Dear Kazuo-sensei,
We were given our GCSE marks today, and to my joy I received an A*.
It was thanks to your teaching and time that I was able to achieve this result, and so I thank you muchly!
I simply hope I can do the same in the AS exam…
Again, thank you~
Claudia
Alistor Logan
I started studying Japanese with Kazuo about six weeks ago with the intention of taking a GCSE at the end of this academic year.
With very little previous experience of Japanese and with four other AS subjects to study towards the prospect of taking an exam in a language I had only been studying for a year was very daunting. However with just six weeks of study, thanks to Kazuo’s teaching I feel far more confident about this aim and with the best part of a year still to go before my exam I think obtaining a high grade at GCSE is not unrealistic.
I have one 1.5 hour lesson a week and look forward to each one and each week I really feel I have taken another step towards my goal.
Over all I am extremely happy with the lessons and with the progress that I have made and hope to continue my lessons even after my exam.
Jenna
I like Japanese because I’m dislecksick (sic) and I’ve never really learnt English so it comes very easy to me.
Sounds are easy because they are phonetic. Hiragana is also easy because they are like pictures to pictures.
Quan (Holison)
I’ve studied Japanese with Mr. Udagawa for almost one year. The course is an good opportunity to combine my interest with a high level understanding of anothers culture.
Thanks for Mr. Udagawa and his good teaching, although I started with a beginner level, it was only took me two mounths time to pass the GCSE Japanese Exam, and I was pleased with the result.
Then I decided to continue my Japanese course with Mr. Udagawa this year, and I am trying to do my best to get a content result in the A-Level Exam next year.
Holison
Gillian Nothard- September 2006
Having lived and worked in Japan for three and a half years, you might think that passing AS-Level Japanese would be a walk in the park.
However, I’ve been back in the UK for almost 6 years now and the kanji just seems to fade by the day!
Cue Kazuo-sensei!
京都駅
Kazuo-sensei is an excellent teacher; he checks exactly what your objectives are and then assesses your level of Japanese to see how much work is needed.
In my case, I needed an additional AS-Level for an application to university and had very little time in which to prepare (only a couple of months). Japanese seemed an obvious choice, since I had already passed the 2-kyu exam whilst living in Japan, but looking at the AS-Level past papers,
I discovered that I would have to write an essay as part of the 3 hour exam and it was then that I felt I needed some guidance in the form of Kazuo-sensei!
Essay writing was never my strong point at school, but Kazuo-sensei helped immensely.
He set me a few essays to write on various topics and then highlighted the key areas in which I most needed to improve.
Having been fluent in spoken Japanese, it became very apparent that I was often writing as if I were speaking, and there are many spoken words and grammatical constructions that are not permitted in proper, formal written Japanese.
After laughing at some of my colloquialisms in my essays, I worked hard at home (though I think Kazuo-sensei might debate that!) and sat the AS-Level exam in May 2006.
I needed to get an A-Grade for my university application and kept my fingers crossed that my work hadn’t come too late. Results day arrived and would you believe that I achieved 300/300 in the exam?!
I couldn’t believe it either!
I was so extremely happy at my result and it most definitely would not have been achievable had it not been for Kazuo-sensei’s classes.
In summary, I highly recommend Kazuo-sensei as a Japanese teacher, no matter what level you’re at.
Kazuo-sensei: makoto ni, arigato gozaimashita!
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Joseph – August 2012
Dear Mr Udagawa, I am happy to inform you that I received a 97% score and an A* grade for the Japanese A-Level exam. Thank you very much for all of your help.
