LETTER FROM HAPPY ENGLISH SCHOOL Jan. 17th, 2023

Happy New Year!

Did you have a good New Year holiday? I had interviews with students and parents from January 4th to 11th. I learned a lot about what students thought about their lessons and how they studied at home, and also I advised them how each student could improve their English effectively based on my own learning as well as my teaching experiences. Also, I shared the knowledge and information I had acquired necessary for English study, such as how people can improve their memory and how English learners have become great English speakers by giving examples of their trial and error.

Our aim is to get students interested in English and to get them motivated to study hard. We try to use materials which can be related to students’ daily lives, and moreover, can attract their interest. I would like to use comics, animation and dramas for students to learn more English words and phrases for everyday use, which are not likely to be learned at school.

Overall, we teach students so that they can be successful at school or at work and can pass exams. However, our ultimate goal is making students great communicators in English, so we would like to give lessons not only to make students have a good command of English but also to expand their knowledge of various fields in English including school subjects such as math, science, history and geography as well as current issues.

We would like to try whatever seems to be effective and do our best in improving students’ English.　This is our New Year’s resolution.

明けましておめでとうございます。いいお正月を過ごせましたか。1月4日から11日まで面談があり、生徒さんや保護者の方と話す機会を得て、レッスンに対する思いや日頃の英語の学習などを聞かせて戴き、また私から効果的に英語を学ぶ方法をそれぞれの学習状況に応じて、私の学習経験と指導経験、持ち合わせている知識と、情報に基づいてお話させていただきました。

Happy English Schoolの究極のゴールは、英語での素晴らしいコミュニケーション能力を培うことです。もちろん、学校や職場で英語ができる、またテストに合格するということを目指していますが、その他、日常生活での英語を身につけること、様々な知識を英語で学ぶことも必要だと思っています。学校での教科を英語で学んだり、また時事を英語で学んだりすることによって大いに英語でのコミュニケーション能力を高めることになります。

ニュース記事もですが、漫画やドラマも日常の英語を学ぶのに欠かせません。とにかく効果的と思われる物を何でも取り入れ、生徒の英語の上達に最善を尽くします。今年の抱負です。