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The current organisational structure
Hi everyone,
How are you?
This is Masa, the TikToker :)
Since the establishment of Asao in May 2014, we have been gradually increasing the number of our services.
Today what we offer is a little more diverse than it used to be so I would like to take this opportunity to clarify who your point of contact will be, depending the service of our interest.
Yuka sensei, yuka.asaolanguage@gmail.com mainly looks after Aspiring Japanese Teachers project.
It is a project that support Japanese Learners, Trainee/Certified Japanese Teachers and Conversation Partners on Discord through Patreon.
Aiko sensei, aiko.asao@gmail.com mainly looks after Trainee/Certified/Top Japanese Teacher Training and Recruitment online and in person.
Taito sensei, taito.asaolanguage@gmail.com mainly looks after monthly Cultural / Social Activity online and in person including Pub Night.
Akiko sensei, akiko.asaolanguage@gmail.com mainly looks after monthly Top and Certified Japanese Teacher Meeting and general inquiries from Certified Japanese Teachers online.
anmi, akifumi.asao@gmail.com mainly looks after Design, Video Editing and Video Production online.
Hiroko san, hiroko.asaolanguageschool@gmail.com mainly looks after Accounting online.
And me , asaolanguage@gmail.com mainly looks after Asao Language School project. It is a project that supports Japanese Learners and Top Japanese Teachers online, at our classrooms and the locations of your choice.
There are a few more services that we offer as one organisation but the mentioned above are the main ones that are related Japanese language learning :)
We are always happy to welcome your questions and requests. If you have one, please feel free to let us know anytime!
Masa
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/asao_language_school
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AsaoLanguage
TikTok Live - in progress
Hi everyone,
This's is Masa.
How are you?
How's studying going?
If you have seen my previous posts here and at https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool, you know how dismally I failed to offer my first live streaming on TikTok...
Apparently you need at least 50 followers to go on live, so I'll keep coming up with ideas and posting til I reach it :)
Wish me luck please!
Our very first event of this year is coming up on Sunday the 11th of February. If you happen to be available in Tokyo, please join us :) It's going to be a lot of fun as we are trying a Mochi Pounding!
It's a traditional way of celebrating the beginning of a new year in Japan and it is quite a rare opportunity these days to actually pound. It requires a few preparations to make it happen so if you have some free time, do pop in please :)
We did this 3 and a half years ago before covid hit and it was very successful. It's going to be a lot of fun again so don't miss it!
Looking forward to seeing you!
Masa
TikTok Live
Hi everyone,
How are you?
This is Masa :)
Did you get the JLPT result?
I've just posted my thoughts about JLPT on Patreon.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ri-ben-yu-jiao-97018407?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
I'm therefore going to touch on Japanese Noun Modification in a TikTok live at 18:15 tomorrow on Wed 24 January.
https://www.tiktok.com/@asaolanguageschool
See you then!
Masa
Cultural / Social Activity in February 2024
Hi everyone
How are you?
How's the beginning of the year been treating you so far?
Just to give you a heads-up, we are preparing for our first Cultural / Social Activity of the year at the moment.
It's going to be a Mochitsukitaikai like the one that we did in February 2020.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1592380694242708&type=3
This was the very last in person event that we had before the COVID pandemic hit.
We are fixing a venue, the tools, e.g. a usu, a kine, a steamer, sticky rice, etc, drinks at the moment.
It's kind of a rare opportunity to experience Mochi pounding, so you cannot miss it :)
It's going to be on Sunday the 11th of February!
I hope you can make it :)
Masa
Focus - 2
Hi everyone,
How are you?
I've been looking into the platforms for live streaming. We have some choices. There are YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch and it is hard to choose which one.
When Yuka sensei ran a quesionnaire on Discord, I think the everybody's choice was YouTube...
But, Twitch has an integration with Discord. I have created an account https://www.twitch.tv/masahiko_kitaya_asao
Let me play with it a little and see how it works. This choice could be the best choice for everybody on Discord.
Will follow up on this :)
Masa
▶︎YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@asaolanguage
▶︎Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/asao_language_school
▶︎Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AsaoLanguage
▶︎Japanese Study Book recommended by Asao
https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=4872177568&i=stripbooks&camp=247&creative=1211&linkCode=ur2&linkId=b98babb10887664d2118bd133cc7af1d&tag=asao09b-22