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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.
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| Name: | Tomoko Adams |
| Location: | SellyOak and Bournville area + online |
| Email: | takatomo3adams[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | 07761105319 |
| Levels: | Any age beginners for conversation, writting and reading. |
| Details: | 11yrs teaching children at a Japanese school |
| Name: | Maiko Miyoshi |
| Location: | Online and Worcestershire |
| Email: | maikomiyoshi[at]gmail.com |
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| Levels: | Lessons available for all levels. Customised to meet your learning goals, whether for exams, business, travel, or personal interest. |
| Details: | Qualified teacher with a Japanese language teacher training certification and over 10 years of experience. Taught in three UK universities in classroom, as well as, in one-to-one settings, and online. Skilled in developing courses, syllabus planning and creating learning materials tailored to learners' needs. |
| Name: | Isabelle Robotham |
| Location: | Shropshire |
| Email: | issyrobotham[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | A1 (Beginner level), conversational, GCSE, N5 |
| Details: | I have lived in Japan, where I worked as a Foreign Language Teacher for three years. Whilst in Japan, I studied Japanese to N3 level. Being based in a Japanese primary school, I learnt how to read and write kanji, hiragana, and katakana, using the methods that a native speaker would. I can tutor beginner's(A1), conversational, GCSE and N5 level. I can teach online or at my home, and can either be one-on-one or as part of a small group. I will provide lesson materials and you don't need any prior Japanese language knowledge for my classes. |
| Name: | Ayaha Lees |
| Location: | Dudley, Wolverhampton, |
| Email: | Leesayaha[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | 7853965230 |
| Levels: | Beginner and intermediate |
| Details: | I'm a native Japanese speaker from Osaka. I have been teaching Japanese for over 4 years now. Most of my students started from beginner level and now they can have conversations all in Japanese. Some of them have already been to Japan, passed their JLPT test and begun working for Japanese companies. I usually use genki textbook and change how to teach depending on your needs and levels. All of my students really enjoy my lessons and you can learn a lot. I will look forward to seeing you! |
| Name: | Junko Mori |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Email: | junks00m[ at ]yahoo.co.uk |
| Phone: | 7841994271 |
| Levels: | All levels |
| Details: | I have PGCE teaching certificate and have taught Japanese over 5 years, and have taught either face to face or online. |
| Name: | Michiyo Kato |
| Location: | Warwickshire and Online |
| Email: | michiyokato[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | All levels, GCSE, AS/A2 |
| Details: | I have Japanese and UK QTSs. I taught in a grammar school as a head of department from 2002 to 2010 and have taught in several private and state schools in Warwickshire for 8 years. I also have 18 years' experience of teaching privately since 2002 in until present. |
| Name: | Mami Masutani |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Email: | mami_lpl[ at ]hotmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | Beginner with enjoying first(^_^) Conversation mainly for usual situation, customise preferred.Let's enjoy! |
| Details: | Experienced teaching Japanese language to age 6〜50's |
| Name: | Hiromasa Araki |
| Location: | Warwickshire, Warwick, Leamington Spa, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Gaydon |
| Email: | hiromasaaraki[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | 07575803803 |
| Levels: | Primary |
| Details: | Unique role-play learning uses experience in film industry. Tutoring at Warwickshire college. |
| Name: | Mitsuyo Gregory |
| Location: | Around Leicester (South), Coventry, Northampton |
| Email: | mimimitsuyo324[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | Beginner, Intermediate, Business |
| Details: | Specialised in second language acquisition, acquired teaching qualification (English) up to Japanese high school students as part of my degree. Numerous Japanese teaching experiences in company environments and as a private tutor in the UK since 2005 for both business people and younger students. Have taught all N1 - N5 levels. Work experience in Japan in one of the major insurance companies being customer-faced as a claim adjuster and also being a bilingual PA with interpreter and translator role, I have a good knowledge and understanding of business Japanese. I have TOEIC 955 (2003) and IELTS 7.5 (2005). |
| Name: | Mr Matthew Lees |
| Location: | Dudley/Wolverhampton/Stourbridge |
