We are currently offering 2 different Japanese 101 classes!

Japanese 101 (Traditional course) will ease you into the Japanese language and introduce you to the basics with lots of English explanations for everything you’re learning.

Immersive Japanese 101 will teach you similar basics of the Japanese language, but instead of using English explanations, this class will be taught 70-80% in Japanese and will rely more on visual aids, context clues, and repetition to help you get used to the Japanese words and phrases you’ll be hearing every class.

These are beginner level classes, and no prior knowledge of Japanese is required.

Japanese 101 for Adults
Level: Beginner
Instructor: Tamaki
8 weeks / 12 class hours
Thursdays 1.5 hours
8-9:30pm Eastern, 7-8:30pm Central, 6-7:30pm Mountain, 5-6:30pm Pacific
January 29 – March 19
Price: $225

Immersive Japanese 101 for Adults
Level: Beginner
Instructor: Satoko
8 weeks / 12 class hours
Mondays 1.5 hours
8-9:30pm Eastern, 7-8:30pm Central, 6-7:30pm Mountain, 5-6:30pm Pacific
January 26 – March 23
Price: $225

Click here to see the full list of all of our Japanese group classes

Private Lessons

Like all of our language lessons, we work with you to create a schedule and curriculum plan that works best for you!

Prices:
Package deals:
5 hours: $225
10 hours: $425
20 hours: $800

Contact us to arrange a custom package

Contact:
Email: info@LaurensLanguageLessons.com
Call, Text, SMS, KakaoTalk, WhatsApp Line: 281-433-5659 (Leave a message if no answer)

Meet our Japanese Teachers:

TAMAKI

Tamaki is a native Japanese speaker originally from Japan.She has a BA of Language and culture from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, a BA in Developmental Psychology from Kobe University, and a MA in Russian and Developmental Psychology from Kobe University. She also holds a certification in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language.

Tamaki worked as an adjunct professor at colleges and a university teaching classes related to developmental psychology, psychology of development disability, and child speech and language development. She also worked as a counselor to parents of children with special needs. Tamaki also spent several years teaching Russian classes at the Russia Association of Hyogo. After moving to the United States several years ago, she began teaching Japanese language classes for college students at Lewis University in Illinois and Japanese classes for adults in the continuing education program of the College of DuPage.

Tamaki continues her work with Lewis University and the College of DuPage by teaching online Japanese classes while offering private tutoring on the side via Zoom and Skype.

SATOKO

Satoko is a native Japanese speaker originally from Japan. She holds a BA in Japanese Language and Culture from Eastern Michigan University, an MA in Japanese Language and Culture from Middlebury College, a Graduate Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching from MSU as well as additional AA degrees in English and Spanish. Satoko also holds teaching certifications in Ohio, California, and Florida.

In Japan, Satoko started her career as an engineer and worked for Honda for more than 10 years. In addition to her technical work, she also provided technical and legal translations between English and Japanese and provided Japanese and English language classes as well as cultural training for employees working cross-culturally or preparing to move overseas as ex-pats.

In the past several years, Satoko has been working as a math, social science, and Japanese teacher for 6th grade students at a local Japanese language school in Ohio. She teaches small group and private Japanese lessons online in her free time.

Satoko is both structured and flexible and loves watching her students making accomplishments in their language-learning journey.

ayumi

Ayumi is a native speaker originally from Japan. She served as an officer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for over 10 years before transitioning into the education field. She received her Japanese language teaching training through Berlitz and has been teaching Japanese as a Second Language for more than eight years through Berlitz, M&K Communication, and independently. she also currently teaches Japanese language and culture to both children and adults at a local Japanese heritage center in the greater Washington D.C. area.

Outside of teaching, Ayumi enjoys practicing yoga, traveling, and spending time with her family and her dog, experiences that often inspire and enrich her lessons.

I studied Japanese on Zoom with Megumi-san for about a year and a half. She is a patient, thoughtful, and intelligent tutor that was a good match for a relatively-novice speaker like me!

jeff

I think [Japanese 101 for Teens] is such a great course. You get to talk to someone who speaks the language you are trying to learn as their first language, so they know everything. The size of the class is great because there are enough students to be able to talk and have small conversations, but there aren’t too many so that it’s hard to ask your question. The teacher, Tamaki, was always kind and very understanding and would offer help in the best way. She also tried to find out a little bit about us while staying on track with the lesson plan. That is a style of teaching I love. I would 100% recommend this course to others!

STUDENT IN JAPANESE 101 FOR TEENS CLASS

I worked with Megumi, my Japanese tutor the entire summer of 2021, and I feel that my experience taught me many things. In each lesson, I learned new words to study, read different passages from Japanese textbooks, and did a lot of speaking practice in which we mainly just talked in the target language about our experiences in relation to whatever lesson she taught that day. In my tutoring experience, I had looked for a type of lesson that focused on increasing my writing and speaking skills as well as reading (as I was already fairly confident with my listening). In these lessons, I got exactly what I had hoped. I was given homework for over the week til the next lesson that seemed fairly light, but it was perfect for the more laid back style I had searched for. Now that the summer is over, I have to go back to a slower self-study style, but I definitely hope to learn from her again in the future!

CHARLES

This class gives students a very basic knowledge of Japanese they would use should they be in a pinch. It also gave a foundation from which students can learn more Japanese and kana. Ms. Tamaki is easy to understand and is good at answering questions.

STUDENT IN JAPANESE 101