Globally experienced Japanese teacher—Master’s and research degrees from UK and US universities—30+ years creating lively, engaging, and effective lessons.

It was lovely to have our first lesson together, and I hope you enjoyed it! It was wonderful to see you successfully retrieve your vocabulary during the listening-focused activity, especially as you were able to do this more and more as the lesson progressed. It was fantastic to see how much you improved in just 30 minutes. Well done—you made a great start, and I’m looking forward to seeing your progress in our future lessons!

Thank you very much for joining the trial lesson today. It was a pleasure meeting you and working with you. You showed genuine enthusiasm for learning throughout the lesson, which made the lesson both engaging and productive. I was particularly impressed by your wide range of vocabularly and your ability to construct complex, well-structured sentences with confidence and accuracy. These are strong indicators of advanced language awareness and will support your continued progress. I very much enjoyed teaching you and would be delighted to continue working together. If not, I sincerely wish you every success in your oongoing studies and future goals.

It was a pleasure meeting you today, Leonardo-kun. You demonstrated strong analytical and mathematical reasoning skills, with clear problem-solving ability and thoughtful engagement throughout the lesson. These strengths will serve you well, particularly in learning Kanji characters. Although it was a trial lesson, I very much enjoyed working with you. I hope we have the opportunity to continue! If not, I wish you every success in your studies. Taihen yoku dekimashita!