Japanese with Clare K.

**Registration for summer students will open in early May** Summer schedule (mid-May through mid-August) is much more open than academic year schedule. Students who sign up for morning lessons (Eastern time) during the summer session must be willing to change to afternoon/evening lessons during the academic year. Please inform me ahead of time if you are planning to be a summer-only student, so that your space can be made available for new students when the time comes. After two years working as a translator/interpreter for local government in Kochi, Japan, I moved back to the US in 2016. Since then, I have taught Japanese for all ages, in both group and private settings. I love to be a witness when my students suddenly "get" something we've been working on for a while. Japanese is a fascinating, beautiful, and complicated language, and it's exciting to be a partner in my students' achievements! I am highly experienced in teaching middle school and high school age students--including my own kids, whom I homeschool. My first visit to Japan was a semester study abroad in my senior year of high school, so I am happy to advise students who are preparing to go to Japan. Along with my on-the-ground experience living and working in Japan in a fast-paced and high-stakes environment, I hold an M.A. in Japanese and N1 (highest level) certification on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Native Japanese speakers have complimented me for my native-like pronunciation and syntax. Contact me any time for more information or to set up your first lesson! Attendance Policies: -Please give 24 hours' notice before a missed lesson. Short-notice cancellations and no-shows will be billed the full cost of the lesson. -Students who expect to miss multiple lessons in a row, please give at least as many business days' notice as anticipated missed lessons. (Example: Missing 3 lessons for vacation=Provide at least 3 full business days' notice.) -Please give 2 weeks' notice if you need to end lessons permanently or semi-permanently (i.e., want to begin again sometime, but can't give a definite restart date).