1^st lesson free

Sammy

Rate $34
Response 5h
Students
Number of students Sammy has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
3
Number of students Sammy has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

$34/hr

1^st lesson free

Japanese
Japanese vocabulary
Japanese accent reduction

Experienced Japanese tutor who teaches Japanese for all ages. Have taught for colleges, local middle school, DuoLingo Events, and many more.

Japanese
Japanese vocabulary
Japanese accent reduction

Lesson location

- online

About Sammy

A pleasure to meet you. My name is Sammy Rugnao, though online I also go by the name "Sammy Sensei." Since I was young, I have always had a knack for helping people achieve their goals. As a high school student, I worked as both a dance instructor (tap and ballet, for the curious) as well as a math tutor. I had big plans to go into business management, but my parents told me I would be a teacher one day. I guess the joke was on me., because here I am. At the age of 25, I set out to take the hobby of learning Japanese a bit more seriously. To this end, I began teaching free Japanese classes at my local cafe. This was the start of Sammy Sensei, but little did I know it would alter the course of my life in a cascade of opportunities.

My Meetup group managed to gain over 900 members in my area, making it the biggest Japanese learning community in the Fullerton area.
I was asked by DuoLingo (yes, THAT DuoLingo) to host their in-person Japanese events. I gladly accepted.
I was hired by a local college who needed a Japanese teaching program. I still teach there to this very day, the program is called ILSCA.
After moving to Arizona, I was immediately hired by a local middle school to teach their Japanese after school program. During school hours, I worked as a special needs instructor.
After leaving the middle school behind, I became a teacher on Outschool. I had the highest rated Japanese courses available, maintaining a near perfect 5 star rating while having 500 unique students.

About the lesson

My teaching style is extremely flexible based on the abilities, needs, and age of my student. I've taught every age from 7 to 70,and everyone has different needs. I generally start by giving you a set of basics that will set the foundation of your Japanese learning, then personalize your lessons based on your learning style. For some students that will mean diving into a text book, which I have many of. For some it will mean jumping into media, such as story books. And for some it could even be testing, such as the JLPT practice tests.

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5h: $170
10h: $340

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$34/h

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The first lesson with Sammy will allow you to get to know each other and discuss your needs for future lessons.

Experienced Japanese tutor who teaches Japanese for all ages. Have taught for colleges, local middle school, DuoLingo Events, and many more.

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Experienced Japanese tutor who teaches Japanese for all ages. Have taught for colleges, local middle school, DuoLingo Events, and many more.

Lesson location

About Sammy

About the lesson

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Rate

Pack prices

online

free lessons

Similar Japanese tutors in Phoenix

Yuka

Akane

Keiichi

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Fern

Karen

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MIWA

Misa

Melcris

拓信

Yasuko

結衣

Tomoki

拓也

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