"Chika Sensei’s courses are among the best I have found. "

I have really enjoyed this (and other) Chika Sensei's courses. They provide nice balance between grammar with multiple examples, listening, reading, and vocabulary building, and each unit has a brief test to check your understanding, with timely feedback from the teacher. The content is broken down to small lessons that can be completed at the end of a busy day and give you a sense of making steady progress. I look forward to continuing with the next levels of the JLPT with Chika sensei in the future!

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After completing Chika Sensei’s JLPT N5 course, I loved it so much that I am now continuing in the JLPT N4 course. I enjoy how comprehensive the courses are, covering grammar, vocabulary, and listening skills, while also being feasible to do even with a busy life. The brief quizzes immediately test your knowledge and writing a sentence using the words or grammar rules we just learned helps apply and solidify the knowledge. Every day I look forward to a new Japanese lesson and seeing my progress. Thank you, Chika Sensei!

-Sylvie | USA

"She works hard to make sure you get the most out of the exercises"

I have been trying to learn Japanese by myself for a couple of years now but I was not progressing very well. 

After travelling to Japan earlier this year, I realised that I could not really speak or understand Japanese. That's when I decided to enroll in a "proper" course.

I had been receiving Chika sensei free daily emails for a while and thought she was good at explaining the grammar and the vocabulary. 

I enrolled in the JLPTN5 course and I really like it. The daily lessons are short and the exercises are relevant. 

The best part is receiving the daily email from Chika sensei with the correction. She works hard to make sure you get the most out of the exercises. 

I also like the fact that you can look at other students responses and Chika sensei corrections. I learn a lot from that too.

I would like to enroll in the conversation course but I think I will wait until I finish the JLPTN5 course. I am also already thinking of enrolling in the JLPTN4 course after this course. 

ちかせんせい、ありがとうございます。👌

- Fabrice Pierre｜France

"I look forward to the daily bite-sized lessons which keeps me motivated to study yet does not overwhelm me"

I’m so glad I stumbled upon Chika sensei’s JLPT N4 All-in-One Course. I have plans to take the JLPT N4 exam in the near future and this course provides a clear and structured way to studying for it. I’m one month into the course and so far it has been great. I look forward to the daily bite-sized lessons which keeps me motivated to study yet does not overwhelm me. Initially I was apprehensive about taking a course without face-to-face lessons but this is no longer a concern with Chika sensei’s prompt and clear replies on homework and on any questions that I have. Also, I am very appreciative of Chika sensei’s long lectures where more difficult grammars are discussed in detail. These videos have helped me greatly. From these long lectures, I can tell that Chika sensei is experienced at teaching Japanese, passionate about her work and very patient with her students. These days, I’m excited to check my inbox to see Chika sensei’s reply and new lesson of the day! 🙂 ちか先生、これまでありがとうございました！ 私はこれからもっと頑張ります！

-Eva Chong | Malaysia 

"Chika Sensei’s explanations are very clear, and she responds quickly and extensively to questions"

This is my third course with Chika Sensei. Great experiences so far. I took the N4 course and passed the N4 exam. I took the speaking course and was able to navigate myself in Japan pretty smoothly. Now I’m taking the N3 course. It’s one month in and quite challenging. Her explanations are very clear, and she responds quickly and extensively to questions. I’ve been surprising myself quite a bit lately when I understood the N3 grammar that came up in Japanese media. I hope I don’t disappoint her with my N3 exam results half a year later!

Chika Sensei also provides A LOT of extra materials that, unfortunately, I don’t have time to consume all of them T^T.

 – Pin Pin Tea-makorn | Thailand

"With her guidance I feel confident and motivated."

I cannot recommend this course enough. Chika Sensei’s teaching method and well curated curriculum perfectly fit in busy schedules, and ensures that you build your Japanese language skills incrementally and consistently. I make a lot of mistakes but she always corrects them very kindly, and even my sentences make no sense, she understands what I was trying to say. With her guidance I feel confident and motivated. Thank you sensei!

-onur uyar | The Netherlands

"Her explanations are clear and she provides many good example sentences."

After self studying through the N3 level, I realized that I needed extra support to be successful with N2. Chika Sensei’s all in one course was exactly what I was looking for. From the N2 level up, many grammar points become increasingly complex, so having an experienced teacher to explain them is necessary. Her explanations are clear and she provides many good example sentences. The course is also well designed and easy to follow along, either with her daily emails or on your own time. N2 is a big challenge but it is a lot more approachable with the support of Chika Sensei.

