conversation). I strongly recommend Kana Sensei to other students and look forward to having many more sessions!

Carlos, 70 lessons with Kana

The best tutor ever!!

Kana is a very amazing tutor to have. She is very understanding, kind, and even funny. She also caterers the lessons to what you need and her teaching style is very helpful. I feel like I’m talking to my best friend whenever I have lessons. I extremely recommend her!! You won’t be disappointed!

Rosa, 23 lessons with Kana

Amazing tutor - highly recommend

My first lesson with Kana was great - She's incredibly knowledgeable, patient, friendly and understanding. I am very much a beginner, and I feel very comfortable and confident with Kana's lessons. I'm very much looking forward to continuing my lessons with Kana.

Caroline, 29 lessons with Kana

Highly knowledgeable and great tutoring methodology

Kana Sensei brings a great combination of knowledge and experience to the tutoring sessions, acknowledging my background (I learned Japanese for seven years many (20+) years ago and connecting it to my needs (focus on conversation). I strongly recommend Kana Sensei to other students and look forward to having many more sessions!

Carlos, 70 lessons with Kana

Kanasan

I had to take a month off because of work. I missed Kan so much. I thought about here every week until we were able to get back together. You will love working with her if you hire her.

Rob, 48 lessons with Kana

Amazing Teacher!

It was the perfect lesson, to end a year long, student learning journey. I gained so much knowledge, starting from the beginning to the end. - Ayden (つよし)

Nikone, 96 lessons with Kana
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