This week I had the absolute delight of hearing one of my senior students, H, has passed her Eiken 2nd grade test!
H works endlessly hard and is always so happy in class, she loves her lessons and always finds interesting ways to express her ideas.
Next up for her is the Interview test, which I have no doubt she will pass with flying colors.
To H and all of our clever students working through their Toeic Bridge and Eiken programs, I have highest hopes and firmest confidence that they will get amazing results.
-Jordan Sensei
Last week our students arrived in their Halloween outfits! They looked amazing! My two baby students who have classes earlier in the day both had on the cutest costumes! A fairy and Mini Mouse! I was quite happy to see them in their costumes, but also because both of them were saying English words in class!
They are both very new Amity students and I am proud to be their teacher! They make the day interesting!
Baby A said "Banana", trying to minic the baby sign and even said "No", with a surprised voice! Mom and I shared a laugh!
In the next class Baby K said "Daddy, Apple and Book"! She is my most advanced and talkative baby student!
It was lovely to be apart of this cuteness overload!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
Today I`ll tell you about one of my older student classes.
This group has a wide variety of skills in them, and every Tuesday evening when I see them, the discussion is always interesting.
some of the students excel in writing, their answers on the homework are always interesting to read, while others are excellent at speaking and explain their thoughts and ask questions every class.
however, what I am most proud of is this groups ability to take what they are learning, and apply it themselves.
working together in rapid-fire discussion, I watched this week as the five students connected the meaning to more familiar grammar to make sure they were all on the same level of understanding.
They have time and time again used this group study method to explain connections to Japanese culture and language, I often feel like I spend as much time in this lesson learning as I do teaching while listening to them explain holidays, customs, or even just popular trends.
This week, the group really blew me away by explaining an entire game in English, using the cards for our cool-down activity, they took a game popular with their friends, and made an exercise of teaching me to play in only five minutes!
I hope that this group is able to continue applying what they learn and what they already know in creative ways, I can`t wait to see what they`ll do in the future.
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは。
今回はインタラクティブと呼ばれているパソコンを使ったレッスンでの出来事を紹介します。
小学生のSくん。現在、地図を英語でみる見方を学んでおります。
まずは方角を英語で学び、大陸や国も少しずつ言えるように！
前回のレッスンでは分数を英語で言う練習もしました。
練習を重ねて言える単語・知識を増やしていきましょう！
アミティーのパソコンクラスでは、英語を学ぶのはもちろん、英語"で"ほかのことを学ぶことができます。
是非皆さんも一緒にいろんな学習をしましょう！
福田
The recent JC language patterns in unit 6 have been particularly entertaining! I have an advanced class of 3rd year Junior High students and we have been having fun in class discussing rumours! I have been teasing them about putting more dramatics into the repeating of the language patterns!
"Did you hear about that?" has been my line for this unit!
The girls really seemed to get into it! K and Y had a very nice dramatic tone to their "Oh, really?", the boys are trying to keep up, but the girls have more flair for the dramatic! It has been making class extra fun as of late and I defintely think the kids have enjoyed it! Yesterday was one of the best lessons, because everyone played along, and we were laughing, while being dramatic. Students, Y, K and Y are really something! Student T was absent but hopefully when all four are together again, we can have more fun!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
This Week I`m delighted to share the progress of one of my youngest students.
In her Tuesday kindergarten class, our little superstar, H, has made amazing progress with her speaking.
At the start of the year H was taking classes away from mom for the first time and was so nervous and shy, but she quickly learned how fun classes could be.
This week, H showed that she can not only recognize almost all of the letters of the ABCs, but was also able to say the long sentence for all vocabulary.
this sentence is something we have practiced for a long time, using colors, numbers and fruit, she very excitedly declared in front of mom `there`s Fifteen Purple Plums` when shown the picture.
H has shown not only incredible skill at remembering English vocabulary, but also Endless confidence to speak and explore the language.
I hope that she, and all of our students, will continue to love their classes.
-Jordan Sensei
みなさん、こんにちは。
今日は土曜日の小学生グループのレッスンについてお話します！
元気いっぱいにリピートや発話をしてくれるクラスのみんな。
最近では、答える文章だけでなく、質問文もスムーズに言えるようになりました!
I'm going to...やHe/She is going to...の文章を自分の力で発話する姿もたくさん見られます！
また、みんなで質問しあうこともたくさんあります！
これからもたくさん会話をしていって、英語を話すお友達に会ったときにいっぱい使えるように練習しましょう！
是非お家の方々も英語で話しかけてあげてください！
福田
Another spook-tacular idiom of the day:
BLIND AS A BAT!
What does it mean?
To have terrible eyesight! When someone can't see very well and often have to get closer to see things clearly. It can also be used to tease people who trip over things right infront of them.
example: What does that say? I’m blind as a bat without my glasses.
Halloween is geting closer and closer.
Only 8 more days to GHOST!
Reading is not only an important part of learning English, but also an important part of learning who we are as people.
The development of a written language is one of the biggest milestones a culture will go through, but even before that, people will tell each other stories.
perhaps the oldest human memory ever found is that of early humans, still living in caves and stone shelters, gathered around their fire using shadows and paints to tell stories to each other.
Stories and Imagination are important to developing children`s minds as well, through them we learn Empathy, Problem solving, Morals, and so much more, they turn difficult ideas into adventures, the unknown becomes magic, the frightening becomes defeatable.
Think back to when you were young, your picture books and novels, daydreams and drawing yourself on adventures, who would you be without these bright memories shaping you?
みなさん、こんにちは。
今日は幼児クラスにプライベートで通ってくれているSくんのお話を紹介します！
現在幼児クラスではBINGOの歌を歌っております♪
その前に必ずB/I/N/G/Oの文字を確認するのですが、Sくんはヒントなしで自分の力ですべて言えました！
また、天気を確認するところでは、sunnyやwindyという文字だけのカードをまず見せて、先生が言っている天気を見つけてみよう！というアクティビティをしています。
'Let's find "w"!'
という声掛けに対し、すぐにその文字を見つけられることができていました！
少しずつ小文字にも慣れていって、より英語学習を楽しみましょう！
幼児だからこそより多くのものが吸収できます！
みなさんも一緒にたのしく英語を勉強しましょう！
福田
