LETTER FROM HAPPY ENGLISH SCHOOL　　Feb. 21st, 2023

Hello. It was freezing cold yesterday, but on the other hand it is nice warm weather today. I feel that spring is around the corner when I see some tulip buds and daffodil buds coming out in my yard. The daylight is getting longer and the evening is getting brighter day by day. I sometimes find that I do not need a coat outside and, ends up a hassle carrying the bulky nuisance of my coat all day. It was a must have item in the cold winter, though. I am being self-centered, aren’t I?

Junior high school students and high school students are having annual exams, and some of them are taking the STEP interview tests. Junior high school third graders and high school third graders are striving to pass the entrance exams for their higher education. I heard some classes at school were canceled due to the spread of the flu or the coronavirus or both of them. It must be quite tough for students to take tests while the infectious diseases are all raging. In addition, it is also the season for hay fever now. I really hope that students can do their best against all adversity.

It is almost the end of the school year now. We need to prepare for the new school year starting in April. I hope everyone can use English as not only a learning tool but also a communication tool and broaden their horizons through the use of English. Let’s practice English as much as possible in our daily lives by trying to translate everything we want to say into English by ourselves and for ourselves. Nowadays we can get model expressions easily in dictionaries and on the Internet to refer to necessary expressions.

Let’s go for it!

学習年度も間もなく終わろうとしています。今は、中学生・高校生は学年末テスト、中には英検の面接テストを受ける人もいます。また、中三生・高三生は受験です。コロナやインフルエンザ、そして花粉症の流行の最中で大変でしょうが、皆さんが最善を尽くせるように祈ります。

新年度に向けての準備をしなければなりませんが、私は、英語を学びの道具として使うだけでなく、実際のコミュニケーションのツールとして使ってもらうために、「日常生活でできるだけ練習すること」・「よく言うことや言いたいことを英語で言ってみるということ」、を実践してもらえるよう授業でもっと奨励していくつもりです。

練習第一を肝に銘じましょう。Practice makes perfect.