'For me, Arai-sensei's teaching and learning methods help more than anything else because leaning Japanese is very different from learning French or Spanish for a native English speaker.

She always shows me practical ways to self-study outside of our lessons that I can use straightaway.

This makes it very easy for me to remember and use kanji, grammar, and vocabulary.

I am very happy to now realise that I have made tremendous progress in understanding everything I didn't understand in the past!

Sometimes it feels like you haven't made any progress for days, but if you find a good way to study, you will get better all the time! I will definitely continue studying Japanese with pleasure.'

(Matt Ward, English Language Teacher, London)

My Profile: Mineko Arai

- Teaching for over 19 years.

- Established 'Arai Academy of Japanese Studies' in 2015.

- Was selected as the BEST online tutor.

- Taught at many world famous companies through my academy.

- Taught at prestigious UK universities and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

- Earned an MA in Applied Japanese Linguistics & MBA in Education Management.