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Date of last access 12, April 2010 Nickname Hinako Gender Female Age 28 Current availability Open Country of residence Japan / Tokyo / Tokyo Nationality/hometown Japan / Tokyo Native language Japanese Languages spoken English, Spanish,

Message to students! hi! my name is hinako arao. i am from tokyo, japan. i've just moved back to tokyo a months ago from philadelphia, where i had lived for 6 years. i have taught japenese as a private tutor in argentina, philadelphia and london, in total for 4 years. i am fluent in english, spanish and of course, in japanese :). i am very good at planning classes based on your needs. do you want to improve your conversational skills? do you want to read murakami books in japanese? basic business conversation? advanced buisiness japanese? or do you want your children to learn japanese ( i am very good with children!) ?? the trial lessons, in which we get to know each other, for you to know my teaching style and for me to know your needs and wants to plan the class, is for 90 minutes, 3000 yen. then regular classes are 5000 yens for the first hour and then 1500 yens for every half an hour per lesson. so if you want 2 hour class, it is 8000 yens. this may sounds a bit high, but i do spend quite a bit of time preparing for you to have elaborate, well planned lessons(with some homework!) so that your japanese will improve stedily :). if you are interested in group lessons or lessons for children, let me know. i am very looking forward to meeting you and have fun together learning japanese and japanese culture!! please do let me know if you have any questions. warmly, hinako

Offering language lesson	Japanese
Lesson fee / hour	Japanese yen 5000
Trial lesson fee / hour	Japanese yen 3000
Group lesson fee / hour / person Up to 5	Japanese yen 1800
Possible teaching area	anywhere in Tokyo
Teaching place	Library, Others, Quiet café, Student's office
Type of lesson	General conversation, Business conversation, Vocabulary building, Grammar, Pronunciation practice, Listening practice, Writing practice, Proofreading, Children's lessons, Presentation training, Lesson via SKYPE, Helping with homework, Translation/Interpretation, Survival travel conversation, TOEFL/TOEIC training
Teaching qualification	BA from an american university
Teaching experience (years)	4-6

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Education
University / college	Temple University	LISPA
Major	Theater	Physical Theater
Degree	BA	Attending now
Current occupation	freelance english teacher, theater artist
Past professional experiences

Level of local language (of country of residence)	Native
Height (cm)	164
Hair colour	black
Eye colour	brown
Hobbies/Interests	cycling, running, swimming, cooking, dancing, reading...etc. i am interested in outdoor sports and o
Favourite sports	playing: anything! watching:gymnastics... it amazes me!
Favourite music/singers/bands	willy mason, cynthia hopkins, martha graham cracker...
Favourite places/travel destinations	i like london very much, and anywhere with great nature. i would love to go to alaska one day!
Favourite books/authors	ursula k le guin, haruki murakami, harry potter, harvey jackins...
Favourite movies	it is hard to answer... a couple of titles came up were notebook, aladin, eternal sunshine and spott
Favourite actors/actresses	yu aoi, jeff sobell, nichol canuso(dancer)
Favourite brands	?? patagonia...??