 – Christin Cook | USA

"She will get you to pass the test"

I had been living in Japan for about 4 years when I decided to take the N1 test. I had never taken the JLPT, but I was confident because my last job required me to speak and study Japanese a lot, and I spent a lot of my spare time immersing myself in different media for practice. I took the test the first time without studying, other than what I was doing naturally for work and for fun, because I wanted to see how well I could do at my current skill level. However I was quickly humbled by the test, and I felt defeated and discouraged. Around that time I happened to discover Chica sensei’s courses, and I felt that it looked promising so I enrolled in her “All In One N1 Course”. I had just changed jobs to my current one which requires me to speak in English all day, and I’m not permitted to speak Japanese because I teach English at an immersion school. I was concerned this would slow or stop my progress with my Japanese skills, but I have gradually improved thanks to Chica sensei. I’m happy to say that I officially passed the N1, and it’s all thank to Chica sensei. I would have never had seen what was holding me back from progressing without her help and I would have stopped progressing because of how busy my new job keeps me and how little opportunities it gives me to work on my Japanese. I feel Chica sensei’s course helped me stay consistent but also didn’t overwhelm me. Learning a language takes time, and if you’re like me, you want the results now so you tend to rush it at times, and overwhelm yourself. I recommend Chica sensei to all my friends all the time, and I recommend her to anyone reading my long winded testimonial here too haha! She will get you to pass the test. Best of luck to you!

– Trevor Billings | USA

"A must for those of you out there that struggle to keep up. "

I've been to different program or forms of learning japanese language, and as the pandemic kicks in I then started to try out online learning. And I bumped into this course as I was searching online for easy and effective ways of learning, The concept of learnig daily for at least 10mins is one thing that interest me, as I'm so busy and couldn't sit in a class for an hour or so.... I like the style of being task to do a simple homework everyday and being checked by the teacher everyday too., somehow it keeps my motivation to continue learning. And even though I miss a day or two I get constant reminder through email for the lesson that I should be taking up, that's really helpful.

I can definitely say that this platform helps me a lot. A must for those of you out there that struggle to keep up. In addition the way the lesson are formated is very well thought. Kudo to you Chika Sensei.

-Glyzel | Philippines

"I am planning to take the JLPT N4 exam this coming July and I am confident in Chika sensei’s training materials."

If I’m not mistaken, I first started noticing Chika sensei through a Facebook ad, and then I discovered her YouTube channel. What caught my attention is that her courses are organised into bite-sized pieces, allowing me to learn at my own pace and at convenient times. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Since my job requires me to work long hours, I find it challenging to balance my work and spend quality time with my family. This course seems to be specially customised for me (even though I know it’s not! 🤣). Although the course materials state that only 10 minutes per day is needed, I usually spend around 20-30 minutes to ensure I thoroughly digest and familiarise myself with the daily assignments. I am planning to take the JLPT N4 exam this coming July and I am confident in Chika sensei’s training materials.

 – Kelvin Kok | Singapore

"Since I started, I never regretted that I’d rolled in!"

Hello everyone, hello Chika 先生! 🙂 so, the time flies indeed and I’ve just finished my first month of preparation for JLPT N3. Since I started, I never regretted that I’d rolled in! Besides my private lessons, this course helps me to stay tuned and motivates me to learn something new or review the known information every day. “Every day” might sound intense, but if you really check the course daily, it costs you 10-15 minutes only! Maybe a biiiit more, if you are fan of creating several examples for your homework, haha (that’s me😄😄) What I also like, I that this course offers you the opportunity the review the previous lessons after 1 month, and this is EXTREMELY important because otherwise you just forget. Also the reading, Kanji and vocabulary exercises are so helpful! A special thank to Chika 先生 for her patience and professionalism! So, as summary I can say: this is the great course, doesn’t matter if you study all alone or take this course additionally to your regular group or individual lessons. Thank you!!

- Kristina Milkova | Russia 

"Chika Sensei was by far one of the best when it came to explanations and clarity."

My language learning journey began a few years after visiting Japan for the first time. Ever since my childhood in America, I had been exposed to anime and manga, whether on TV or comic book shops, but it wasn’t till later in my life that I actually found an interest in actually learning Japanese. Coming from a primarily monolingual background of speaking only English, I found Japanese to be frustrating and contrary to my way of English-thinking at times. I was fortunate to have been able to move to Japan a few years ago and attend a full-time Japanese language school, which helped immensely with the basics and becoming more comfortable in the language. However, for my style of language acquisition, it only got me so far when it came to speaking and listening. I was recommended Chika Sensei by a friend, and having already watched countless other online teachers, Chika Sensei was by far one of the best when it came to explanations and clarity. I have thoroughly enjoyed taking both the N2 and Intermediate Speaking courses with Chika Sensei. They have been a great supplement to my current studies, and have taken me farther in a shorter amount of time than I ever expected. Her lessons are concise, helpful, and her feedback feels both personal and meaningful. I highly recommend her lessons to anyone that is looking to either start their Japanese language journey or those looking to improve their current level. Thank you for everything, Chika Sensei!

