My first Japanese Lesson with a professional teacher from Hanayoku (With SUBS)

[@mehdi76302]

Naoko sensei feels supportive and encouraging which makes the conversation goes smoothly. I like it

[@GermaineJapanese]

Yes, she's a very good teacher

[@hanayokujapanesetutors5857]

Hi Uehara Shoyo, thank you so much for enjoying the lesson! Naoko Sensei is known to her students as someone whose lessons are well structured and easy to understand. Please do not hesitate to get into contact with us to find out more about Naoko Sensei or other lessons we offer! - Hanayoku Team

[@Beowulf245]

Just stumbled upon your channel and I must say this is a mighty help. While listening to the teacher, I'm trying to pause the video now and then and first think of how I would respond myself, then I listen to your response and make note of things. Great content. Thanks for sharing!

[@GermaineJapanese]

Thanks. That’s a great method! Im glad you find the videos useful :)

[@mychineselanguagepartner]

Hi Germaine, thank you so much for sharing this video. It's great for listening practice. I will follow your channel since I am really into learning Japanese now. I also like the teaching style of Naoko sensei. Thank you both!

[@GermaineJapanese]

Thanks! I'm glad to know you find it helpful. Yes, Naoko sensei is an excellent teacher. She does a great job leading the lesson at a suitable pace.

[@hanayokujapanesetutors5857]

Hi Meei Pan, we're so glad that you enjoyed watching Germaine's lesson with Naoko Sensei! She's indeed an amazing and highly experienced teacher. Please don't hesitate to contact us on our website to find out more anytime! - Hanayoku Team

[@benjaminb6289]

As always, a very helpfull video. Thanks for sharing those conversations on KZbin Germaine :)

[@GermaineJapanese]

Thank you for the encouraging comment!

[@smile-gk7ws]

@@GermaineJapanese how do you got these speaking skills?? And how do you start learning japanese?? Do you have a tip with vocabulary learning because words won't stick to my head... Sorry for the poor english it's not my mother tongue ^^

[@rhesafabiandi4021]

いい動画ですね、私もやってみる

[@YuKi-wu5pm]

こんばんは！　ジャーミンさん、初めて動画を見ましたが独学でこんなにナチュラルに話すことができるなんて‥‥おどろきました。漢字も沢山読めるし、とても努力されたのだと思いました。私は今タイで日本語を教えています。良かったらお話ししましょう。😁　がんばってくださいね！

[@GermaineJapanese]

コメントを書いてくれてありがとうございます。私の日本語はナチュラルって言えないんですけど、頑張っています。タイで日本語を教えているって、すごいですね。タイ語はすごく難しいって聞いたけど。

[@BakaKiSuno]

Yu ki san ha nihongo kyoushi desu ka.

[@YuKi-wu5pm]

@@GermaineJapanese いやいや、謙虚(けんきょ)な方ですね。がんばってください！　私はタイ語は少ししかできないんです。日本語と日本人特有の英語で教えていますよ！高校生は英語がわかりますからいいですね。

[@YuKi-wu5pm]

@@BakaKiSuno こんにちは。はい、そうです。 Hi. Yes , I am. How long do you study Japanese? Ganbatte kudasai ;))

[@BakaKiSuno]

@@YuKi-wu5pm 返事してくれてありがとう。私は3年前から日本語学習し始めた。お金のこと厳しくてほとんど自分でやってきた。すみませんこんなことを聞いているから。ユキ先生KZbin以外他にsocial mediaを使っていますか

[@morningcoffeesubs9008]

I really like how structured the teacher was. She had the full program planned out from the start ^^ I currently only use Italki but this page looks great too. By the way how much did you pay for this lesson? Are prices similar to Italki?

[@GermaineJapanese]

I just realised I didn't reply to this! You can check out Hanayoku's prices here: japanese-tutors.com/ They've got some amazing teachers!

[@Mingma445]

会話の難しい 言葉の 意味 も お願いします🙏

[@ansonechevary1776]

Hi Germaine! Great session video. How long have you been studying Japanese? I’m curious to know what level you are at. I’m trying to find a comparison because I’ve been doing ajatt/refold/migaku immersion for about a year and a half now consistently. And I was surprised that I could understand 90% of your video and also all the Kanji topics she was giving you in her game. I look forward to seeing more of your video sessions. Thanks!

[@GermaineJapanese]

Hi Anson, I have been studying Japanese for about 5 years but not in a very intense manner. I started on immersion maybe around 2 years ago but before that, it was mostly textbook based. I think you're doing very well for just a year and a half of immersion! It's taken me very long just to get to this level but I've learnt to accept that we all have different learning paces! How do you usually do your immersion and do you do output? :)

[@ansonechevary1776]

@@GermaineJapanese Hi Germaine! Thank you for your reply! Wow 5 years! That's awesome! As for me my daily routine now is, 1. Review my Kanji RTK/Production cards in Anki which take me about 20min. 2. Review my 単語 N5, N4 and N3 Anki decks. I've notice a huge shift once I was finished with the N3 deck. That's the point where I could really start my REAL sentence mining. I create 10 new sentence cards per. day. Moslty new Kanji in each sentence card per. day. I've been getting my sentences from Hello Talk, KZbin and some news sites. As for listening my practice. I have only been watching Japanese TV shows for the past 5 years constantly. No engilsh TV what so ever. Here in Hawaii we have a nice selection of paid cable channels that provide great Japan programming so that helps A LOT for me. I don't do any real output yet but I try to output doing speach to text on my Hello Talk conversations since it's faster than typing Lol. And........ that's pretty much it for me so far. I'm really pushing myself to stay on this track to see more results. When I watched this video I was super suprised and happy that I was able to follow listening and reading 90% of it. I wanted to know what level she was trying to focus in on? Knowing that most teachers will try to stay within the students capabilties at their particular level. Anyways you're doing AWESOME no doubt. Keep up the great work. 頑張てね！

[@GermaineJapanese]

Ah, ok now I see what you’re asking! It’s hard to answer because I don’t think Naoko sensei is like “ok I’m going to speak at this particular JLPT level…” but if I had to estimate, I think it might be around the N3 level in terms of vocabulary but N4 in terms of speed and maybe grammar? I 100% agree with you about the huge shift after N3. As depressing as it is, I think the reality is that at the N4-5 level, you will unlikely be able to understand much of native Japanese conversations/content. The moment I started on the N3 vocabulary, I suddenly realized I was starting to catch what people were saying. Immersion also became a lot easier after that.

[@ansonechevary1776]

@@GermaineJapanese That is good to know that you encountered the same thing after N3. Gives me more assurance that I'm going in the right direction.

[@tacticolfire]

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