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YOKOZUKA Noriko

yokozuka sensei

Experience

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Graduated from Niigata University Graduate School of Law (Master of Laws)

Completed a Japanese language teacher training course while in graduate school.

Involved in a Japanese language volunteer in the community.

Engaged in Japanese language education (Japanese language schools in Takasaki, Utsunomiya, and Korea, and Japanese language special courses for foreign students)

Started teaching at JOI in 2008.

Japanese language teaching experience: 20 years

Introducing

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 After studying abroad in Beijing, I decided to become a Japanese teacher and have enjoyed spending time with many students in Japanese lessons. Currently, I am in charge of intermediate levels and above. In my lessons, my basic goal is to help students improve their vocabulary and syntax to acquire a wider and richer range of expression in Japanese, which will in turn help them refine their conversational skills.

 My aim is to support Intermediate students to progress up to the advanced level, and from there, for those advanced students to progress up to a super advanced level! I look forward to welcoming everyone who likes to learn Japanese in a fun (but reliable) way. Let's enjoy learning together!

Teaching Levels

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FlexLessons:
Intermediate, Intermediate Grammar (incl. JLPT N2), Advanced Grammar (incl. JLPT N1), JLPT N1 Kanji (including vocabulary)

Private Lessons:
From Intermediate to Advanced Level

Tensaku (Essay corrections):
From Beginner to Advanced Level

Japanese Teaching Style

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What kinds of activities do you include in your online Japanese classes?

squareIntermediate

 You will practice one intermediate sentence pattern in each lesson so that you can use it in conversation. By practicing only one sentence pattern thoroughly, by the end of the 50-minute lesson, you should be able to use that sentence pattern without any difficulty.

squareIntermediate Grammar (incl. JLPT N2)

 You will practice two JLPT N2 sentence patterns in each lesson, first understanding the meaning of the sentence patterns and then repeating them in compositions and other exercises.We'll also try some JLPT-style practice questions, and you'll learn two sentence patterns perfectly in 50 minutes!

squareAdvanced Grammar (incl. JLPT N1)

 You will practice two JLPT N1 sentence patterns in each lesson. Comparisons with similar sentence patterns and differences in nuance will also be considered. We will also make many compositions.By carefully checking and consolidating whether the correct vocabulary has been selected to match the sentence structure and whether the phrasing is natural, students will be able to produce sentences that seem advanced.

squareJLPT N1 Kanji (including vocabulary)

 You will learn mainly Kanji that appear in JLPT N1. 10 to 20 Kanji will be memorized per lesson. We will first check the reading and meaning of the kanji, and then check idioms and example sentences using those kanji.At the very least, we will perfect our kanji reading.In addition, you will increase your vocabulary through various exercises using the idioms.

squarePrivate Lessons

 I mainly teach intermediate to advanced level. Please consult with us about anything you want to improve your conversation skills, pass the JLPT, study a textbook carefully, learn a lot of kanji and vocabulary, learn to read news articles, etc.

squareTensaku (Essay Correction)

 Each month, you will write a composition of 400 words or less on the theme of the correction. It is intended for beginner to advanced level. Once submitted, I will check your grammar and vocabulary and return it to you within two weeks.