Self-introduction

♡みなさん、たくさんの予約（よやく）ありがとうございます(*'▽')
いっしょに、勉強（べんきょう）がんばりましょう☆

♡Thank you so much for your lots of class reservations(*'▽')
Let's enjoy studying Japanese with me☆

☆自己紹介（じこしょうかい）/About myself☆

みなさん、こんにちは！わたしはRie（りえ）です。東京（とうきょう）の日本語学校（にほんごがっこう）で、日本語（にほんご）の先生（せんせい）をしています。今年（ことし）で、日本語（にほんご）の先生（せんせい）になって、１３年（１３ねん）になりました。毎日（まいにち）、いろいろな国（くに）の学生たち（がくせいたち）と一緒に（いっしょに）勉強（べんきょう）することができるので、毎日（まいにち）とても楽しくて（たのしくて）、わたしは日本語（にほんご）の先生（せんせい）の仕事（しごと）が大好き（だいすき）です(*'▽')

Hello ! I'm Rie. I'm working as a Japanese language teacher at a Japanese language school in Tokyo. I've been teaching Japanese for 13 years now. Everyday, I can study with students from various countries, so everyday is a lot of fun to me. I love my job as a Japanese language teacher(*'▽')

☆クラスでなにをしますか？/About my class☆

◎フリートーク/Free talk◎
すきなことをたくさん、はなしましょう！まちがえても、だいじょうぶ(^^♪たくさん話す（はなす）ことが、日本語（にほんご）が上手（じょうず）になるために、とても大切（たいせつ）です。

Let's talk about many things which we like ! Even if you make a mistake, it's ok(^^♪ Talking a lot is very important to improve your Japanese language skill.

◎みんなの日本語（にほんご）/Minna no Nihongo◎
「みんなの日本語（にほんご）」を使って（つかって）、文法（ぶんぽう）や語彙（ごい）の勉強（べんきょう）をしましょう。勉強（べんきょう）した文法（ぶんぽう）や語彙（ごい）を使って（つかって）、会話（かいわ）を作ったり（つくったり）、作文（さくぶん）を書いたり（かいたり）してみましょう。

Use the textbook "Minna no Nihongo" to study grammars and vocabularies. After that, use the grammars and vocabularies which you have studied, let’s write conversation sentences and essay.

◎日本語総まとめ（にほんごそうまとめ）/Nihongo Soumatome◎
「日本語総まとめ」（にほんごそうまとめ）の文法（ぶんぽう）や語彙（ごい）の本（ほん）を使って（つかって）、JLPTの試験（しけん）のための勉強（べんきょう）をしましょう。

Use the textbook “Nihongo Soumatome”, let’s study grammars and vocabularies for JLPT exam.

◎JLPTの勉強（べんきょう）/Study for JLPT exam◎
本（ほん）を使って（つかって）、JLPTの勉強（べんきょう）をしましょう。どの本（ほん）を使いたい（つかいたい）か、教えて（おしえて）ください。

Use a textbook and let's study for JLPT exam. If you have a textbook that you would like to use, please tell me.

◎毎日日記（まいにちにっき）/Everyday Diary◎
日本語（にほんご）で日記（にっき）を書いて（かいて）みましょう。難しい（むずかしい）文法（ぶんぽう）や語彙（ごい）は使わなくても（つかわなくても）だいじょうぶ(^^♪たくさん書く（かく）ことが大切（たいせつ）です。
 
Let’s write diary in Japanese. It’s ok that you don’t use difficult grammars and vocabularies(^^♪Writing a lot of sentences is the most important thing.

◎漢字（かんじ）をはじめましょう！/Let's start Kanji !◎
「KANJI LOOK AND LEARN」という本（ほん）を使って（つかって）、漢字（かんじ）をゆっくり、最初（さいしょ）から勉強（べんきょう）しましょう。勉強（べんきょう）した漢字（かんじ）を使って（つかって）、文（ぶん）も作って（つくって）みましょう。
 
Use the textbook “KANJI LOOK AND LEARN”, let’s study Kanji from beginning. We can make sentences with Kanji which you learned.

◎作文（さくぶん）/Essay◎
日本語（にほんご）で作文（さくぶん）を書いて（かいて）みましょう。いろいろな題（だい）を出す（だす）ので、たくさん日本語（にほんご）で書いて（かいて）みましょう。
 
Let’s write Japanese essay. I’ll give you several topics, so let’s write a lot of essay in Japanese.

＊レッスンは大人（おとな）、大学生以上（だいがくせいいじょう）の方（かた）とさせていただきます。

＊My lesson is for university student or for adult. 

