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Ruri sensei has honestly helped my confidence so much. For so long I’ve been so scared to learn Japanese despite it being my life goal. As someone with a learning disability I was always scared that I would never be able to become fluent. Ruri sensei not only encourages me but she teaches me in ways that are so easy to understand. You can tell she genuinely cares and wants her students to learn in the most positive environment. I can’t thank her & recommend her enough!!! 🤍

Rurii has been the perfect teacher for me, always helping me learn more, always making the classes fun and interesting, I've learned so much with her and I've been able to break down the language barrier and make Japanese friends and enjoy Japanese media, the kindest teacher I've even come across, with fluency in Spanish, English and of course, Japanese, she taught me Japanese from all of those perspectives,I am truly thankful for all of the effort she's put to help me learn! in my opinion as a teacher she's 10/10 and as a person she is 20/10

I had a great time in my lesson today with Ruri 先生！Today, we mainly covered speaking practice and I was really looking forward to the topic that I had selected, which was explaining a recipe. In the process of preparing, I had to do some research to learn some of the vocabulary for the ingredients, but I wasn't really clear on all of the usage for words having to do with cooking. I'm really grateful to have been doing this speaking practice with Ruri 先生 because it gave me a chance to learn the right way to use some words as well as integrate them with grammar that I have been learning. After speaking practice, we did some review on Chapter 15 in the Genki II textbook. It felt like it's been a while since I've reviewed the volitional form, so I'm glad that we had a chance to practice it. I'm really looking forward to our next lesson as well!

This was my last class of 2023 with Ruri, and started taking classes with her in February of this same year!! Time flies when you are really comfortable 😊 I've noticed an exponential growth in my Japanese level ever since I started studying with Ruri. Even on days I don't feel very confident with my Japanese, after I take a class with her I feel so much better and super motivated to continue to learn. She also teaches me so many cultural aspects from Japan which I love (understanding the culture that surrounds a language is so important to me). I promise no one would regret trying a class with her, there are very few teachers with her ability!! So so sooo kind, professional, organised and adapts quickly. I feel like I won the teacher lottery with Ruri. 本当にいつもありがとうございます、るり先生 🩵 メリークリスマスと新年あけましておめでとうございます 🎉🎉

First off, I'm really thankful for how patient Ruri 先生 is. I'm having some trouble with my internet connection and we switched to the italki app - after which everything was great. Ruri 先生、ありがとうございました! Today, we started off by going over my homework. I think that sometimes I try a little too hard to make the sentence 'complex' enough by my own standard and muddle the meaning a bit. I'm really happy that have Ruri 先生 to go over it with me because she clears up what I'm doing - while understanding my intent. After reviewing my homework, we did our speaking practice session where I presented another recipe, this time I presented my sister's recipe for 餃子. I really enjoy doing this because I get to share something I'm interested in, but also get to learn a lot of good vocabulary along the way. Finally, we finished with reviewing some grammar from Lesson 15. I'm grateful to be going over the material that Ruri 先生 has that isn't in the book because it definitely raises the level for me.

I look forward to my lessons with Ruri 先生。She presents and explains new grammar clearly and creatively. I appreciate the power points she creates to teach new material. It's been super helpful. My weakest point is my speaking ability, but Ruri 先生 is so positive and supportive that I feel encouraged to keep trying.