Tell Me a Story in Japanese

For N3 and up who want to practice telling a story, not just answering questions.

Audio only, camera off. 30 minutes with Okkei.

I make Japanese videos and a podcast (Okkei Japanese, if you've come across it), and most of what I do is telling stories. Here I'd like to do it the other way around. I want to hear yours.

Conversation practice is short exchanges, back and forth. Telling a story means holding it on your own for a few minutes. I don't think many people get to practice that part.

It doesn't have to be a big story. Something that happened last week, a trip you took, why you started learning Japanese. Whatever you'd tell a friend.

Audio only, both sides. You can be walking, cooking, whatever. I think it's easier to speak when nobody is looking at you. At least it is for me.

It's not a lesson. I'm not going to correct your grammar unless you want me to, and there's no homework. I'll just listen, slow down where you need it, and help out when you get stuck.

If you can hold a basic conversation, you have enough for this. Around N3 is plenty. The question doesn't really change above that either: what do you do with the words you already have.

That's more or less what I do for work. Every video I make is me trying to get something across using words the person watching already has.

I only do a few of these a week, so there aren't many slots.

30 min · $60

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A slow and natural conversation, like talking to a friend.