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Welcome to our database of Private Tutors of Japanese in the UK. Users can search for a tutor by clicking on the regions listed below. Tutors wishing to register their details on this database should submit a Private Japanese Tutor form. To allow us to keep our records as up to date as possible please inform us of any incorrect information or if any of your details change.
By default, tutors are listed according to the date they registered, with the newest tutors at the top.
If you have any questions about this list, or if you are a registered tutor and need to update your existing information, please email info.language@jpf.go.jp
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| Name: | Joshua Gallagher |
| Location: | Berkshire / Ascot / Cambridge / Online |
| Email: | joshuajmgallagher[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | 07979152946 |
| Levels: | Beginner to Advanced (N5-N1) |
| Details: | I have a PhD from Cambridge University and a Master's Degree in Japanese Studies from the University of Oxford. I and am fluent in Japanese with teaching experience at undergraduate, primary, and secondary school levels. I have lived in Japan for 10 years have a Master's Degree from the University of Tokyo. |
| Name: | Hitomi Murata |
| Location: | Norwich |
| Email: | muraco.ukdays[at] gmail.com |
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| Levels: | I have experience as a workshop facilitator which will help me plan fun and informative Japanese lessons with all ages from children to adults. I can help with all levels; from beginners interested in learning to GCSE and JLPT. |
| Details: | IELTS Life Skills A1 (2019) for the spouse visa (English)/Completion of Facilitator Programme/Completion of Early Child Education Assistant course, Vancouver, Canada/Japanese National Childminder Licence (2012), Tokyo, Japan |
| Name: | Daiki Hayashi |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Email: | daiki.hayashi0[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | 07751125629 |
| Levels: | All levels |
| Details: | I am a native Japanese currently taking MA International Development and Education. I have two years of experience as a English-Japanese bilingual teacher at ECC corporate, a language school in Japan. I also worked for Goole projects for six months as the Japanese language analyst, moderating contents online. I am kneen on new theories of learning. You may ask me for any help or advice on learning Japanese before you decide to take my lesson. |
| Name: | Ayae Kobayashi | |
| Location: | Newcastle Area/Whitley Bay | |
| Email: | contact.ayaesantos[at]gmail.com | |
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| Levels: | All levels. Let's work together to find your starting point! Beginners, intermediate, advanced. GCSE Japanese, A-Level Japanese. business, casual - whatever your goals I can help you! | |
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| Name: | Tanaka Mikiko |
| Location: | Teesside/Teesdale |
| Email: | mm2york[ at ]yahoo.co.jp |
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| Levels: | Any Level |
| Details: | Certificate in Education 30 years teaching experience ; teaching at companies, colleges, universities , adult education, and also private lessons. |
| Name: | Fiona Powell |
| Location: | Kirkby Stephen |
| Email: | fipowell[ at ]yahoo.co.uk |
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| Levels: | Beginner. GCSE. Can tailor lessons to specific needs of students. Any age group and ability. |
| Details: | BA Hons degree in Japanese and German. PGCE in Secondary Modern Foreign Languages. 8 years experience teaching secondary languages. 3 years experience teaching EFL in Germany, Austria and Cambridgeshire. Childminding qualification and 3 years experience childminding following the Early Years Foundation Stage. |
| Name: | Ryo Haruyama |
| Location: | Glasgow |
| Email: | ryoharuyam[ at ]yahoo.co.jp |
| Phone: | 07842609617 |
| Levels: | Any levels are welcome. I can evaluate students' skills and make /we can cooperate to make a plan. |
| Details: | I have helped some exchange stuedents in Keio University, 3 of them passed JLPT 1 |
| Name: | Miho Kito |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne / Durham / Sunderland |
| Email: | miho.nihongo.lesson[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | All levels |
| Details: | Teaching Japanese at Saturday school in London. 2015 Teaching Japanese for beginner-level BA & certificate students at Birkbeck, University of London. 2015 Private tutor for GCSE preparation. 2013 Tutor for international students at a secondary school in Japan, 2009-2012 PhD candidate in Linguistics, Birkbeck. 2014 - Onwards MA in Applied Linguistics, Newcastle University. 2013 |
| Name: | Fumika Cartlidge |
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Email: | kobuta89[ at ]hotmail.com |
| Phone: | 07576871317 |
| Levels: | Any |
| Details: | BA in Humanity at Kyoto Seika University, PTLLS |
| Name: | Sakie Chiba |
| Location: | Middlesbrough, Redcar |
| Email: | chiba.sakie[ at ]gmail.com |
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| Levels: | All levels |
| Details: | Certificate in the Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test, MA in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language. |
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