INTRODUCTION

Kon'nichiwa! How come you are staying in Japan? There are probably many reasons:
travel, your job or your spouse's, study, interest in Japanese culture, etc.
Anyways, you are now in Japan.
Here, Japanese people are speaking, joking, and expressing their joy,
anger and grief in their native language everyday. 
You too must have beautiful and touching expressions in your own country.
You have certain expressions you use when complaining to people
and other ones to be sincere and heartfelt. 
You can't learn these expressions without practice.

I have met lots of international residents who posses a large quantity
of Japanese books and who know a great number of Japanese schools.
They can even analyze, in their own ways, how Japanese people are.
However, lots of them use only a few words or expressions in Japanese.
Why? Knowledge alone is not enough to master a language.
To do this, you have to get happy, sad, ashamed, etc., among its people.
So I would like all of my students to practice in their lives what they learned
with me and talk to me about their experience in Japanese.

I don't say: "You can master Japanese easily if you come to my lessons".
I know I don't have magic powers.
You will have to face lots of difficulties. However, I can help you by offering fun
and effective lessons suitable for you. 
Wouldn't you want to master another language as well as another culture?
It's not easy but the benefits make it worth the effort.

"Ippo Ippo" means “step by step". Please don't be shy to make mistakes with me. 
I would like to help you and make the most of your life in Japan.
Why don't you take the first step in the Japanese world?

Sari KONDO

INSTRUCTOR Sari KONDO


Born and raised in Yokohama. Graduated from Rikkyo, St.Paul University (BA in French literature).
After having worked for companies as a secretary for more than 5 years,
I obtained certificates of Basic & Practical Teacher's Training　Courses officially
authorized（420 hours). I am also certified by the Japanese Language
Teaching Competency Test authorized by the Japanese Ministry of Education.
Moreover, I have received the highest appreciation among 150 qualified instructors
at a teacher-student matching service as of 2005.
Lecturer of an intensive course on teaching Japanese to volunteering teachers
at Tachikawa community center in 2005.
As a tutor and an instructor at schools, I have extensive experience teaching Japanese
to many students from various countries.
Also certified by the Secretary Competency Test at the 2nd grade.
I have lived in Tachikawa city, Tokyo since winter in 2002.
My interests include traveling, cooking, reading, gardening, playing with my kitty etc.
I speak English, French and Japanese.

LESSON AREA
SORRY!　Now I don't offer lessons outside Tachikawa, Tokyo.
I offer lessons at cafe, my ｃlassroom
(6 mins walk in notrh-east from the Tachikawa station,Akebonocho 2 chome)
student's company or another public place inside Tachikawa.

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