Mina

The lesson today was a free talk. Both sensei and I have been busy for a while, so the lesson was for the first time since last May for me. I really enjoyed talking with sensei today.

Sensei was finally back from home repair, and we enjoyed chatting for the first time in a month. I'll take a private trip to the US and she will provide me with lessons to prepare for it. I'll visit the US with my 1-year-old daughter, so I'm a bit nervous, but I can't wait!

I practiced how to organize a meeting in a role-play format. I'm not used to interrupting or being interrupted in a meeting, but the practice included this. What usually happens in English meetings is that conversations go further when I try to interrupt. "Could I come in" technique would be helpful in terms of both politeness and buying time for coming up with words.

とっても親切丁寧なレッスンでした。私が？の時は適時ヒントを下さったり、英語を学びたい理由をしっかり聞いて下さりアドバイスも下さいました。 数十年ぶりの英語に四苦八苦しましたが今後先生のレッスンを受けて成長していきたいです！！ ありがとうございました。

She has some materials I'm interested in, so I really enjoy talking with her! She speaks slowly and clearly so that I can understand. It's so helpful to me. I want to take more lessons to improve my conversation skill.

We watched a video of immigration officers. They were dispatched to the site, and went through lots of difficulties, such as being attacked, getting involved in arguments, catch criminals phisically and putting into a van. If I were there, I would get confused and thought "They should've told me these risks beforehand...". This is what I'm going to do in the next lesson.