☆メッセージ/Message☆

ひとりで、日本語（にほんご）を勉強（べんきょう）していると、わからないこと、難しい（むずかしい）ことが、たくさんあると思います（おもいます）。みなさんと、いっしょに勉強（べんきょう）できるのを楽しみ（たのしみ）にしています(^_-)-☆

When you study Japanese by youself, there are things that you don't understand or feel difficult. I'm looking forward to studying with you soon (^_-)-☆

Sensei's voice

Students' comments

・Lovely teacher! Very cheerful and easier to talk to!
・とても親切で、明るい雰囲気のお方で、気兼ねなく喋れて楽しい会話ができました。
・Rie-先生 is a fun, energetic, and patient teacher! So explained everything very clearly and step by step! You can easily tell she has a passion for teaching. Highly recommended!^^
・I had a fun and meaningful learning with Rie sensei. She pushes me to speak more and has a very clear pronunciation. I like her class and she is really kind for extending the time for our lesson.
・いろいろなアドバイスをもらいました。日本に行くために役に立ちます。
・Very easy to understand
・I had a good lesson with Rie sensei. I understand the grammar well when she explains it to me. She is also very friendly.
・わかりやすいレッスンをしてくださってありがとうございます。わからないところもちゃんと勉強になりました。
・多く話せて良かったです。ありがとうございました。先生は中国語が理解できると聞きました。助かります。
・excellent in teaching.
・I have been using JapaTalk for several months now and Rie is quite simply the best teacher for newcomers whom want to have free talk with a Japanese native (I am an N4/N3 level student).
She is patient, polite, speaks clearly, is always engaged in conversation and incredibly cheerful. Every time I talk with her, my 25 minutes always seem to pass so quickly, as we never stop talking for a second! I often find myself booking multiple lessons a week just to finish conversations we have started.
I have not met any other native teacher on her level.
・Rie-sensei is a great teacher! Although this was our first meeting, I didn't feel intimidated at all because of her friendly and bubbly personality. Having the conversation with her was easily understandable.
・先生は優しいし、親切だし、会話の内容はわかりやすいし、とてもいい先生です！！話題豊富で飽きないですね。楽しかったです、これからも授業をうけたいです
・Really awesome and fun teacher! I learned a lot and I hope to book lessons with her in the future.
・Rie先生と一緒に勉強するのはとても楽しかったです。いつも優しくてしっかり教えてくださいました。
・分かりやすくて、楽しかったです！
・とても良かったです
・I really enjoyed speaking with Rie again! We were able to talk about some simple daily topics. She asked questions that she already knew the answers to but it was a good challenge for me to explain some daily American things in Japanese.
・It's my first time studying Japanese today and at first, I was so nervous but when I started talking to Rie-sensei I was so happy and talked a lot in the class. I was having fun in her class because she's a friendly and kind teacher I'm looking forward to studying with her again.
・I learned a lot of vocabularies such as verbs and adjectives today. It's very useful and well explained.
・親切に話してくれてありがとうございました。優しい先生です。ありがとうございました。
・優しくて、性格が明るくてとてもいい先生です！ぜひ予約をしてみてください。
・Excellent humorous teacher.
・とても楽しいクラス
・The teacher was very engaging, she interacted with me very well. I enjoyed her class very much.
・Letting me write some journal entry was probably the best idea so far since I started studying Japanese two years ago. And that’s thanks to Rie-sensei. I was never confident of my level until now. Thank you, Sensei! Our lessons are always interesting for me!
・Rie 先生はとても親切で、彼女と話していると気持ちがいいです。Rie 先生もいつも励ましてくれて、日本語を話せる自信を与えてくれて、ありがとうございます！
・I like this teacher, is really good.
・easy to understand
・She understands English fluently and is very friendly. Her teaching methods are effective and she constantly makes sure if I understand the question or not, ensuring I am learning the topic properly.
・She is able to understand english and with her years of teaching experience, she easily explains the rules of the Japanese language to me. (only when necessary, she may give me some english helping words!) I am also able to discuss various matters with her.
・Rie Sensei, she's professional and her explanations are really clear. She's cheerful and positive, and it helps keep me on track with my Japanese progress.
・Very informative lesson. Included small conversation at the beginning and grammer/vocab list. Only a half an hour lesson but i learned quite a lot! The instructor is very friendly and goes at a pace that is just perfect for me!
・I really enjoyed the lesson. Rie sensei was so friendly and nice and easy to talk to.
・Sensei explain grammar points very clearly. Always help reminding the word which i forgot. She will explain slowly and clearly until we get the point.
・very useful THANK YOU！
・The teacher encourages me to speak and is very accommodating. She does not speak too fast which makes it easier to understand follow the conversation.
・I like how the teacher responds and it is very engaging.
・I was very happy with the instructor. She was on time, prepared, and very engaging.
・She lead the conversation so it was really helpful.
・Rie sensei was very kind, cheerful and attentive. I really enjoyed her lesson and I like the fact that she gave me a homework after asking me what areas I needed improvement in.
・優しい人でした！もっとレッスンを受けたいです。
・Rie Sensei is a very experienced, kind and polite teacher. Her English level is advanced. I really enjoy Japanese classes.
・I love to talk with Rie sensei!
・Everything was good , i wished it was more than 30min