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Hi! My name is James, nice to meet you! I live in Sydney and am currently a beginner Japanese student. I speak English natively and would love to get to know you by speaking English/Japanese! I like to travel and wish to see more of Japan, China, Malaysia, and Vietnam. I am a teacher myself, and my hobbies are Chinese martial arts, bonsai, and technology. I would be happy to speak English and Japanese with you! Looking forward to meeting you!
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Japanese Specialist Shuji
Japanese
May 4, 2019
I am glad to know that James is satisfied with my lesson. I enjoyed the lesson, too. And looking forward to the next, too.
Japanese Specialist Shuji
Japanese
May 3, 2019
I am glad to know that James is satisfied with my lesson. I look forward to the next lesson. ※きょは たのしかった、 ありがとう！！→きょうは　たのしかったです。ありがとうございました！！
Japanese Specialist Shuji
Japanese
Apr 26, 2019
I am glad to know that James is satisfied with my lesson. He was able to pronounce sentences with correct accent though he had a struggling time.
Japanese Specialist Shuji
Japanese
Apr 10, 2019
I am glad to know that James is satisfied with my first lesson. He is a nice person. I’m looking forward to the next lesson.
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  • Corrected

    Dream Animals

    The Ginbis Dream Animals biscuits are a long-selling, very well known, animal shaped biscuit in Japan (hyphens not required for the latter two unless you wish to verbally emphasize). It's time to learn some vocabularies for animals in English (this sentence can be understood a little bit but it should be more along the lines of "You can increase your English vocabulary by reading the animal names" or "You can learn new words by reading the animal names in English"). Even though some of the biscuits make it hard to recognize what animals they are due to their shapes, there is no problem because they have their names printed on them. They are all crunchy and have a sweet butter taste. They are very easy to be friends with. Biscuits make good friends. 

    Nice writing! Your paragraph is completely understandable, however there are just a few nuances to work on such as grammar and phrasing. 

    Best of luck! 

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    May 1, 2019
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  • Posted
    My Japanese study this week. はじめまして。 じゃめずです。 わたし は にほんご べんきょ して います。 わたし は にほんご の むずかしです。でも わたし は がんばってね! よろしく おねがいします。
    May 1, 2019
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  • Corrected

    April 27, 2019

    I went to a dentist and a beauty salon. I had my teeth checked and after that, I had my hair cut.


    Not bad! To make this sound more fluent you can say it like this: 

    "I went to the dentist and then to the beauty salon. I had my teeth checked first and after that, I had my hair cut.

    BUT if you say it like that it sounds more like you are conversing with somebody.

    E.g. Person 1: "What did you do today? 

    Person 2: "I went to the dentist and then to the beauty salon."

    Person 1: "Oh cool! What did you do there?" 

    Person 2: "Well, I had my teeth checked first and after that, I had my hair cut." 

    You should try to simplify your sentences if you can. A good way to do this is by saying: 

    "I went to the dentist today and had my teeth checked. Then I went to the beauty salon and had my hair cut." 

    E.g.

    Person 1: "Hey, I went to the dentist today and had my teeth checked. Then I went to the beauty salon and had my hair cut!" 

    Person 2: "Wow, that's great! How efficient." 

    So both are OK - It depends on the conversation context. 

    Hope this can help you! :) 

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    May 1, 2019
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  • Corrected

    Coffee

    I went to a cafe with my friends yesterday. The coffee beans are selected and the way how to they make coffee is professional. We were talking about coffee like below in the cafe.  - This phrase is unusual to say in English. You should say something along the lines of "The conversation was as follows:" and then input your dialogues. The context is already applied previously so you will not need to say "in the cafe". 
    A: If there was this these coffee beans in my house I can could drink and enjoy it them.
    B: I think if you had it, you wouldn't (can't?) drink it like this. Because (Because is a joining word, you do not need to put a full stop.) you don't have the knowledge of on how to make this type of coffee. It's a professional technique. (Another note: The way you phrased these two sentences also sounds non-native when spoken in English. They are understandable but sound a bit strange. You should say something like "If you had them, I don't think you'd be able to make it like this. It's a professional technique.")  OR "I think if you had them, it wouldn't taste the same. As you don't know how to make it like this. It's a professional technique!".

    I hope this helps!

     Let's chat sometime! :)

    - James 

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    April 30, 2019
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