- Keith Wasielewski | USA

"I’m still impressed by the competence and the hard work of the teacher"

I’ve been studying Japanese for many years, with long pauses in between. My recent goal is to be able to read books in Japanese and be able to watch lectures in Japanese about my favorite art topics. I tried different courses and platforms, I learned Kanji stand alone thinking that they would have helped to guess the meaning of Japanese sentences, but with my beginner grammar knowledge I soon found out that I couldn’t understand even the manga for kids. I’ve been told I should reach the N3 level of JPLT to be able to start understanding those. So I googled for the best grammar courses and one of those was Chika Sensei. Compared to other online courses where you’re left to your own devices, this one was not cheap, but the idea to have a teacher following your progresses or to whom ask questions has been my deciding factor. And I’m glad I did. I bought first the N4 course, thinking that my basic grammar and vocabulary was covering the N5, but I soon found out that N4 was too difficult for me and I didn’t know a few grammar rules, so after a while I decided to start from square one with the N5 course, as a refresher and a mean to fill my gaps for grammar. It’s actually challenging in a good way, it helps me writing sentences thinking in Japanese, looking for words I was missing. It gives me a lot of insights on the particle usage I wasn’t aware of, a sort of more advanced usage compared to the basic one I read in the usual grammar books so far. Even though the lessons are 10 minutes long, there are many other activities to go through as soon as possible, such as learning vocabulary (and there is a nice companion platform to quiz you on that, that it’s not the usual SRS flashcard – by the way, it’s one of the possibilities if needed), learning Kanji and so forth. There are different kind of lessons that follows a program and arriving every day as an email: grammar, listening, reading and monthly videos. The dialogues and the sentences are very up to date with modern life, common situations, and not resembling the ones on textbooks.

I’m still impressed by the competence and the hard work of the teacher who corrects the homework and asks questions to follow up.

In the comments for every lesson there are other students’ homework, questions and corrections that I personally found very useful to learn something new or be aware of mistakes that can happen.

Overall I would recommend this course to advanced beginners or beginners who are motivated to work on learning hiragana and katakana as the first step.

-Marta Luchi | Italy

"Love the classes with Chika sensei."

I have joined the class during in the pandemic started from 2021. I am so happy learning the Japanese from online class, I can study the Japanese anywhere and anytime, it is very convenience for me, wherever I am. Chika sensei gave us many idea for studying the Japanese class when I email her to ask her the question. She is very kind and nice to everyone. In the N4, she will provide us the extra materials in some of the lessons, and she will remind us using te-form and ta-form.

Even now, I always confuse the が、に、or etc, she always correct our sentences. Love the classes with Chika sensei.

-Natalie Chan | Hong Kong

"All of this is provided by Chika Sensei."

Trying to learn a new language is always a difficult challenge. Especially from eastern for us, westerner. It has to be progressive, clearly sequenced, carried out on daily bases with back and forth on your work. And with a good teacher and some interaction. All of this is provided by Chika Sensei. That is not an easy journey but so interesting, do it in a good company !

-jean-pierre Armangau | France

"I skip much less than when I was studying on my own."

I'm not going to take the JLPT right away, but I started this course to prepare for the future.

Although the course is designed for the JLPT exam, it's also great for learning Japanese from the basics. (I'm studying N5)

It's like learning basic Japanese from a language class, but without the pressure of going to school.

There are also videos for listening and vocabulary quizzes, these are interesting and change every day. When I get the email from my teacher, it’s like a reminder to start class, so I skip much less than when I was studying on my own.

I was just studying sort of gradually, as a hobby, but now I've gained a lot of confidence and I'm thinking of taking the next JLPT.

-Cyrus | USA

"Chika sensei always checks homework and give feedback within the next day so it is helpful to keep up with her as well." 

This is the second course I am taking with Chika sensei. The N3 All-in-one course is a comprehensive collections of material, not only it includes N3 materials but also reviews of N4/N5 as well. Grammar lessons are short but informative and doing homework after each lesson is a must. Chika sensei always checks homework and give feedback within the next day so it is helpful to keep up with her as well. Kanji, reading and listening are well organized. Highly recommended anyone who is serious about learning and passing the JLPT.

– Peggy | USA 

"I really recommend Chika Sensei’s courses for structured every day studies."

Chika Sensei’s courses are very well-structured and give you a perfect overview and understanding of grammar for each particular lever. I took N4 previously and now I’m taking N3. Each topic is explained clearly in just a couple of minutes. Practice tasks help you to implement your knowledge. Of course, to speak freely you will need oral practice too, but I really recommend Chika Sensei’s courses for structured every day studies.

– Anastasia Iefimova | Ukraine

"I’m glad I found this course from Chika sensei"

I enrolled the Japanese speaking course and the All-in-one N5 course. The speaking course is very useful. Chika sensei will provide feedback on each lesson, and I know what mistakes I made.

For the JLPT all-in-one N5 course, it’s easy to follow and the contents are clear. You will not feel overwhelmed when you study. I’m glad I found this course from Chika sensei and I am very happy that I have passed the N5. I’ll continue my study with Chika sensei for the all-in-one N4!

– Queenie Ho | Canada