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Japanese Student's English Test Scores

Hello Everyone!I came across this article about Japanese school students English test scores. Have ...

Listening and Reading Practice for Upper-Beginners/Lower-Intermediates

Hello Everyone!Today I have an English Grammar article for some of you beginners and intermediate l...

Accents - To Have a Perfect Native Accent or Not?

Hello Everyone!Have you dreamed of having the perfect accent? Sounding just like a native American ...

The Internet and Language

Hello Everyone!I have an advanced article this week for those who are interested in how the interne...

Native Mistakes with Idioms

Hello Everyone!Here is an exciting and interesting interview about the misuse of some very common t...

Studying English -- Tips to Help you Improve

Hello Everyone!I'm sure that by now, everyone is back in the swing of things after your extended va...

Do you want to lose your accent?

Hello everyone!I have an interesting article today about using technology to lose one's accent. Do ...

Prepositions?

Hello Everyone!Prepositions are rather difficult for many people studying English. It's sometimes d...

Language: The Pawn of Politics

Hello Everyone!Okay, this is a rather advanced article but very interesting. Language is a fascinat...

Role-playing BBC Column!

Hello everyone!I stumbled across a neat little 'game' that the BBC has today. It's a role-playing s...

Do You Like to Write?

Hello everyone! I think writing is great. If I can, I try to write every day, since I believe it h...

The Simplification of Languages

Hello everyone! I have an interesting article for you today, on the simplification of languages, e...

Test Study Tips

Hello Everyone! Many of you are preparing for, or recently took, a big test of English skill, whet...

The Gender of Language

Hello Everyone! Today I have a bit more advanced of an article. But I thought I'd share it with th...

Learning English Through Film and Song

Hello everyone! Today I have a link to an article that teaches some English grammar through films ...

What is "Correct" English?

Hello Everyone! As many of my students know, I usually put stress on the fact that learning a lang...

Mini Quiz #2

Hello Everyone! School is starting back up in Japan and in the US again, and that means studying a...

A Mini Quiz!

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great Obon/summer vacation. Since some of you may have a bi...

Should You Study the Subject You Teach?

Hello Everyone! If found this article, that I thought was rather surprising. Apparently, in some p...

Modal Auxiliary 'Would'

Hello Everyone! Would you like to learn how to use ‘would’? This is a very important ...

Do You Use These Words Correctly?

Hello everyone! There are a lot of words in the English language, and sometimes we all make mistak...

An Article on Adverbs

Hello everyone! As I was hunting around today, I found an article that will be very useful for man...

English Learning Channel for Kids!

Hi everyone! Recently I read about a new service that will be available for kids, so I thought I w...

Common Mistakes in English

Hi Everyone! I found this article that you might be interested in. This is a list of the top 10 mo...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hello Everyone!  I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Years! I'll b...

The Next 3 Weeks

Hello everyone! For those of you who regularly take lessons, you'll notice that my schedule for th...

It's Eiken Time!

Hello Everyone! It's that time of year again, and everyone is studying for the Eiken test. If you ...

Do you like New?

Hello Everyone! July is nearing an end and August will arrive soon, and with it will come some new...

Study Tips to Help You Succeed

Hello Everyone! This week I have some study tips that will make sure you succeed while studying En...

Japanese History! Can you help me?

Hello everyone! I have a favor to ask today! I have a friend who loves Japan and Japanese history,...