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Idioms - Expressions

Learning idioms and expressions are a great way to improve you level of language. Do you know wh...

Things to Notice in the News: Human vs Cheetah (Intermediate+)

In this post I will focus on some interesting vocabulary in a news article (I have chosen 9 words/p...

Frequently Asked Questions about Skype Lesson

  Since many students are having their first time to experience Skype Lessons, I tried to sum...

カタカナ英語♪４【サンキュー】

今回はこの言葉 サンキュー！ ↓↓↓ Thank you. thやaの、音など、練習したい音はありますが、今回は違った角度から。よーく単語をみてみましょう。th...

Word of the Day: Obsolete

Obsolete (ˈɒbsəliːt) You can listen to the pronunciation here. Obsolete means out-of-date or...

Word of the Day: Vagaries

Vagaries (ˈveɪɡəriz) You can listen to the pronunciation here. Vagaries are unpredictable or u...

One good reason to take my exam prep' lesson!

If you have an important exam approaching and are looking for an experienced native tutor to help y...

Featured lesson- Interview skills

If you have that all important interview coming up then please look no further than my interview sk...

Cool Britannia!!

Hi everyone, I have just started using a new worksheet in my 30 minute "Speak To Me!" lessons whic...

Ideas Worth Spreading All Around The World!

Hello Dear Students, I would like to introduce the website www.ted.com ,which you can fin...

Introducing my new proofreading sessions

Dear valued students, I have introduced a new proofreading session that does NOT require you to at...

July hot, hot, hot

Well, I'm not sure what it is like where you are but here it is so hot outside, it feels like you m...

July

So tell me how is your July going? Are you watching Wimbledon? or Maybe the cricket? Are you foll...

サマータイム

今日（3月10日の日曜日）からアメリカでサマータイムが始まりました。正確に言うと、午前2時になった瞬間、1時間進んで午前3時になりました。パソコンや携帯電話の時計は自動で調整されます。よって私が手動...

March Madness

We are now into the third month of the year. Are you keeping your resolutions? Are things going a...

Celebrations

For me February has been a month of celebrations: Starting with a holiday for celebrating the tree...

第二言語習得論の本を読み始めました。

最近、Stephen D. Krashenという人が書いた"Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition"という本を読んでいます。日本...

Added hours of availability

I am now available for lessons for more hours per day, especially on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesda...

Peaceful night to all ~

I hope you will be wrapped-up warm tonight and feel a little more relaxed after this evening's &nbs...

The perfect student robot ...

  There she stood, this 6 or 7 year old little girl ~Standing perfectly upright, facing...

I wanted to share this with you ~

I wanted to share this with you ~>After that incredible experience of actually going inside the ...

Sunday lesson ~

  Students of English literature will instantly recognise classic titles like 'Heart of...

Saturday at last!

So you are exhausted from a busy week and wish you could stay in bed all day. But you know you shou...

Friday’s here ~

  Do you break out into a sweat when you have to read in English? Staring at a page ful...

Thursday chat ~

  Maybe you have been planning to study English or maybe you just want to improve your ...

Wednesday talk ~

  If your working hours make it difficult or if you have to travel regularly for work o...

Quick Tuesday tips ~

  I'm off to an old 'Longevity' village in Yamanashi for the day, so here are a few qui...

月曜日１１月５日　~ Monday ideas ~

1. Study in short doses ~ I have mentioned this before, and I’ll say it again ->...

Do you think this elephant is speaking Korean?

I don't hear Korean.  Do you? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/11/video-this-elep...

日曜日１０月２８日　~ Useful suggestions 7 ...

  So, you've decided that you want to improve your English. The question is where do yo...