New tutor and now thinking I was delusional about making progress
update: thanks everyone, a lot of what people are saying makes sense. It didn't occur to me how much my first tutor has probably adjusted to the way I (try to 😂) talk/my accent/common mistakes I make over the time I have known her.
I have been studying Russian for a little over a year. I've taken some breaks when work got crazy, but generally try for at least 1 hour with my tutor a week. She usually has some homework for me, and I work on vocabulary and other small exercises throughout the week. I thought I was pretty realistic about progress. I can shove through a conversation about the weather or what I did over the weekend, and I'm a little better at reading comprehension. My tutor and I can chat a little at the start of class before we get into our lesson.
I recently have had some more time so I've been looking for another tutor to work with. I have met with someone 5 or 6 times and I really like his lessons, but I feel like he has no idea what I'm saying when we try to talk and when he asks grammar questions, I can't answer them (but can recognize them while reading?).
I don't know what I'm asking, maybe reassurance that this happens when people switch teachers? I'm wondering if I've just been butchering everything for a year and my original tutor is too nice to say anything 😬