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Travis-san The U.S.[Japanese Online Lesson with Mariko teacher for a few years]
2025/01/23
Director: Kotaro Muramoto
Principal of Nihongo Online School
In September 2019, he founded "Nihongo Online School". Since then, has been teaching Japanese online lessons, with a total of over 1,000 students.
He has designed an individualized curriculum based on student’s needs and study goal. And is conscious of making the classes speech-centered in order to improve students’ speaking skills.
The school asks students to submit homework assignments worth 2 hours per lesson to improve faster. By supporting students with these features, students are able to efficiently improve Japanese language skills.
Travis-san The U.S. studying with Mariko teacher for a few years
Q1. Could you tell us the reason you start studying Japanese ? What issues did you have on studying Japanese before join Nihongo Online School?
I have always wanted to learn a new languange and always had a great interest in Japan.
I had the opportunity to live near Japan which allows me to travel there semi-frequently.
Someday, I would very much like to live in Japan maybe even on a permanent basis.
I wanted to take my Japanese studies more seriously.
I had learned to read and write hiragana and katakana. But I struggled with kanji and proper grammar. I also had very few opportunities to use what I was learning. For these reasons, I felt like I wasn’t making any real progress.
I found an article on the internet that listed a number of schools, one of which was Nihongo Online School.
Q2. Could you tell us what made you decide to study Japanese with us ,Nihongo online school compared to other Japanese school teaching online ?
The article that I found recommended several different schools. They offered different services at varying levels of difficulty and commitment. I wanted a study course with a real teacher who would be able to correct my writing, pronounciation, and grammar. Some of the schools sounded too casual and I wanted a more classroom-like experience. Other schools required more time and money than I was able to give. Nihongo Online School offered a flexible one-on-one learning experience that I could fit into my schedule at a reasonable price.
Q3. Could you tell us about your lesson experience, how to proceed lessons with teachers, materials and so on?
After my first lesson with Mariko sensei, I knew that this course was exactly what I wanted.
Mariko sensei assessed my skill level and chose lessons to help me start making real progress. Lessons always begin promptly at our agreed upon time. We always begin a lesson by discussing what took place over the previous week. Mariko sensei encourages me to write out sentences to practice my writing and grammar.
After we discuss the previous week’s activities, we review my practice sentences.
After that, we continue to study new grammar. Sometimes our conversations go so long that we don’t get to everything. But it’s so very exciting when I am able to speak mostly Japanese for the entire lesson.
Mariko sensei is very patient with me, but I really appreciate how she pushes me to improve. It really helps to keep me motivated!
Q4. Do you have any requests to improve your study with us?
I’m really happy with the progress that I’ve made so far. I appreciate the lesson materials made available to me. I can’t think of any questions or requests at this time.