| Email: | mjlees01[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | I can tutor beginner up to intermediate |
| Details: | I have a teaching degree and have spent almost 4 years teaching in Japan. |
| Name: | Ms Alice Winter |
| Location: | Online and Worcestershire area. |
| Email: | awintertutor[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | Beginner, Survival and GCSE Japanese. |
| Details: | I am an Education Studies graduate and an experienced ESL and Japanese language tutor based in Worcestershire, UK. After my graduation, I spent a year living and teaching in Japan. |
| Name: | Mrs Satomi Beattie |
| Location: | Birmingham (I also conduct online lessons) |
| Email: | satomikjt [at] gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | Beginner, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, GCSE, JLPT N5-N2 |
| Details: | Native Japanese from Tokyo living in the UK since 1992. A holder of the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language. Have been teaching Japanese since 1995 but more intensely since 2015. My students include teenagers, young adults and professionals. Some are studying for GCSE/JLPT, some hope to be interpreter, some have Japanese connections, some hope to work in Japan in the future, some are preparing for a Japanese trip. I am very happy to design the lessons according to the learners' needs including the cultural aspects. |
| Name: | Luke Blackburn |
| Location: | Leamington Spa |
| Email: | lukeblackburn1 [at] gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | Beginner level Japanese |
| Details: | JLPT 3 - 3 years experience teaching English in Japan. MA in Japanese Studies. |
| Name: | Masahito Kawamura |
| Location: | Hereford |
| Email: | kawamurajp[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | +16503368570 |
| Levels: | entry level |
| Details: | Volunteer level of teaching Japanese. upper intermediate level of English. |
| Name: | deepa |
| Location: | Coventry |
| Email: | deepa.indu[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | can teach beginners. particularly i can teach indians who are just starting japanese. |
| Details: | JLPT N4 Qualified, |
| Name: | Aya Kobayashi |
| Location: | West Midlands |
| Email: | aya.kobayashi0[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | Beginner, Intermediate, GCSE |
| Details: | Japanese language teaching as sub-major, currenly teaching GCSE students as an teacher assistant |
| Name: | Izumi Segawa |
| Location: | Warwickshire & West Midlands |
| Email: | learnjapanese23[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | All levels |
| Details: | Native Japanese Speaker, fluent in English. |
| Name: | Dawn Soutar |
| Location: | West Midlands, Birmingham area |
| Email: | soutardawn[ at ]googlemail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | Beginners, GCSE, A Level |
| Details: | Japanese Hons BA from SOAS, University of London 2009 PGCE in PCET - Languages and English to Speakers of Other Languages, Birmingham City University 2012 Language Tutor in Japanese and ESOL with Brasshouse Language Centre and Birmingham City Council from 2010 to Current Year |
| Name: | Alan Carey |
| Location: | Coventry |
| Email: | write.to.alan.carey[ at ]googlemail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | Beginner - Intermediate |
| Details: | JLPT Level 1, JTEST Rating: Advanced, 6 years\' experience of working in Japan as a language teacher (English, all levels and age groups, private, company and schools) and translator. |
| Name: | Yukiko Marks |
| Location: | Warwickshire, West Midlands and Leicestershire. |
| Email: | yukimidoll2611[ at ]gmail.com |
| Phone: | 01788 550253 |
| Levels: | Beginners and Intermediate |
| Details: | I have been teaching adults and secondary students (for GCSE Japanese) privately for several years. I also having experience of running the Japanese course at the adult learning centre in Rugby and functioning as a GCSE speaking exam examiner. |
| Name: | Karen Manley |
| Location: | Midlands Staffordshire, North Birmingham, North Warwickshire |
| Email: | beautifulcuticles[ at ]yahoo.co.uk |
| Phone: | 07545 246338 |
| Levels: | Beginner & Intermediate |
| Details: | JLPT Level 3, BA (hons) Japanese Studies, 2 years living in Japan (1 year teaching in Japanese elementary and junior high schools). Currently teaching a Japanese Entry Level Adult Evening Class at a local college. |
| Name: | Mitsue Arai |
| Location: | Midlands Birmingham area |
| Email: | mtsarai[ at ]hotmail.com |
| Phone: | |
| Levels: | All levels, GCSE, AS/A2 |
| Details: | Have taught at the Brasshouse Language Centre and Secondary Schools since 2003. PT Lecturer at Uni of Wolverhampton and Uni of Warwick. Qualifications: UK QTS; Teaching Japanese Language certified by the Tokyo YMCA Language School. |
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