Travel With Confidence. Speak English With Confidence.
Private online Travel English lessons with a native American English teacher. Practice the English you are most likely to need when traveling.
Learn the English You'll Actually Use While Traveling
Traveling to another country is exciting. But when you need to ask a question, check into a hotel, order food, or solve a problem, speaking English can suddenly feel stressful.
A-1 English School helps you prepare for those real situations before you travel. Instead of memorizing random vocabulary, you will practice useful English through realistic conversations and situations.
Your lessons are private, personalized, and taught by a native American English teacher.
What Can We Practice?
✈️ Airport English
Practice checking in, going through security, finding your gate, asking questions, and communicating with airline staff.
🏨 Hotel English
Practice checking in, making requests, asking about facilities, reporting problems, and communicating with hotel staff.
🍽️ Restaurant English
Practice ordering food, asking questions about menus, making special requests, and communicating naturally with restaurant staff.
🚕 Transportation
Practice using taxis, trains, buses, rental cars, and other forms of transportation while traveling.
🗺️ Asking for Directions
Learn how to ask for directions, understand responses, and explain where you need to go.
🆘 Travel Problems
Practice handling unexpected situations such as lost luggage, reservations, misunderstandings, or other travel problems.
Don't Just Memorize Travel English. Practice It.
Real conversations are different from textbooks.
You may know phrases like "Where is the restroom?" or "I would like to check in," but real conversations often move faster and sound different from what you learned in a textbook.
During your lessons, you will practice responding naturally, asking follow-up questions, understanding different ways people might say something, and communicating when you don't understand everything.
The goal isn't perfect English. The goal is being able to communicate when you need it.
Textbook Travel English vs. Real Travel English
Traditional Approach
Memorize vocabulary lists and prepared phrases.
Practice scripted conversations.
Focus primarily on knowing the "correct" answer.
Become nervous when the conversation changes.
A-1 Travel English
Practice realistic travel situations.
Learn useful expressions and natural American English.
Practice responding in different ways.
Build confidence when conversations don't go exactly as planned.
Travel English for Japanese Learners
Many Japanese learners understand more English than they feel comfortable speaking.
You may know what you want to say but hesitate because you're worried about pronunciation, grammar, or making a mistake.
Private lessons give you a comfortable place to practice before you need to use English in the real world.
We can focus specifically on the situations you expect to encounter during your trip and practice them until you feel more comfortable.
Who Are Travel English Lessons For?
- First-time international travelers who want to feel more prepared before their trip.
- Experienced travelers who want to become more comfortable communicating in English.
- Japanese travelers visiting English-speaking countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, or the United Kingdom.
- Business travelers who need English for airports, hotels, restaurants, and professional situations.
- Students and families preparing for an upcoming international trip.
- Anyone who understands English but feels nervous speaking it while traveling.
Learn With John
I'm a native American English teacher living in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. I work with students who want to use English in real situations—not just study it in a textbook.
Because lessons are one-on-one, we can focus on exactly what you need for your trip.
We can practice the situations that make you nervous, work on pronunciation and listening, and build your confidence through realistic conversation.
Prepare Before You Travel
Instead of hoping you'll know what to say when you arrive, practice those situations before you leave home.
By the time you travel, the conversations will feel familiar.
How Travel English Lessons Work
1. Choose Your Situation
Tell me where you're traveling and what situations you expect to encounter.
2. Practice Real English
We'll practice realistic conversations and situations based on your travel plans and goals.
3. Get Personal Feedback
I'll help you improve pronunciation, vocabulary, natural expressions, listening, and speaking confidence.
Travel English Lesson Options
Choose the lesson length that works best for you. There is no monthly subscription and no long-term commitment.
25-Minute Lesson
Great for focused practice, specific travel situations, pronunciation, or quick conversation practice.
50-Minute Lesson
More time for multiple travel situations, extended conversation, role-play, listening, and detailed feedback.
Other Ways A-1 Can Help You
Feel More Confident Before Your Next Trip
You don't need perfect English to travel. You need enough confidence to communicate, ask questions, understand people, and handle the unexpected.
Start practicing with a native American English teacher before you leave Japan.
30 minutes. One-on-one. No pressure.