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日本では、独特な世界観がもちろんあります。それを意識せずには、外国人とコミュニケーションを取る時には困難することはあるでしょう。 (Continued)

In this post, I thought I would introduce some key vocabulary related to the topic of ‘Politics and Government’. (Continued)

During my last two years of High School, I started studying Russian. I had two very good teachers - a man and a woman - though their styles were quite different. The man enjoyed deviating from points of grammar to tell us an anecdote about his experiences, while the lady was much more focussed on the language itself.

deviating from ~ - 〜から離れる・偏向する / anecdote - 逸話 (Continued)

I think a lot of language teachers try to encourage their students to ‘think in English’ or ‘think in French’ or ‘think in Spanish’, etc.. But what exactly do they mean? (Continued)

It’s important to be honest with yourself about your progress in learning English. You shouldn’t judge your ability only by comparing yourself with other students in your school. What you need is to set your own standards… (Continued)

For Christians, Christmas is the second most important festival of the year, after Easter (which is at the end of April or beginning of May). For most people, however, it is the most festive of all festivals. Families come together for a day of eating, drinking and exchanging presents; for children it is still one of the most fun days of the year, as they receive their long-awaited presents. (Continued)

An Autumn trip to the ancient city of Nara… (Continued)

I’m sorry I have neglected the 中級編 recently - I’ve been pretty busy with work and other interests. When I was teaching in the Eikaiwa school, I always used to find it fascinating to think about WHY my students were learning English. (Continued)

In this post we are going to look at a special use of the verb ‘find’. If we take the question in the title - ‘How did you find it?’ - we would probably translate it into a Japanese as something like 「それをどうやって見つけたんですか？」. But, this question can have a completely different meaning - it could mean something like ‘How was it?’, 「どうでしたか」、「それをどう思ったか」, etc.. (Continued)

In negative sentences, intonation is very important. (Continued)

This post is related to an earlier post I wrote about must. (Continued)

今回は、「it depends」の使い方を説明します。 (Continued)

Junior High School students usually start their English studies by learning the verb ‘to be’, then they study the 一般動詞. There is another group of verbs called ‘modal verbs’, which have a slightly different grammar. ‘Must’ is one of these verbs. (Continued)

This time we have some more idioms and expressions. (Continued)

In this post, I am continuing a series on common idioms and expressions. This time we are going to look at some expressions using the word ‘thing’. (Continued)