Receiving gifts from students aslways leaves me a little surprised but it always brightens up my day!
On Tuesday my Adult student "M" surprised me with a really thoughtful and wonderful gift!
She and I share a lot of laughs during her interactive and conversation classes.
She is such an outstanding super mom and loves learning English!
I was so happy that I had a smile on my face all day!
It really is something special when your students think of you!
Her and I have become very close during this year and even share the same birthday month!
I am so grateful to her!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
I got to meet a surprising little superstar this week.
On Tuesday I taught a trial lesson for a very young student, he was shy and very unsure when he arrived, but he liked looking at our picture books and playing with cars, so we played together for a while.
I was warned that he may not be ready to speak today, but as soon as we got into the classroom and he saw the activities, his sweet little smile lit up.
Mom looked so surprised when he was excitedly pointing and saying the words, he did a wonderful job!
Afterwards we did some coloring in and he was excited to tell me all the colors in English.
I love seeing how excited our students are to speak english, and I can`t wait to have this new little firecracker in my classes.
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
今日はプリロンパークラスのお話をいたします。
3歳のMちゃん。
文章発話が得意で、'It's a ～.'を特に自信をもって発話してくれます。
そして、レッスン内でHow many～?に対して答える練習をしていた時のことです。
数を一緒に数えようとしたところ、こう言ってくれたのです。
Let's count together!
これには一緒にいた保護者の方も、先生もびっくりです！
普段から一生懸命お話を聞いてくれているんだなと、うれしく思います。
みなさんも新しいフレーズを覚えていって、家族みんなを驚かせましょう！
福田
Last week, my students have been at their funniest!
I must say, I have been brought to almost tears by some of the
funny things they have said!
One of my P4 Students, "K" asked her classmate,
who kept acting silly and falling asleep, if he had drunk some alcohol before class.
It was so startling, that it made me laugh. I was so shocked that she said that!
The next one was one of my JC students "Y". I wanted them to pretend to be greatly shocked and gasp. One of students "T", after a lot of struggling and laughing managed to do it. I asked "Y" and he said, he can't. I said he did it, why not you? He was hilarious as he explained that he was not like his classmate and that he will not be doing what he is doing. This was all said in full English!
I cannot wait to hear what they say this week!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
One of the biggest challenges I face for my elementary age students is the class sizes.
Having so many friends and classmates to practice with is wonderful, but it means everyone has to share the speaking time and lessons can be quite loud.
My Tuesday class is a perfect example of this, there are seven students and the teacher in the room all together, Many of these students are friends from school and love to play together as well.
the two newest additions to the class `Y` and `O` joined us not too long ago from much smaller, quieter classes. `Y` has adapted over time and remains incredibly dilligent in her practice, even speaking clearer and more confidently in her effort to be heard over the others.
The other student, `O` has just joined us from a class of just two students and seems rather overwhelmed by the crowd, despite this, her work is always perfect and she is beyond focused.
I can see so much determination in the both of them, and their classmates can see it too, everyone has been working harder lately, and I couldn`t be more proud.
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
今日は、英検二次試験対策レッスンのお話をいたします。
3級に向けて頑張っているYちゃん。
二次試験は今回初めてなので、少し緊張している様子…
しかし、アミティーの英会話でいろんな質問に対して答えているため、よく答えることができています。
特に自分に関する質問は、毎レッスンで英語でお話をしているため、とてもスムーズに自分の意見を答えることができます。
このまま二次試験の合格目指して、頑張りましょう！
福田
It was Valentines day on Wednesday and a lot of our students shared some tasty treats with us!
From Unicorn shaped candy, to tasty chocolates,
The other teachers and I were so happy.
Thank you everyone!
It was so heart warming to hear Happy Valentines Day from some of my P4 students,
especially my student "H".
She is one of the sweetest students! Our class follows my lunch time and she makes it a point to
always greet me in the lobby when I get back.
She arrives early and is always eager with a big smile!
I look forward to it and I was quite touched when she presented me with her Valentinesday gift after class.
She never fails to surprise me! Thank you "H"!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
One of my Tuesday students, `H` has shown some of the purest enthusiasm for learning I think I have ever observed,
when we started taking classes together she was shy and quiet and quite upset to be away from mom.
These days it`s a different story, I know she is on her way for class because I can hear her running down the hall, giggling and shouting "mom, hurry hurry!" before every lesson, she greets me with the biggest smile and a squeezy hug.
On top of this `H` is incredibly clever, she finished her pre phonics books and learned the alphabet in only a few months and began on her first grade writing exercises right away, just yesterday while we practiced our big and small letters, she asked me to help her write "Mom, I love you!" and she was very proud to show her mom her first written sentence in English, Mom looked so proud!
-Jordan Sensei
みなさんこんにちは！
今日は中3の文法クラスのお話をいたします。
現在受験に向けて頑張っている中学校三年生のみなさん。
レッスンでは、入試対策として、長文や文法問題、英作文を中心に解いています。
早く解き終わった方たちへは、先生から「この文についてどう思う？」だったり、「お互いに好きなことや好きな食べ物、なんでもいいから質問をしてみよう。」という風に、質問する力と英作文力を同時に練習しています。
そしてこの力は間違いなく高校入試に必要となります(実際、問題にあります)。
文法は「机に向かってお勉強」というイメージを持っている方もいるかもしれませんが、レッスンの初めに個人の話を英語でしてもらったりもしていますので、英会話はどのレッスンでも必ずします！
高校入試までもう少し。
一緒に頑張って行きましょう！
福田
It seems that my Baby D student "K" has had an increase in energy during our lessons!
She was so excited last week, that she was laughing and running around the classroom.
"Khanya - Sensei, let's Go!" was one of the few phrases she kept saying before and after the lesson.
It was so much fun to see her not only speaking more freely in English, but her excitement had both me and mom,
more eager as well. She sings all her songs standing up and with a smile.
She is such a bright and clever student.
I find myself looking forward to more surprises and more energy from her in our class tomorrow!
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
