Young Learner at Luna becomes Young Learners examiner for Cambridge!

Mizuki energizing the room (left)!

I recently ran a Cambridge Speaking Examiner training session for Young Learners English exams in Tokyo. That's not unusual - been doing this kind of event for twenty years or so, and I'm still learning & loving the experiences...

However, what was new this time was that one of the participants was one of Luna's former students, Mizuki. I would have have taught her when she was a JHS/HS here in Matsumoto. We've kept in touch over the years - teacher's pet student!

Over the years, she's been busy - went to university in Tokyo, raised a family, became an English teacher, runs her own language school in Shizuoka, is an amazing artist and yet continued to be a ball of enthusiastic energy and the kind of person who lights up a room.

So I was thrilled when she joined my training course with a group of language teachers from around the world, and held her own as we managed potential problems with testing younger people in a foreign language to assessing their skills in real time. Did me proud - as indeed did the whole gang of cheerful educators...just this session was a little bit more special for me (chuffed Dad kind of feeling!).

Well done Mizuki - we love it at Luna when our students grab their opportunities to flourish :)