Tafuto
HIDEOUT Osakaの塾長です。
現役フローリスト/英会話講師という2つの顔を持っています。
英語は21歳まで全く喋れず。10ヶ月のアメリカ留学を経験したが思うように伸びず、日本に帰国後音声学などを本格的に学びました。
英会話講師歴は10年。塾講師や色々な英会話教室での講師、市民講座での経験などを経て、2018年にHIDEOUT OsakaをOPEN。
「全ての人が自分らしくいられる場所で、英語を学べる環境を作りたい。」
そんな想いで5年、独自の英語教授法で初心者から上級者まで教えています。
良い意味で先生たちと生徒様の距離が近い教室を心掛けています。世の中に溢れているいわゆる”英会話教室”ではなく、皆さんの毎日の暮らしの中で “home” だと思っていただけるような、暖かくてみんなが輝いている、そんなスクールで有りたいと思っています。
教室の同ビルで花屋 “mojo flower”を経営。お花が大好きです。
好きな国：タイ
趣味：Netflix・美味しいお酒を飲みに行くこと
担当レッスン：
全て
Hing
Interviewer: Where are you from?
Hing: I am from a little-known place called Hong Kong.
Interviewer: Isn’t that where Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan are from too?
Hing: Yeah, so you’ve heard about Hong Kong!
Interviewer: Of course, I love Hong Kong movies! So, how did you learn English?
Hing: In Hong Kong, we start learning English since kindergarten, and we have an equal number of English and Chinese classes in school. Because Hong Kong used to be a British colony, we study British English in school, and English is still one of the official languages of Hong Kong.
Interviewer: Can you tell us a bit more about yourself?
Hing: Sure! After finishing secondary school in Hong Kong, I went to Switzerland and Australia to study hotel management (1 year in Switzerland, and 3 years in Australia), so my English accent is a little all over the place, but I usually stick to Received Pronunciation as much as I can when I speak English. I came to Japan in 2017 and I’ve been living in Osaka ever since. I also completed a 420-hour Japanese Language Teacher Training Course in 2023, just to have a better grasp of the Japanese language.
Interviewer: Describe yourself in few words please?
Hing: Avuncular, particular and secular.
Interviewer: Any favourite phrases?
Hing: “No good deed goes unpunished.”
Interviewer: That’s a bit cynical, isn’t it?
Hing: Well, look what happened to Urashima Taro…
Interviewer: Fair enough. What are your lessons like?
Hing: I’ll do whatever works for the students; the lessons are not about me. I just hope that I can help them learn the language more efficiently.
Interviewer: Alright, thank you very much for your time today!
Hing: No worries!
Jacqueline
はじめまして、シンガポール出身のジャクリンです！現役生物専攻の大学生で、比較神経生物学の研究をしています。来日したのは2019年で、１年間東京に暮らしてから大阪に引っ越しました。シンガポール人は皆２つの母語を持っていて、私の場合は英語と中国語です。東南アジアや台湾、中国などのこと私の知っている限りなんでもお答えいたしますので、気軽に聞いてください！
子供向けの英語塾のいくつかに勤めたことあります。また、大学でも英語カフェのファシリテーターとしての経験もあります。HIDEOUTで担当させてもらう授業は主に発音、ディスカッションと接客英語になります。皆さんの英語勉強の役に立てるように頑張っていきたいです。よろしくお願いいたします。
Nice to meet you, my name is Jacqueline and I come from Singapore. I am currently an undergradutate majoring in biology, and I am set to do research in the field of comparative neurobiology. I came to Japan in 2019, lived in Tokyo for a year before moving over to Osaka. In Singapore, everyone has to have two mother tongues, and for me, that’s Chinese and English. Feel free to ask me anything about Southeast Asia and Chinese related matters.
I’ve worked part-time at a few English schools catered for children, and have also acted as a facilitator at English speaking cafes in my university. At hideout, I’ll be mostly in charge of discussion, pronunciation and speaking classes. I hope they will be of help to your journey in learning English!
Shiori
こんにちは！講師のしおりです。
大阪生まれ大阪育ちの22歳です。
HIDEOUTでは主に、初級、中初級、中級レベルの文法やフレーズ、会話表現などを教えています。
私が英語を勉強し始めたのは19歳の時で、特に長期留学やワーキングホリデーに行った経験等はコロナ禍というのもあり、ありません。英語を身につける為に海外に行くのも一つの手ですが、国内でも英語を話せて使えるようになります！私もそうだったように最初は出来なくて当たり前で、落ち込むこともあると思います。ですが、少しずつ一緒に悩みながら楽しく英語を学びましょう！お待ちしてます！
Hello! My name is Shiori.
I am 22 years old, born and raised in Osaka.
At HIDEOUT, I mainly teach grammar, phrases, and conversational expressions at the beginner, pre-intermediate, and intermediate levels.
I started studying English when I was 19 years old, and I have no particular experience of going on a long-term study abroad or working holiday because of the COVIT-19. Going abroad is one way to learn English, but you can also speak and use English in Japan! It is of course that you cannot do it at first, as I did, and you may feel discouraged. But let’s have fun learning English little by little while thinking together! I am waiting for you!
Tsveta
Hello! I’m Tsveta and I come from Bulgaria (if you’re wondering where that is, look the yoghurt you have in your fridge 😁). I have been living in Osaka for the past 4 years and currently I’m a 4th year student at Osaka university majoring in economics. I have been teaching kids for the last 5 years and now I am switching to adults. My classes are concentrated on English for social media and more conversational styles. I hope that we will have fun while learning English together!
こんにちは！ブルガリア出身🇧🇬のツヴェタです。4年間大阪に住んでいて、大阪大学経済学部の4年生です。過去5年間は子供を教えていましたが、今回は大人に教えたいと思っていました。私のクラスは主にソーシャルメディアのための英語と、より会話的なスタイルな授業です。一緒に楽しみながら英語を学びましょう！
Amy
Nice to meet you! I’m Amy, from sunny England – the land where it never rains (that might be a lie…)!
When you think of England you might think about one of the following:
Football (soccer!)
Harry Potter (You’re a wizard, Harry)
Un-seasoned food
The Beatles
I’ll try and answer any questions you may have about the above topics but I can’t promise to know anything about The Beatles other than the song “Yellow Submarine”…
I am a Sushiro regular, so I’d like to think Japan has adopted me. I’m obsessed with video games, books and karaoke. The one thing I miss most about England is the food ‘beans on toast’, however if I didn’t live in Japan then I wouldn’t get to meet all of you lovely people, so I’m happy to be here!
I’ve lived and taught in Japan for over 4 years now and have taught many different age groups and levels so please don’t be embarrassed to speak English because I believe in you! Let’s build up our English building blocks together and at the end of the journey we can sit in the castle we’ve made like the queens we are!