I have been having two lessons a week with Asami for over a year now and through that time the improvement in my Japanese has been remarkable. When I started the lessons I had been studying Japanese on my own for a year whilst working a full time job. I had had little focus on speaking practice, focusing mainly on learning grammar/vocab and a bit of listening.

 

Through the last year Asami has helped me no end with all facets of my Japanese, but I especially appreciate the effort she makes to engage me in conversation and improve my speaking. Generally I receive lessons that are highly tailored to me and I know Asami adapts to teach me in a way I respond well to. I do not believe I could receive this level of service in a classroom. I’m generally very busy and the lessons are very flexible to my timetable, which is an enormous help to me. 

Further, Asami helped me hugely through the JLPT N3 exam, providing me with mock exams for several months, taking me though my errors and carefully explaining concepts to me. In the end I managed to pass with a mark of 160/180 and we are currently starting the same process for the N2 exam.

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Studying Japanese is never going to be easy – there are even times in feels like an impossibly large challenge – but Asami has helped provide me with ample motivation to keep working hard.