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先日初めての英検ジュニアゴールドの練習をした小学校４年生のKちゃん。予想以上のリスニング力に驚きました。whoやwhatなどの疑問詞を覚えていれば、ほぼ満点を狙えたほどです。本番まであと１か月を切りました。5W1Hの復習をしっかりして、100%を目指しましょう！
M

Homographs are words that look the same, but are pronounced differently.

In a lesson with a high school student, she was reading aloud in English and Japanese. I noticed that she pronounced 来 differently each time she read it.

1. 来られますか
2. その後で来てください
3. 両親が来るんです

There are words like this in English as well. Here are some examples:

read
1. the present tense verb has a long e sound (reed)
2. the past tense verb has a short e sound (red)

minute
1. 60 seconds = 1 minute (min-it)
2. a very small thing is minute (my-new-t)

Can you think of any other homographs?

-Y

During one of my lessons with a junior high school student, we tried an activity which tested our abilty to give and follow instructions. Our goal was to build a spaceship using Lego. However, only one person could see the diagrams on the instruction sheet. That person was the instructor and the other person was the builder. After a while, the roles changed. First, my student started building the model. She followed my instructions easily, and made quick progress. When the roles changed, my student gave clear, smooth instructions. She was able to tell me exactly how and where each piece should go. In the end, it took us just over 10 minutes to build a spaceship together! 🚀

I think my student's abilty to give clear instructions might be better than mine! Are you able to give clear instructions?

-Y

本日受験予定の皆様、これまでの勉強の成果をしっかり発揮して、頑張ってきてください！

４，５級のアミティー受験の方は、会場がアミティーではありません。メールでもご案内していますので、今一度確認して時間に遅れないようお越しください。
３級以上の本会場受験の皆さんは、受験票、本人確認書類を忘れないよう、ご準備ください。

それでは皆さん、GOOD LUCK!!!

Autumn🍁🍂 is here!
Spiders🕷️ are near,
But please don't you worry😟❌,
There's nothing to fear!
Spiders🕷️ are nice😊,
Like sugar🍭 and spice,
So please listen👂 closely,
To my words of advice🗣️;
Be kind🤗🥰 to the spiders🕷️ you see in your house🏡,
They eat all the cockroaches, flies, and woodlouse,
If you see👀 a spider🕷️,
Just leave it be🤚❌!
Spiders🕷️ are friends🧑‍🤝‍🧑,
To you and to me.

-Connie

Hello everyone!

Ring ring📞🔔! Ring ring📞🔔!

My elementary school students have been talking about phones and making phone calls.
Do you like to make phone📞 calls?
Whose phone📞 do you ring🔔 the most?

I love talking on the phone! I probably ring🔔 my Grandma's👵 phone📞 the most.

-Connie

👩‍⚕️: "What's wrong?"
👧: "I hurt my knee!"
👩‍⚕️: "Oh no!"

My kindergarten students were talking about injuries today. Have you ever hurt your knee?

-Connie

10月からインタラクティブレッスンも受けることになった年中さんのCちゃん。教室に入ってクラスメイトのお友達に"Hello!"と元気よくあいさつをしていました。おうちでマウスを使ったことがあるようで、スムーズにアクティビティーに取り組むことができましたね。それに音声の後に続いてリピートも大きな声でできました。これからたくさんの単語が出てくるので、一緒に覚えていきましょう！
M

小学校２年生のMくんと、テキストにあるイラストを使ってQ&Aをしていた時、"How many ～?"の質問にMくんが答えた後、すぐに自分で考えて"How many plates are there?"と問題を出してくれました。最近読む力だけでなく、文章を組み立てる力がついてきたと感じていましたが、質問文も作れるとは驚きでした。次のレッスンでもぜひ問題を出してください！
M

Recently, my kindergarten students have been learning about liking different kinds of foods. They learnt "Do you like cookies" "Yes, I do / No, I don't", and "Does he/she like cookies?" "Yes, he/she does / No, he/she doesn't".
They were easily able to tell me the different kinds of foods that they liked, as well as the food they didn't like.
I learnt that all my students like cookies, juice and milk. Some students like grapes and kiwis. What really surprised me though, is that one of my students didn't like ice cream and chocolate. He prefers healthy food like fruit and vegetables!

How about you? What kinds of food do you like?

-Y