Dalai Lama to Japanese youth: ‘Study English and see the world!’
The Dalai Lama is a popular figure with a lot of younger people who don’t like the fundamentalism of Western religions. He recently advised young Japanese to study English so that they could learn more about the world. Dalai Lama to Japanese youth: ‘Study English and see the world!’ http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20100621p2a00m0na005000c.html Related Articles: Global multitasking: it’s [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Japan, News Articles | Permalink | No Comments »Less and Fewer
The difference between less and fewer is difficult to remember, even for native speakers. Less should be used with uncountable nouns and fewer with countable nouns. e.g There were fewer women at the party than last week. I think you should put less sugar in your coffee. My brother owns less books than I thought [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Japan, News Articles | Permalink | No Comments »Common Mistakes With Irregular Verbs
One of the difficult things about learning English is the amount of irregular verbs. Most students learn the common irregular verbs (go, went, gone) but students often make mistakes with some of the other verbs that they don’t realise / don’t remember are irregular. For example I used to hear students often say: My friend [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Japan, News Articles | Permalink | No Comments »The Word: Up
Up is a word that can be used in lots of different ways in English. I came across an email that lists some of the different uses of up. It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Japan, News Articles | Permalink | No Comments »Atmosphere
Atmosphere is a word that Japanese speakers seem to want to use a lot when they’re speaking English. I often heard students say that they liked something because it had a “comfortable atmosphere.” This is not an expression native speakers would use very often. Certainly you don’t use “atmosphere” when you are talking about a [...]
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