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2024.06.24
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Learn English Together!

Hello Everyone I hope you have had a splendid weekend!

Today we will talk about parents and children learning English together!

The children that make the fastest improvements in all areas of English are the children who have parents that know English. This is mainly due to motivation! Children often model themselves after other people and the parents are usually the ones that children will model behaviours after first! This is why it is important for parents to know and understand English.

If a child is expected to study English and try their best by their parents then when they struggle they might ask themselves why their parents don`t know English. They might think to themselves "If English is important then why doesn`t mommy or daddy know English? Why do I have to learn English when THEY don`t even know it". The children that perform the best in English have parents that speak and understand English.

So let`s practice together.

If children see their parents study English and attempt to speak or understand it then English becomes more important in their minds. "If mommy and daddy are studying English this hard then it must be important" they might think to themselves. Children learn more at home than at school and the more involved the parents are in their childrens at home learning them more progress the children will make.

Let us work together with our children at home so that they can have the best future in English! Let`s have fun learning English together with our kids!

Till next time. Happy learning!
2024.06.23
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Useful phrases to use at home.

Good morning everyone. Today we are going to learn useful phrases that you can use at home.
Learning these phrases will help your children use the lessons they learned in class in a real life context.

Simple English Commands:

1. Pick it up.
2. Throw it away.
3. Put it in.
4. Take it out.
5. Sit down please.
6. Stand up please.

Phrases to Praise Your Children:

1. Good job.
2. Good try.
3. Thank you for doing your best.
4. You did it!
5. Excellent job!
6. You can do it!

Let`s learn more again next time! See you!
2024.06.21
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Idiom of the Day!

Good day everyone! I am back again with another useful idiom!

Idiom of the day: "To cost an arm and leg"

Meaning: This is idiom is used to express that something is very expensive.


Examples:

1. The Gucci bag she gave me cost her an arm and leg.
2. Buying this big house cost me an arm and leg.
3. I am planning to buy the camera I saw yesterday even though it will cost me an arm and leg.

I hope you learned another good idiom today! See you again next time!
2024.06.20
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英検二次試験直前対策実施中

2024年度第1回の英検二次試験対策をうけつけています。

二次試験実施日までにしっかりと練習をして挑みましょう!
2024.06.19
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English Songs!

Hello Everyone I hope you`re having a fantastic week!

Today we will be talking about English songs!

There are many songs for children that are great for practicing grammar and pronunciation. Since they have a melody and rythm they are easier than regular sentences to remember. They also have useful vocabulary that you will encounter often.

Some good examples are:

"Head Shoulders Knees and Toes"
"Rain Rain go away"
"One little finger"
"Old Mc Donald"
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"

There are many more where those came from. It would be extremely beneficial for them to sing a song every day to practice. It is easier and more fun for them to learn English and they will remember the songs forever after they learn them.

I hope you sing these every day and perfect your english!

Till next time!
2024.06.18
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2024.06.17
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Why English Pronunciation is difficult for Japanese People

Hello Everyone! I hope you`ve had a fantastic weekend!

Today we are going to discuss pronunciation.

When we are born we have the ability to hear and mimmick a broad spectrum of sounds. This is why a baby can adopt the sounds of the parents easily and adopt it`s native language. As we grow older we lose this ability and it becomes nearly impossible to speak a second language with the correct pronunciation. This is why second language speaker always have an accent.

Japanese has 50 or so sounds in its script. The "a e i o u" and its iterations. There is also the "n" pronunciation. English has those sounds and many more that Japanese does not have. For example "the". There is no "th" sound in Japanese so it is difficult for Japanese people to pronounce words that have a "th" sound if they have not been learning English from infancy. It usually sounds like "za" or "zee" because those sounds exist in the Japanese script.

It is best to start learning a language from infancy for the best pronunciation and if one learns later on sounds that don`t exist in the language will be difficult or almost impossible to pronounce correctly.

If your pronounciation doesn`t sound like a native speakers you don`t have to worry. It is completely natural and cannot be avoided. As long as you`re understood it`s perfect!

Enjoy the rest of your week!
2024.06.16
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Antonyms vs Synonyms

Happy Sunday Everyone! Today we are going to have a review test about
the past topics we discussed, which was antonym and synonym.

I hope you get a perfect score! Good luck!


1. What word is the antonym of "happy"?


a. sad b. merry c. rich


2. What word is the synonym of "old"?

a. great b. new c. ancient


3. What word is the synonym of "speak"?

a. talk b. dance c. quite

4. What word is the antonym of "lost"?

a. found b. missing c. poor

5. What word is the antonym of "poor"?

a. beggar b. rich c. hungry





Answers: a/c/a/a/b

2024.06.16
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Listening集中講座

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2024.06.15
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