One of the biggest challenges I face for my elementary age students is the class sizes.
Having so many friends and classmates to practice with is wonderful, but it means everyone has to share the speaking time and lessons can be quite loud.
My Tuesday class is a perfect example of this, there are seven students and the teacher in the room all together, Many of these students are friends from school and love to play together as well.
the two newest additions to the class `Y` and `O` joined us not too long ago from much smaller, quieter classes. `Y` has adapted over time and remains incredibly dilligent in her practice, even speaking clearer and more confidently in her effort to be heard over the others.
The other student, `O` has just joined us from a class of just two students and seems rather overwhelmed by the crowd, despite this, her work is always perfect and she is beyond focused.
I can see so much determination in the both of them, and their classmates can see it too, everyone has been working harder lately, and I couldn`t be more proud.
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
今日は、英検二次試験対策レッスンのお話をいたします。
3級に向けて頑張っているYちゃん。
二次試験は今回初めてなので、少し緊張している様子…
しかし、アミティーの英会話でいろんな質問に対して答えているため、よく答えることができています。
特に自分に関する質問は、毎レッスンで英語でお話をしているため、とてもスムーズに自分の意見を答えることができます。
このまま二次試験の合格目指して、頑張りましょう！
福田
It was Valentines day on Wednesday and a lot of our students shared some tasty treats with us!
From Unicorn shaped candy, to tasty chocolates,
The other teachers and I were so happy.
Thank you everyone!
It was so heart warming to hear Happy Valentines Day from some of my P4 students,
especially my student "H".
She is one of the sweetest students! Our class follows my lunch time and she makes it a point to
always greet me in the lobby when I get back.
She arrives early and is always eager with a big smile!
I look forward to it and I was quite touched when she presented me with her Valentinesday gift after class.
She never fails to surprise me! Thank you "H"!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
One of my Tuesday students, `H` has shown some of the purest enthusiasm for learning I think I have ever observed,
when we started taking classes together she was shy and quiet and quite upset to be away from mom.
These days it`s a different story, I know she is on her way for class because I can hear her running down the hall, giggling and shouting "mom, hurry hurry!" before every lesson, she greets me with the biggest smile and a squeezy hug.
On top of this `H` is incredibly clever, she finished her pre phonics books and learned the alphabet in only a few months and began on her first grade writing exercises right away, just yesterday while we practiced our big and small letters, she asked me to help her write "Mom, I love you!" and she was very proud to show her mom her first written sentence in English, Mom looked so proud!
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
今日は中3の文法クラスのお話をいたします。
現在受験に向けて頑張っている中学校三年生のみなさん。
レッスンでは、入試対策として、長文や文法問題、英作文を中心に解いています。
早く解き終わった方たちへは、先生から「この文についてどう思う？」だったり、「お互いに好きなことや好きな食べ物、なんでもいいから質問をしてみよう。」という風に、質問する力と英作文力を同時に練習しています。
そしてこの力は間違いなく高校入試に必要となります(実際、問題にあります)。
文法は「机に向かってお勉強」というイメージを持っている方もいるかもしれませんが、レッスンの初めに個人の話を英語でしてもらったりもしていますので、英会話はどのレッスンでも必ずします！
高校入試までもう少し。
一緒に頑張って行きましょう！
福田
It seems that my Baby D student "K" has had an increase in energy during our lessons!
She was so excited last week, that she was laughing and running around the classroom.
"Khanya - Sensei, let's Go!" was one of the few phrases she kept saying before and after the lesson.
It was so much fun to see her not only speaking more freely in English, but her excitement had both me and mom,
more eager as well. She sings all her songs standing up and with a smile.
She is such a bright and clever student.
I find myself looking forward to more surprises and more energy from her in our class tomorrow!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
As of this week, we have finished our 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade writing challenge!
Congratulations to all our wonderful students who have finished every page, those that did as much as they could, and even those that just wanted to give it a try.
I has been so nice to see everyone`s work, and see how their handwriting improved as they practiced.
Very soon we will begin binding the writing into little storybooks that each student can keep to remember, hey, you did this!
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
今日は小学校低学年クラスのお話をいたします。
小学校低学年の女の子たち。
普段からたくさん発話をしてくれるので、文章を覚えるのがとても速いです！
前回のレッスンは"Which one do you like?" "I like -er one."という構文で、みんなで好きなものを選んだあと、左右に分かれてお互いに質問しあう練習をしました。
自分と同じものを選んだ子も、違うものを選んだ子も、お互いのことを知るいい機会にもなりました！
レッスンで習うものはもちろんですが、身近にあるものでも練習を続けていきます。
次回のレッスンは柄です。
いろんな柄を言えるように、そしてお友達の好きなものを聞けるように、練習を頑張りましょう！
福田
Wednesday is my Super Moms day!
Both my students "M" and "M" have both been coming to my classes for Adults on Wednesdays.
They both juggle a full working schedule with work and home, as well as having grown children.
I am so proud of both these moms as they make time every Wednesday morning and evening to come to classes.
Slowly but surely, they have been making steady and remarkable improvement! my 1st student "M" has classes in the morning and she has been wanting to express herself more in English and this week, she was able to have a conversation in English about showing gratitude. We spoke about using it at her workplace and she was able to understand and use the phrases!
My second student "M" comes to my last lesson of the day and we have been building all of her English skills as she will be interacting with foreign people as part of her job. She was able to understand parts of speech, prepositions and other related grammar rules and write out a full English sentence all on her own, as well as telling me a hilarious story mostly in English! She has come a long way from not being able to understand much a few months ago!
Their progress let's me know that team work, really makes the dream work!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
This Tuesday I had the delight of welcoming a new student to my classes.
Baby `K` is the youngest of my students yet, He and mom took a trial lesson with me a week ago and right away we had so much fun together.
K can`t quite sit up on his own yet, but that doesn`t stop him from crawling and squirming his way across the room to explore everything.
K is playful and curios and I`m sure he will pick up the pattern for lessons in no time.
I was excited to learn as well that Mom had gone to high school in Australia and we`ll have plenty to talk about during and after classes together.
-Jordan Sensei
