Hi, my name is Marendra. I have been living in Japan for 6 years in a row and still learning Japanese on daily basis as my lifetime study.
I learn Japanese by tweaking the meaning of particular words or grammar and I will try to see from the perspective of both English and Indonesia. Some parts of Japanese can be easily explained using English but on the other hand you can understand certain aspects of Japanese using Indonesian as they share several similarities between Asian languages.
Because compare to most other Japanese non-native speakers (who usually only speak two languages including Japanese), I am able to prepare a method or explanation that will be easily understood by the Japanese due to similar language form in Indonesian.
Indonesian also make the same mistakes with Japanese when using English caused by different way of thinking and how we construct our language. So as a non-native English speaker, I can assure you that I also experienced with certain mistakes and failures that prone to happen during English study for Japanese people.
Of course you are also welcome to learn Indonesian either as a hobby or if do you have any job related necessity. I had almost 2 years experience in teaching Indonesian in Japan, for private lesson. It is best for the students who want to advance their Indonesian language skill to have a private man-to-man lessons since most Japanese are lacking exposure to Indonesian in everyday life.
Feel free to contact me for more relaxed daily English conversation lesson or if you have any interest in movies, music, even arts in particular but you do not have any English speaking partner around you. Please do not hesitate to ask me anything since it is also my pleasure to be able to help other people with their English or Japanese.
Sincerely,
Marendra