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Test your English level with my placement test

If you are unsure of your level of English, why not take my English level placement test and see ho...

英語の発音♪11【say】

今回もすごく簡単な単語です！ say まず原型の say /sei/ これは皆さんきちんと発音できますね。 以下の２点を気をつけるとより良い発音になります。最初の...

How Turkey Got Its Name

Some families gather around the lunch or (and?) dinner table, feasting on a Thanksgiving meal cente...

英語の発音♪10【可哀想な？AND】

コラムのタイトル変えてみました。内容は今まで通りです☆ 今回は誰もが知っているこの単語です。 アンド ↓↓↓ and もう日本語になってしまっていると言ってい...

カタカナ英語♪9【オリンピック】

いつもコラムを読んで頂いてありがとうございます。お休みしている間にも1~8までたくさんの方が読んでくれたみたいで嬉しいです。 さて、今回はこの単語 オリンピック ↓↓&...

New Thailand travel information session

I have just introduced a 30 minute session for those of you who may be planning a vacation / holida...

New TOEIC and TOEFL exam preparations introduced today

Today I have introduced two new and specially dedicated lessons for those of you taking&n...

カタカナ英語♪8【サンタ】

今日はクリスマスにちなんだ投稿です。 サンタクロースのサンタの部分 サンタ ↓↓↓ Santa Saでしっかり/ae/の音を出しましょう。apple happ...

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...

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 Obsolete means out-of-date or...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...

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...

Vacation dates: 6am (JST) 18th Oct - 6am (JST) 24th October 2012

This is just to let you know that I am on vacation from 6am (JST) on the 18th October until 6am (JS...

Check out my most popular lessons.

Hi, please check out my most popular "Speak to me!" lessons. The lessons are general conversation l...

"Speak to me!" lesson change

I have changed the length and price of my "Speak to me!" class to 50 minutes long and only 2000 poi...

End of Summer

The summer is nearly over, I would love to discuss with you how you have spent your summer and how ...