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明日は父の日ですね♪
アミティー生たちも、週末お父さんとこれするんだ～！と楽しそうな計画をお話してくださいました。

良い1日になりますように！

かつて、中学校の英語のテストは“丸暗記”で点数を取れました。保護者様の世代もそうだったのではないでしょうか…？
ですが英語は言語です。丸暗記の英語ではネイティブや外国人との対話はできません。
大切なのは、英語を話す「経験値・実践力」を上げることです。

アミティーでは英語で先生が話しかけてくれます。
「今日の給食はなんだったの？」「部活楽しかった？」「中間テストどうだった？」
教科書にはない子供たちの“等身大の会話”がここにはあります。アミティーで英語を身近に感じながら、英語力を養いましょう！

Global warming is an issue that affects everyone, hence the term global. The increase in carbon emissions and green house gases are having a detrimental impact on the Earth and its temperatures. These effects seem small and as though they do not directly impact the lives of ordinary people but they in fact do.

At the start, the ice caps are slowly melting away. Studies have shown that by 2040, there will be no ice caps left in the Arctic. This greatly impacts the animals and wildlife that rely on the ice in order to survive. Now, this may seem like an issue that has little to no impact on the lives of ordinary people but the ice caps melting means change in water temperatures all over the world. This will impact food sources of not only animals but also humans as we rely on the ocean for some of our food.

The melting of the ice caps is an effect of the continuous heating of the Earth. This causes climate change in places we really don't want the climate to change. This affects agriculture on an extreme level. Droughts and famine spread through farms and affect the food sources which in turn creates scarcity which affects the prices of goods and this directly impacts ordinary people.

Global warming is a serious problem that is really not discussed enough, change can happen. It is reversable but we need to promote change.

小さなお子様は、ことばの天才。
早期教育だからこそ、無理なく自然に英語が身に付きます！
耳で聞いた言葉をリピートする。これが言葉を習得する基本動作です。
アミティーでは、生後６ヶ月のベビーさんから、細かい年齢別のクラスを開講しております。
乳幼児期に正しい英語に触れ、聞き取る力を鍛えましょう♪

Tipping culture is common in almost every country in the world. The idea of tipping is to show gratitude to the person providing the service, this is usually in the form of money. Countries like the US have really extreme tipping policies with establishments requesting between 15 and 20% on average.
In Japan tipping is not common and even more so it is not accepted in most places. Servers work on the principal of おもてなし or hospitality rather than rewards. Hospitality is expected and thus should not be rewarded.

Sea shanties are song sung by sailors on long voyages. These were used as a way to lift spirits on long trips across the seas when the sailors were feeling their lowest. It was also a great way to keep a steady mind while completing tasks that required constant repetition.

In every crew there was a Shantyman. It was his job to start the song and everyone else would follow the rhythm. The songs would last a few seconds and when they came to an end the men knew they were allowed to take a short break to catch their breath before starting all over again. These songs were usually retelling of funny stories.

本日はあいにくの雨ですね☔

その中でも、楽しそうな声が教室から聞こえてきてとても明るい気持ちになります！

今日の学校のこと、宿題チェック、先生ととても楽しそうに英語でコミュニケーションをとっていらっしゃいました♪

Cars are one of the most common and convenient way to travel and many people all around the world own one or two cars but some cars are not just for driving.
There is a small group of people who spend their lives collecting and working on cars as a sort of hobby.

Car enthusiasts collect rare and unique cars and spend a lot of time either enhancing or modifying these vehicles. One popular car to collect are muscle cars. Muscle cars originated in the US and are described as cars with fairly large powerful engines that allow the car to travel fast. The most rare and often sought after cars are the ones that were produced during the 1960's and 1970's. Mainly because it is regarded as the golden age of muscle cars. People travel all over the country (the US) to look for parts so they can rebuild their own muscle cars. It seems to be a rather interesting and expensive hobby.

母国語を身に着けるのと同じ過程で英語を学びませんか？
人間の脳は成長とともに聞きなれない音（外国語）を聞き取る能力が失われていくため、学齢期になると音声言語の習得がどんどん難しくなります。母国語の習得と同じように音声で言葉を吸収する最適な時期は０歳～２歳です！お子様に楽しく英会話デビューさせてみませんか！
２歳児クラスからは「保護者の方と一緒のクラス」or「お子様だけのクラス」をお選びいただけます。

アミティーでは、少人数制グループのほか、お子様と講師、一対一のマンツーマンレッスンもございます。
お子様の性格やペースに合わせ、最大限力を伸ばすことができるマンツーマンレッスンはとても人気です！
「英語を好きに、得意になりたい」方、ぜひご相談ください！