In today's lesson I prepared a short story on how when I was a young kid I fell asleep on the boat while traveling alone for the first time, ending up in the wrong city. Chieko helped me correct it, and also provided input on more appropriate words to use. We also worked a bit with new patterns in the textbook. I enjoy our conversations and I learn a lot from them!

My lesson was fun as always and I've been feeling a little better about my listening comprehension lately. I still struggle when watching TV, news, as expected, but conversationally/face-to-face I feel more positive. :) We talked about work, and my upcoming shamisen lesson (which was amazing and can't wait to talk about next time)!

Even after just a few lessons, my ability to speak Japanese has improved a lot. I would highly recommend Chieko-san!

Thank you for a very special lesson for me today! It was really nice from you to introduce me to Azuma-San! And warm thanks to her for asking about my daily life :)

千恵子先生と会話のレッスンで、色々な面白い話題に話しました、とっても楽しかったです！先生は優しくて、はっきりと話しくれました、すごくわかりやすかったです。先生のおかげで、もっと日本語を勉強したいです！また次回もよろしくお願いします！ （これは僕の人生初の日本語の文章を書いています、何の不自然や間違ったの言葉遣いがあったら失礼しました！）

ありがとうございました! 今日もたくさん学びました☺️また来週!