Akiyo sensei is a very friendly professor. The course curriculum is straight forward, though for many the class pace is fast. As long as you study for the vocab/Kanji quizzes and really get the Kana alphabets in your head the class is intuitive.

She is such a sweet lady! I really enjoyed her class.

Akiyo sensei is such an amazing professor. She is always super energized during lectures and does a really good job at encouraging engagement. She's also always happy to answer questions and help clarify anything. The grading criteria was super clear and dates were always made known well in advance. Highly highly recommend.

Akiyo is a tough grader and if you don't do it in the way she likes she will deduct points. She's a nice teacher outside of class, but she also calls out students for not scoring high enough on the tests. Personally would not take again, even later in courses.

Akiyo-Sensei is amazing! She handled the transition to online class really well, and made her zoom class very similar to an in-person class. She is very clear and understandable and makes class fun and interesting. I'd highly recommend her classes!

Interesting sensei. She's hilarious and makes complicated Japanese grammar easy to understand. I've taken her twice.