Yumi

Dustie B. from Saint Charles, MO

Yumi made the cutest binder for my daughter to keep her learning materials. My daughter loves going to learn from Yumi and always is so happy when she comes home from her session. I highly recommend Yumi as a Japanese tutor for you or your child.

Robin D. from O Fallon, MO

She's a fantastic teacher. You really will find yourself speaking Japanese 90% of the time. She has many learning materials (props, cards, etc) on hand. You can tell she's put a lot of effort into providing the best learning experience for her students. I look forward to each lesson!

Tammy S. from Saint Charles, MO

My daughter looks forward to lessons and is learning. Yumi makes learning fun and really works hard to "drill" the knowledge.

Katherine A. from Pacific, MO

Yumi was my Japanese tutor before I left for Japan. Before I met her I had taken some Japanese in university, but if I had not taken lessons from her I know I would have placed much lower on my exams and I would have been uncomfortable talking in Japanese when I arrived in Japan. However, after tutoring for a few months I was much more capable and confident. I was able to join a club that was all Japanese students and place into a higher level Japanese course in the program I was in. She has lessons prepared for all of her students and can start from any level of Japanese knowledge. She's fun to talk to and an interesting person. I highly recommend her.

Eva M. from Saint Louis, MO

Yumi matched the pace I needed. In areas where I was ready to move faster, she moved faster, and kept me challenged and progressing at my optimum pace. Whenever I struggled, she matched my pace, giving me extra time to catch up, so that I always understood the material before moving on to a new concept. Because she maximizes the use of the lesson time, she is an excellent value for every hour spent with her. She uses multiple teaching methods within a single lesson, for variety, which kept me concentrating and focused longer than usual. I loved the way she custom-tailored the lessons to meet some very specific needs that I have. She is a master teacher.

Joseph S. from Saint Louis, MO

Having taught herself English, Yumi has a very good understanding of how students learn languages. She leverages that experience to structure lessons and provide students with tools to learn Japanese. Yumi supplements the textbook "Japanese for Busy People" with her very own worksheets and provides exercises and media such as movies and newspapers to take home and use as a study aid between lessons. During a typical lesson Yumi introduces new material from the text or from her own supplemental worksheets and will review material from previous lessons using her very own flashcards. Review is cumulative in order to help the student maintain his or her vocabulary. She is willing to work around the student's schedule and even reschedule lessons on short notice. I've had a very positive experience working with Yumi and would happily recommend her to any student desiring to learn Japanese.

Nikki W. from Florissant, MO

She taught me how to ask for stuff politely, introduce people, and we learned counting. She also taught me how to say "what is your name?" I liked how quickly we really started learning things. I was very comfortable around her. I'm excited that we're already speaking the language and she answered my questions about things I didn't understand. She's a great teacher!

Maria D. from Florissant, MO

Maria is enjoying her Japanese lessons very much. Yumi-Sensei teaches in an effective way of using Japanese phrases and sentence structure to have Maria absorbing the lessons and eager to utilize her lessons. Maria practices all the way on our ride home and really enjoys her lessons!!