英語を上達させて、ロンドン生活も向上させよう!
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers on Dec 7th, 2009
Hello everyone
There was an interesting article in the Spectator magazine last week asking the question – are we about to experience a lost decade similar to the one suffered by Japan in the 1990’s? ether you agree or disagree with the analysis – it is an interesting read….
Spectator article on British/Japanese economies
Enjoy!
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers, Improving your English on Nov 23rd, 2009
Hello everyone
I read a couple of very interesting articles in the Times Newspaper about Japan last week which I thought you may like to read as well….
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6922502.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6922452.eceI have copied and pasted both articles below in case the links don’t work.
They are about a new plan by Mitsubishi to give more time-off to their staff.
I [...]
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers on Oct 8th, 2009
Hi teachers
If you or your students are interested in Japanese politics, this is the time to be talking about it in the lessons.
As I’m sure you all know, the DPJ has taken power for the first time and are promising great things. Whether they can deliver them or not remains to be seen
You will get [...]
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers on Sep 23rd, 2009
Hi teachers
Here is a lesson material recommendation from one of our teachers..
“I’ve found an interesting website – the National Geograhpics kids section. There are many short, informative videos on all types of wildlife.
They are clearly presented with useful vocabulary, great images and educational content.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammals-kids/horses-kids.html
Enjoy!
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers, Improving your English, Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2009
みなさん こんにちは
私たちは日本人が英語を学ぶ際に一番重要なのはスピーキングとリスニ
ングだと考えていますから、スペリングはPSEnglishの教授法の
中ではさほど重要視されてはいません。
しかし、ここにあげるリストは、みてみる価値があるかと思い取り上げ
てみました。
しばしばアメリカ英語のスペリングとイギリス英語のスペリングは異な
るので注意してみてください。
皆さんのお役に立てばと思います。
そして、Eメールを送るときは便利なスペルチェック機能を使う
のをお忘れなく！
ピーター
Hello everyone
Spelling isn’t at the top of our teaching list at PS English as we believe that speaking and listening are the most important skills for Japanese learners of English
However, this is a useful list and is worth a look
Please note that occasionally, spellings are in American but the British version is noted.
I hope you [...]
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers on Jun 10th, 2009
Hi teachers
If you are ever stuck for a conversation topic for a speaking lesson, check this website out :
http://www.esldiscussions.com/
Of course careful selection and lots of editing is necessary but worth a look.
Enjoy!
Peter
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers, Meet our teachers! on May 15th, 2009
Jon joined PS English in early 2009. He is an experienced teacher of Business, Economics and English. He had an internet music business which he sold to Sony and other investors. Jon passed the Cambridge Japanese Certificate before visiting Japan for his company, once on a British Government trade mission.
Today he has kindly volunteered to share his pronunciation teaching technique with us!….
“When I first started [...]
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers, Improving your English, Meet our teachers! on May 12th, 2009
One of our newest teachers, Nick Shepherd, has had several articles published in Modern English Teacher, a magazine covering the latest ideas and trends in English teaching.
In his latest article, Nick discusses whether the real goal of English pronunciation learning should be to speak like a native.
Enjoy!
Pronunciation: what is the ideal goal?
What, as far as pronunciation is concerned, is [...]
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers on Mar 24th, 2009
Hi everyone
This post is more for our teachers than our students!
The BBC has a fun page on basic Japanese words and phrases…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/japanese/
It’s worth checking out for teachers who have no previous knowledge of Japanese
Enjoy!
Peter
Posted in Advice/materials for teachers, Enjoying London!, Improving your English on Mar 18th, 2009
皆さん こんにちは！
知っていますか？BBCテレビで日本のことを、文化や歴史などを
含めてもっと深く知るための番組を放映しているそうです！
私もとても楽しみにしています！
「Hidden Japanー隠された日本」という番組です。
ぜひともPSEnglishの生徒さんみんなにお知らせしたいと思いブ
ログに書いています。
この番組はBBC４で放映されます。（殆どの衛星放送ーフリー
ビューやCATVのパッケージに含まれています）
月曜夜９時にやっています。（土曜日夜８時の時もあります）
詳細はBBCのウェブサイトを見てください。- http://
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/japan/
BBC４が見られない人も、いくつかの番組は通常のBBCウェブサイ
トでも見られます。- www.bbc.co.uk
エンジョイ！！
ピーター
Hello everyone
I was very excited to find out that the BBC are running a series of programmes about Japan to promote a greater understanding of Japan and its culture and history.
I wanted to make sure that all our students know about this!
The programmes are on BBC4 (which is available on most satellite [...]
