Private Japanese Lessons × Asao Language School

Hi everyone!
How are you?
This is Masa :)
How's everything going?

During our monthly teachers meeting, we came across a couple of free study materials that are available online. They might be worth having a look at.

1. TADOKU Supporters

A group of Japanese teachers in Shinjuku produce their original books to encourage learners to read more.
If you click the link below and scroll down, there are 15 of them. They also come with audio.

https://tadoku.org/japanese/book-search/?level=&series=050&kind%5B%5D=060&kw=&order=register_desc

2. NHK World Japan

Japan Broadcasting Corporation produces a role-play type of lessons on video for practical daily phrases. There are 48 of them. You can look at the script as you play the video.

https://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/ja/lessons/

3. Kobe International Community Center
They produce their own textbook. There are 12 units in it. It also comes with audio.

https://www.kicc.jp/ja/living_guide/education/materials/nihongotext

They do not follow the JLPT framework but for general studies. 1 and 2 can be used for self study and 3 is a pure classroom material. So you will probably need a help from your teacher with 3 :)
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The photo is from Ayako Shimoyama sensei and here is her introduction.

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChPS5FULzSu/

She mainly teaches online :)
If you look up her name on Discord, you will find her name offering lessons both in First Craic and Second Craic.
She has been teaching with us for a few years now. If you have a chance, please say hello to her and try her lessons. She is one of the popular teachers for conversation lessons.

Hope the information helps!

Masa

Hi everyone!

How are you?

This is Masa. How's your studying going?

I would like to let you know in advance that, for this month's event, we are going to join the Yuuzenn Dyeing workshop organised by World Unite https://www.world-unite.de/en.html

It is a specific traditional dyeing method that is often used to dye Kimono and Obi (kimono belt) :)

It's going to be from 13:00 - 15:00 on Saturday 22 June. The venue is the event space inside their shared house in Kiba. The address is as follows.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/b1sC12tpD3aTpzAV6

Would you be interested?

If so, please sign up and let's meet at 12:30 at the entrance of the venue and go in together as a group :)

Aiko sensei, Akiko sensei and I will be joining for sure, and other teachers may also.

We need to let the organiser know how many of us will be there so if you are interested, please let either Yuka sensei at yuka.asaolanguage@gmail.com or Taito sensei at taito.asaolanguage@gmail.com know.

The participation fee they set is 1100 yen per person.

It's going to be fun!

Looking forward to seeing you!

Masa

Hi everyone,

How are you?

This is Masa :)

How's everything going?

Today, I would like to share with you news on our future activities and events :)

In the last event we had in Kamakura, we had an opportunity to get to know the staff members of World Unite, a US based company that offers a variety of language learning related services in various countries including Japan.

https://www.world-unite.de/en.html

Aiko sensei and I spoke with them and we became friendly. They are a very very nice bunch of people who organise wonderful events to their community members regularly. 

We are now in discussion for possible corroborations in the future :) 

For start, we are thinking of joining their events as a group and get to know them more, possibly from next month. 

Just like ours, their events and activities welcome a mix of Japanese and foreign nationals, so it is going to be a great opportunity for you to practice Japanese, learning Japanese culture, meeting new people and so on.

We will make an announcement about our June event in due course.

Stay tuned!

Masa

Hi everyone,

How's studying going?

This is Masa :)
How are you?

Today, I would like to share with you a quick heads up on my TikTok project.

https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool

It's been about 3 months since I restarted and now I welcome 270 followers.

First and foremost, I would like to thank those who have been watching and leaving encouraging comments and thumb ups on my posts.

It is a simple enough content that I am making but posting everyday can only work with the assuring feeling that there is somebody waiting so thank you!

Going forward, welcoming your questions and requests and me responding to those will be an essential part so if you have any wonder, doubts or opinions, please give them to me. I will appreciate that :)

To new teachers, this project is my personal challenge as well as a test to see if teaching Japanese in English (Indirect Method) actually works better than Direct Method or is effective at all.

So, please do not worry. You will not have to be an English speaker to teach at Asao. You will be teaching in Japanese :)

Will keep you posted!

Masa

Hi everyone,

How are you?

This is Masa.

How's your Japanese studying going?

First of all, thank you so much for joining us for the Pub Night in March
We hope you enjoyed it :)

Our next event will be held on Saturday the 27th of April. We are planning to have a short day trip to the city of Odawara. We will be visiting the castle and the fish market by the bay and have a barbecue with fresh seafood there.

These are the photos from our last trip to Odawara in 2019.
It was a lot of fun!

https://www.meetup.com/aspiring-japanese-teachers/photos/30554925/

If a few people are interested in the idea, we will go ahead with it :)

Please contact either me at asaolanguage@gmail.com or Taito sensei at taito.asaolanguage@gmail.com or on his Line https://line.me/ti/p/n8yqj_PTgR to let us know if you are interested by Wednesday the 17th!
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The photo is from Takashi Uematsu sensei and here is his introduction.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgsnOf_hAN9/

He teaches lessons with us both in person and online :)
He is also actively offering lessons on Discord. Outside our Discord community, he is popular with those who are studying JLPT Preparation, BJT Preparation and Business Japanese. If you want to work on your honorific Japanese or some practical Japanese that are required in the business scenes, please try his lesson :)

Looking forward to hearing from you!

宜しくお願い致します。

Masa