Akemi Vitoriano - Japanese Tutor

Introduction

Akemi was born in Hyogo, in the city of Nishinomiya. After high school she moved to Osaka.
She was interested in different cultures around the world, so after taking a Portuguese course in Osaka, she visited many countries, including Brazil. She had fantastic experiences learning about different cultures while she spent time with the locals.
After that she opened private and group Japanese classes with her friend. They rented a room in a kindergarten in Ibaraki Japan, where there was a large Brazilian community and started teaching Japanese to the Portuguese speaking people there. Eventually, some of the students were able to apply for a Japanese car license.
Their Japanese class was going well, still, she had another thing that she wanted to try. She decided to take a makeup artist course. She left the Japanese language class to her partner, and she began to work as a hair and makeup artist in a beauty salon.
In 2008, after marrying a Portuguese man she started to work for translation company in Japan as she didn’t forget her passion for Japanese language.
She has TESOL and Japanese-Second Language Acquisition Certificate. Currently she is living in Portugal, sometimes working as a bridal makeup artist but she also enjoys teaching her language to foreigners all over the world as a Japanese teacher again.

Education

TESOL and Japanese-Second Language Acquisition Certificate.

Teaching options

Courses I teach

JLPT

Age ranges

I teach all ages.

Hobbies

Traveling, cooking, making handicrafts, makeup, shopping, reading and spending quality time with family and friends.

Teaching Japanese as a second language since 2003.

I speak a total of 5 languages:
Japanese (Native), Portuguese (Advanced), English (Intermediate), Spanish (Basic), Nepali (Basic).

I've visited or lived in the following countries: Japan, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Australia, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Holland, Belgium, England, United States, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Nepal, Hong Kong, Macau, South Africa, Morocco

"I really enjoy my Japanese classes, because my teacher is very nice and patient. She is very understanding and pays close attention to my learning needs. She's always very cheerful and after every class I feel very happy. I truthfully have no complaints or negative comments to make." Victoria K. - Unknown

"I'm studying with Akemi-sensei and just thought you might be interested that I'm really enjoying her lessons. She understood right away what I needed and organized the lessons in such a way that it met my needs exactly. Simply perfect." Roman S. - Unknown

"I started learning Japanese with Miss Akemi in 2020 and it has been almost two years. Miss Akemi is an awesome teacher! She's professional, organized, responsible, patient, and has a great deal of teaching experiences. She understands my needs and picks most suitable materials for me based on my learning progress. I'm glad I started learning Japanese with Live Lingua and have Miss Akemi as my teacher." Alice M. - Unknown

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