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Plants in English: Bush lily

The Clivia plant, also known as the Bush lily, is a very special plant that is endemic to South Af...

【どうする？英検対策？】　第6回：過去問研究（ライティング編）-2

こんにちは。講師のbananafishです。 ライティングに注目した英検対策レッスン新設に伴い、コラムで英検を取り上げています。 過去問研究　ライティング編　第2回です。 英検ライティングの難しさの...

手のひらに表れる「表現」

いつもお世話になります。試しにあげた動画です。良かったらご覧ください。https://youtu.be/FmYOGLVEkq8

Why did I choose to be a tutor?

I choose to be a tutor because I love to teach in the first place. I love to share what I know I lo...

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (2)

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (2)   Common phrases for agreeing ‘Exactly!’ ...

Plants in English: Stone Plants

Stone plants are very special succulent plants. Their scientific genus name is Lithops. Lithops mea...

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (1)

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (1)     Common phrases for asking how someone...

【どうする？英検対策？】　第5回：過去問研究（ライティング編）-1

こんにちは。講師のbananafishです。ライティングに注目した英検対策レッスン新設に伴い、コラムで英検を取り上げています。前回までは、英検挑戦にあたり、何を目指して英検受験をするのか？という視点...

The Vocabulary of a Pandemic

  Just when the world thought Covid-19 was waning1, many countries are seeing a huge resurgence of ...

Common mistakes in spoken English! Less - Fewer

  1.   Less - fewer    There are less people than yesterday. No!    There are fewer people than ye...

絵本で学ぶ「get」のイメージ

暇さえあれば英語の本を読んだりニュースやドラマを視聴しているtomotomoです。せっかくなので、覚書もかねて、その日に気になった表現をこのコラムでシェアしてみようかと思い立ちました。あくまでも面白...

Old English Roses

Gardening became very popular during the quarantine months. Even if you just have a small veranda, ...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 5: Quiz!!

Eight parts of speech                                                                      Quiz!!  ...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 4: Conjunctions and Articles

Eight parts of speech Conjunctions and Articles   7. Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that is u...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 3: Adverbs and Prepositions

Eight parts of speech Adverbs and Prepositions   5. Adverbs An adverb is a word that describes an a...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 2: Adjectives and Verbs

Greetings!Yesterday we were talking about nouns and pronouns. Today it is the turn of 'adjectives' ...

Thread and Needle: My New Thing

During the pandemic I have been mostly at home, doing everything from home. I’m Ok with that. I’m u...

【ブログ】10代のお葬式観

面白い調査を見ました。 ↓ 「10台にとってお葬式とは・・・こういうこと」意識調査   「10代にとってお葬式って…こういうこと」意識調査で見えた、日本の葬儀業界の未来株式会社グッドオフのプレスリリ...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 1: Nouns and pronouns

Eight  parts of speech Nouns and pronouns   I was asked recently to explain pronouns, adverbs, prep...

I want to try mountain hiking this year

This year I would like to do some mountain hiking and see interesting and rare South African plants...

I want to try to get cut this year.

I would like to get cut this year. Did you understand that phrase? Which one do you think it is?A) ...

(朝活)“Asa-katsu”—The Activities in the morning-Early bird catches the warm!

 My latest English broadcasting is below:https://stand.fm/episodes/614df43cecd7220006ad54b6 Hello, ...

How I Excelled Studying Three Masters Degrees

Studying anything can be challenging. For me, studying Law,  learning French and Korean languages w...

Study Methods

Which study method to choose is a good question! It depends a lot on what you like doing, and on yo...

I'm Moving!

As some of you may know, I have been trying to sell my house.  As of today, it is sold!  That is th...

The Best Teaching and Studying Method: Being Yourself and Motivation

  I have been teaching for more than 20 years. I have been learning things all my life. I love lear...

If you could go back in time, when would it be?

こんにちはSaoですもし、過去に戻れるならいつに戻りたいですか？If you could go back in time, when would it be?過去に戻るは英語でgo back in ...

If I could go back to the past and take back what I did? Where should I start..?

Hello, everyone.It's been a while since I wrote something here. Since the journal topic for this we...

The 1800s and Fairy Tales

If I could go back in time, I would go back to England in the 1800s. Everybody was crazy about fair...

(ありがとう日記はいかが？）Why don’t you keep a grateful journal every night?

 Here's my latest English broadcasting  below:https://stand.fm/episodes/613b88694a8aba00068fd47a He...