Enjoying Learning English
Probably the biggest factor in how well students learn a foreign language is how much they enjoy learning it and how much enthusiasm they have. I taught students in Japan that would do lots of study, but didn’t enjoy it and didn’t practice outside class and didn’t show much improvement in their language skills. Then [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, English Study Tips | Permalink | No Comments »68% of elementary school teachers lack confidence in teaching English
68% of elementary school teachers lack confidence in teaching English http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/68-of-elementary-school-teachers-lack-confidence-in-teaching-english Related Articles: The Japanese tourist who joined Pakistani mountain tribe Chinese Fast Trains Spelling Bees Studying at Disney World Nightingale Floors Please support my blog by clicking this blog site ranking list.
Posted by Aidan under English, English Study Tips | Permalink | No Comments »British English versus Canadian English
This video shows some of the differences in British English and Canadian English. Related Articles: Acronyms & Tech Speak How ok took over the world British English versus Canadian English Idiom Dictionary English Text Shortcuts Please support my blog by clicking this blog site ranking list.
Posted by Aidan under English, English Study Tips | Permalink | No Comments »English Spelling
English spelling is difficult because it is so inconsistent. Just hearing a word doesn’t let you know how it’s spelled. In English there are national spelling competitions where children compete to spell difficult words. Spelling competitions wouldn’t make much sense in Japanese, almost all of the spelling is consistent. Instead Japanese has reading/writing competitions for [...]
Posted by Aidan under English, English Study Tips | Permalink | No Comments »Using Translation Software
Electronic dictionaries are very popular in Japan. My old Palm Pilot (a PDA or mini computer) has a dictionary where you can draw kanji or look up kanji and it will show you the stroke order). I don’t have an iPhone, but now there are lots of dictionary and translation programs on the iPhone. A [...]
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