It was great meeting Yukari , she is an outstanding student with an amazing attitude towards life and learning English. Thanks a lot for sharing about yourself today!

Today we discussed strengths and weaknesses. Since I have been teaching Yukari her confidence and fluency has noticeably improved. She has put in a lot of effort and it has really paid off. Her pronunciation of 'schwa' and range of vocabulary are significantly better and she takes fewer pauses before speaking. If she continues to use the additional vocabulary and phrasal verbs than she has studied regularly, her level of English will continue to improve. The one area to focus on for improvement is present and past tense verbs. I have really enjoyed teaching Yukari. She is a hard working and dedicated student who has made real progress. I'm looking forward to seeing her continue to improve her level of English in future.

Yukari has made excellent progress during the nearly 30 lessons that we have done together. When I first started teaching her, at the end of the lesson there was usually a long list of grammatical corrections. Today they were virtually none. Yukari has reached a stage were developing her vocabulary and fluency should be her main focus. However, during our past 2 or 3 lessons I have noticed an improvement in her fluency and confidence when speaking about a range of different subjects.

Yukari spoke fluently without many pauses today. I could see her trying to think of the correct words to use, but when she couldn't find exactly the right word she used different words to explain what she wanted to say. That was really good to see because that is the best way to build fluency, simply by trying to express yourself in the best way that you can. Yukari is also good at remembering vocabulary and pronunciation taught in previous lessons. She often uses language that she recently learned, which is also an excellent way to improve.