Hiromi

Today we read a story about an exchange student's experience with eating taiyaki for the first time. The story contained many useful grammar points such as: ~ことにしますand ~ながら. I had the opportunity to make example sentences by using said points to become familiar with the usage. We took turns reading out loud and dissected the sentences to determine its context. Reading out loud quite was helpful with correcting any pronunciation errors and intonation challenges. My confidence with learning Japanese has improved quite a bit from working with Hiromi-san.

Today we talked about peonies, tree peonies and azaleas. We also read about the history of cultivating shiitake mushrooms. Thanks!

ゴールデンウィークについて話して楽しかったです，金融用語難しそうですけど，色々言葉を教えてくれてありがとうございました

Today we read an interesting article on different types of mushrooms and discussed the various ways of how they are prepared and served. We also did shadowing from a fun story on shiitake mushrooms. We discussed the main character's point of view and the usage of various grammar points that helped bring the story to life. I look forward to more classes with Hiromi-san.

レッスンはありがとうございました。 Hiromi-sensei has a very professional demeanor. Free conversation is very difficult for me, but she is patient and kind. A lot of content for learners is slow and/or awkward, but Hiromi-sensei speaks in a clear voice and at a reasonable pace. I think she is an interesting person, and I look forward to learning more about her throughout our lessons.

We read about the new currency being printed now. Thanks for sharing examples of the current bills. It was fun to see the 2000 yen bill used in Okinawa!