I am Dutch, 71 years old. I did the N5 course of Chika Sensei about 2 years ago. I wanted to be able to understand Japanese a bit better. So I did the 90-day speaking course for beginners at the N5-N4 level.

This course helped me a lot, in understanding both simple formal and informal sentences. The topics of the lessons were all chosen from daily life.

I was very content with the procedure of sending my homework and receiving the feedback. Chika Sensei would always read and advise within one day. Her comments were very friendly and encouraging.

It took me 2-3 hours a day to study a lesson and to be able to read the four sentences without faltering or making mistakes. After some time, I started to repeat lessons as well. Repeating regularly is necessary for me, otherwise, I will soon forget words and sentences. I completed the 90 lessons in 98 days. Now I can still repeat the lessons.

Having to write down each sentence when sending in the homework for each lesson was a good way to get familiar with typing Japanese text.

After finishing repeating these conversation lessons, I hope to do the N4 full packet.