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Certified Japanese Teachers - 18
How are you?
This is Masa :)
How's it going?
I have a couple of updates to share with you today.
1.
For our monthly cultural / social event, we are hiking on Mt Mitake on Saturday 31 May.
https://www.ces-net.jp/mitakevc/courses.html
Let's meet at 10:00 at the ticket gate of Mitake station (御嶽駅) on the JR Ome Line (JR青梅線).
(It is going to be free participation.)
After the hike, we will be visiting the sake brewery called Sawanoi nearby and their garden where we can sit back and relax.
https://www.sawanoi-sake.com/service/baiten/
We are going to be a small group of learners and teachers. Absolutely anybody who's interested in language and culture and of course hiking is welcomed to join us :)
It's going to be a lot of fun!
2.
I am adding another textbook to the list of textbooks that we recommend.
できる日本語
https://amzn.to/4dpkUD0
Generally speaking, there are two types of textbooks. One of them is for general study and others are for JLPT preparation. And, they are mainly used either as classroom materials or self study references.
The book above is a general study book as a classroom material. It can be a great choice if you take lessons :)
3.
I am often asked about how to approach Kanji learning during my lessons and streaming on TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool
Here is the website I recommend where you can download the Kanji drills for free.
https://happylilac.net/p-sy-kanzi.html#link1
The website is designated for Japanese nationals living abroad in order for them to keep up with the Japanese school curriculum.
4.
Here is a quick introduction from one of our Certified Teachers, Masashi Iijima sensei :)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCgauODSfgp/?img_index=1
He is available for lessons both in our Discord community and in person. With his friendly personality and life experience, his lessons are very popular. He is capable of teaching General Japanese, JLPT Prep, Business Japanese as well as Conversation Lessons. He has a good command of English as well so if you are only just starting off or in need of assistance in English, he can be a great choice as your regular teacher.
That's it for today :)
Stay tuned!
Masa
︎Private Japanese Lessons on Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7
︎Private Japanese Lessons on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/japaneselessons
︎Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage
Certified Japanese Teachers - 17
Hi everyone :)
How're you?
How's everything going?
This is Masa from Administration.
We've got some information to share with you today.
1.
For our monthly cultural activity this month, we are planning on going on a hike to Mount Ooyama in Isehara! We have tried it a couple times before and it's been great!
https://tanzawa-oyama.jp/climb/route/afuri-oyama/
We can meet at Isehara station, walk up to the start of the hiking route, hike up the mountain, enjoy the view from the top and relax, come back down and walk back to the station. On our way back to the station, we can stop by a sake brewery called Sawanoi where we can have a tour. They also have a garden so we can take a break there before heading home :)
https://www.sawanoi-sake.com/service/baiten/
We are thinking of doing this towards the end of the month. If anybody is interested, please join us :) It's going to be a lot of fun!
2.
Aiko sensei is having her Japanese teacher training in person this month. The venue is in Shinjuku :) Here is the message from her.
5月の研究会は、オンラインではなく、新宿付近の会場にて開催します。
テーマは、「第44回 学習者の日本語を確実に伸ばすための教科書研究」で、5月10日土曜日11:00~12:30に行います。
日本語教育、日本語教師、日本語教授法研究会にご興味があるみなさん、お気軽にご参加ください！
https://shamrocklanguage.com/free/teacher-training
3.
Yuka sensei has made an announcement regarding our Mock JLPT Online. It's an online JLPT practice exam produced by Ask Publishing. All the 5 levels are available and you can take them anytime online. You can use the exam result to analyse where you need to work on, get used to the time management and so on. If you wonder which level to take, it can work as a level check test as well :)
https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage
4.
My TikTok project is still happening everyday :) We are currently focusing on N3 grammar points based on this book https://amzn.to/4k8z1ie
As always, your questions and requests, on and off the topic of the day, from any level are very much welcomed. Please pop in for fun learning today!
https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool
5.
To those who are taking online lessons outside our Discord community, please bear in mind that Skype has been integrated into Teams that we have switched from Skype to Teams as our main platform for lessons.
To continue with your lessons without hiccups, please make sure to log into Teams with the same password, email address and ID that you have used with Skype. Doing so, everything, e.g. your contacts, previous chats and call histories you had on Skype will be transferred into Teams automatically.
6.
Here is one of our Certified Japanese Teachers, Sonoka Hirai sensei's introduction :)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAHgFXMToar/?img_index=1
She knows how to apply theories into practices. With her friendly and approachable personality, as well as practical teaching experiences that she has gained through our training, she can work with you on the grammar study regardless of your level. She can be a great conversation partner if you prefer working on fluency. You will definitely enjoy her lessons. If you come across her name, please say hello to her :)
That's it for today!
