One-on-one private courses

A small number of live-online one-on-one (private) lessons are now available on weekday and Sunday evenings (Japan Time). These lessons can be further customized to your personal learning goals and interests. Lessons run on a fixed day/time every week.

  1. Conversation Café (one-on-one)

This is a private one-on-one version of the group Conversation Café. This course focuses on building your general spoken fluency, conversation skills, and pronunciation/phonology. It also introduces vocabulary, fixed phrases and idioms often used in casual speaking and conversations. This course is also open to young learners/children. More about the Conversation Café (group version)

2. Speech quality course (one-on-one)

This is a private one-on-one version of the Speech Quality and Pronunciation course. This is a speaking-based course focusing on improving speech quality for presentations and speeches. This course includes addressing learner needs with specific areas of pronunciation, stress, intonation, and pausing. More about Speech Quality and Pronunciation course (group version)

3. IELTS preparation course (one-on-one)

This course focuses on building skills to reach bands 6-7 of the Academic and General IELTS tests. A particular focus is given to building skills and strategies for the speaking and writing sections of the test.   

4. TOEIC preparation course (one-on-one)

This course focuses on building skills to reach 600-700 in the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test. A particular focus is given to building specific reading and listening skills, TOEIC test-taking strategies, and business/TOEIC related vocabulary.

Apply here for a free 30min introduction lesson (and level check)

Related links:

Other Pomaka (group) courses

More about Paul and Pomaka

Pomaka Speech Quality Tips (free YouTube mini-course)

Paul’s introduction (50sec video)