Matthew James

I am happy to adapt my teaching style to fit my students' preferences, but I think people learn best when they are enjoying themselves.

I like to use fun activities to help students get plenty of practice, and I find that doing so helps students to build confidence quickly.

Clearly structured lessons also help students to build confidence, and I will create an outline for the flow of your lessons once I know your language-learning goals.

Whatever those goals are, I find that it is always a good idea to begin each lesson with a brief warm-up activity before moving on to practice the specific skills that you want to learn.

From my own experience of learning Japanese, I know that understanding the history and culture of Japan can be really helpful when trying to make sense of the language. These are things that I know a lot about, so I hope I will be able to answer any questions that you have and pass on knowledge that helps you to get ahead with your Japanese studies.