Stay tuned :)
引き続き宜しくお願い致します。
Masa
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/japaneselessons
Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7
︎Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/asao_language_school
Cultural / Social Activity in April 2025
Hi everyone :)
How are you?
How's April been treating you so far? I guess it's been like a roller coaster ride for most of us, so hang in there...
I again apologise for the absence from the streaming on TikTok. I am now back to the regular routines.
https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool
Let's get ready for the July exam!
Regarding our monthly cultural / social event this month, we were fully ready to go ahead with the kimono dressing for men and women but unfortunately we will have to postpone it.
The good news is that we now have 2 professional teachers, an assistant, an interpreter and a venue to run it anytime.
If you are interested, please let Yuka sensei know at yuka.asaolanguage@gmail.com
It's going to be great!
Instead, we are going to have a Pub Night this month :)
Taito sensei and I will be there from 19:00 on Friday the 25th of April at the following pub in Yoyogi / Shinjuku.
https://www.pub-hub.com/index.php/shop/detail/64
(It is free to join.) We hope you can pop in for a chat!
Looking forward to welcoming you :)
Stay tuned!
Masa
︎Private Japanese Lessons on Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7
︎Private Japanese Lessons on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/japaneselessons
︎Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage
︎Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/asao_language_school
Thank you so much for joining us in our March event!
Hi everyone,
How are you?
This is Masa.
How's everything going?
Thank you so much for joining us for the ohanami in Ueno Park last Sunday! We hope you all enjoyed it :)
We were very lucky with the weather, weren't we? The photos of the day will go up on our Facebook page later! https://www.facebook.com/asaolanguage
Sakura is in full bloom in Tokyo and, with children being on holiday, popular ohanami spots such as Ueno Park are hosting a big event at the moment, so don't miss it.
The Sakura Festival in Ueno Park goes on until Sunday the 6th :)
https://media.jreast.co.jp/articles/968
As always, big thank you goes to Stefanie and Neo san from World Unite https://www.world-unite.de/en who led us through the day. They are great event organisers.
In April, we are planning to organise a Kimono dressing class on Saturday the 26th at the World Unite's event hall in Kiba. There will be a professional instructor who walks us through how to put on a kimono and a photo shooting. If you are interested, please join us :) It will be 3000 yen (tax included ) per person. For more details, please contact Yuka sensei at yuka.asaolanguage@gmail.com
On TikTok, we are currently working on the use of ように from JLPT N3.
https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool/photo/7486780357468032263
The list is still incomplete and to be updated!
Looking forward to welcoming you all!
Stay tuned :)
Masa
Private Japanese Lessons on Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/asao_language_school
How's your studying going?
Hi everyone,
This is Masa
How are you?
It is unbelievable that we are already half way through March...
How's everything going?
Just to remind you, our operation runs throughout the year so whenever you would like to start or restart your study, let us know anytime :)
(In Japan, the registration for JLPT July exam begins on the 18th!)
As always, our Private Lessons and Mock Exams are available from 08:00 to 22:00 from Monday to Sunday including public holidays.
Everything related to our community on Discord / Patreon has been and will stay the same as before throughout the year. For inquiries, feel free to contact Yuka sensei anytime at yuka.asaolanguage@gmail.com
(Please note that we have had a slight change with our pricing structure for the lessons that take place outside our community on Discord / Patreon. For inquiries, please contact me at asaolanguage@gmail.com)
My TikTok project is still happening and getting livelier :) We have started to work on JLPT N3 grammar recently, based on the following textbook :)
https://amzn.to/3XX54sJ
We are still on Chapter 4 and you can easily catch up so if you are interested, please join us. I have been trying to have a stream everyday.
During my stream, your questions and requests are always very welcome. They can be related to the topic of the day or completely unrelated. They can come from any level, so, fire away!
The idea of the community we are building on TikTok is that we, with a shared interest, get together, discuss, share knowledge and experience, so, again, you are always welcome to join us :)
I have recently written up a couple of texts to summarise the topics that everybody seems to struggle with, namely, Causative and Compound Adjectives そう vs よう vs みたい vs っぽい vs らしい. If anybody likes to revise them, please have a look at the following links.
https://www.tiktok.com/@
https://www.tiktok.com/@
That's it for today.
Our March event is coming up soon as well :)
Looking forward to welcoming you all!
Let's plough on!
Masa
Discord:
https://discord.gg/t6NkjmqUE7
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/
Aiko's Blog
https://note.com/fine_gnu509