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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...

土曜日１０月２７日　~ Useful suggestions 6 ...

  Many experts believe that we use one of our senses more than the others when we learn...

金曜日１０月２６日　~ Useful suggestions 5 ...

  Do you sometimes feel left in the dark when people speak English around you? Don't wo...

木曜日１０月２５日　~ Useful suggestions 4 ...

  Does the task of learning English seem overwhelming? Fear not! Just like how a baby l...

水曜日１０月２４日　~ Useful suggestions 3 ...

  These idioms refer to when you want to speak but just can't get the words out the rig...

火曜日１０月２３日　~ Useful suggestions 2 ...

  Think in English every dayThis is a great way to improve your spoken English ~ you ca...

月曜日１０月２２日　~ Useful suggestions 1 ...

  Do you ever get your tongue-twisted when you try to talk in English? Even the best En...

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...

月曜日１０月８日 ~ “I’M HOME!” ~ in some ways it really does feel that way

  Everyday I am visiting (re-visiting) places that I haven’t been for several yea...

日曜日１０月７日　〜　This week’s theme is “Back in Japan...”

  Well, I have been back for a week now and thank goodness my body has finally switched...

土曜日１０月６日 ~ Interesting words and languages ~ part III

  Today is the last part of some interesting uses of the English language -> read an...

金曜日１０月５日 ~ Interesting words and languages ~ part II

  Not necessarily ‘topics’ for your everyday conversation but none the less...

木曜日１０月４日 ~ Interesting words and languages ~ part I

  Here are a few interesting words ~ how many do you know? 1. The first word spoke...

水曜日１０月３日　~ Food for thought ...

Here is some 'Food for thought', as I want you to have a look back at yourself ~ let me explain ......

火曜日１０月２日　~ If all this did was ...

  ... to help improve your speaking ability, listening ability, comprehension and overa...

日曜日9月30日 Wet Sunday ~

"Raindrops keep fallin' on my head" or "I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain" seem lik...

Saturday 29th Sept. ~ It's coming . . .

  Besides Typhoon #17 and the wet 'n windy weather, your improvement in smoother conver...

TGIF 29th September ~ THANK YOU FOR WAITING ~

THANK YOU FOR WAITING :-) So, after a rather long day that went from the crack-of-dawn on Wednes...

水曜日９月２６日 ~ He flies . . .

I will see you all soon, as I'm coming back to Japan -> leaving at the crack-of-dawn tomorrow mo...