🎉End of year🎉

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本日は スコットランドの講師Alan先生が今年のクリスマス年越しについてお話してくれました🎉


Its almost the end of the year and time to wind down and prepare for 2021. Christmas time in Japan for me means spending time with my family, exchanging gifts, eating delicious food and relaxing getting ready for New Years.

Usually at Christmas we eat chicken, potatoes, gravy and vegetables. It is also tradition for after the meal to relax and watch a Christmas movie.We also enjoy putting up a Christmas tree to brighten up the living room.

Usually at New Years, It can be a good time to celebrate at a party or day out but things will be different this year as 2020 has been a tough year. What do you plan on doing for New Years? I will be having a quiet celebration with family and plan to take a nice long walk on New Years Day.

Hopefully you can have a nice year end holiday and come back refreshed for 2021. I hope everyone has a great Christmas and a very happy New Year!


皆さんは今年のEnd of yearは何をするご予定ですか❔

是非、池袋西口校で様々な国出身の先生と年末の過ごし方についてシェアしてみてください😸


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😅意外と難しい❕❔

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本日はまたまたイギリスの講師、Stuart先生に過去形について説明して頂きました🎁


Past Continuous and Past Simple

We use the past continuous to describe an action that occurred in the past that was continuous. We use the past simple to talk about an event that finished, that the action was past. Let’s look at two sentences.
・I read a book.
・I was reading a book.
The second is an example of the past continuous and is different from the simple past in that it shows we were doing something, were in the middle of something at that time. Often these two type of sentences are used to show when a change occurs,
for example;
・Bob started to cook when the guests arrived.
・Bob was cooking when the guests arrived.
This contrasts show a sequence of events and is useful in describing when past events happened. In the first the guests arrived then Bob started to cook. In the second Bob was already cooking when the guests arrived. Let’s try changing some sentences to different tenses.

Simple to continuous;
e.g. What did you do? – What were you doing?
1. I ate the cake. –
2. They played tennis all afternoon. –
3. I didn’t study earlier. –
4. Where did you go? –

Now lets describer actions that happened together using the change in tenses from past simple to past continuous or from past simple to past continuos;

e.g. read a book + fall asleep = I was reading a book when I fell asleep.
1. Study Japanese + the power went out =
2. Play football + I broke my leg =
3. Heart attack + eat a hamburger =
4. Live alone + write a novel =

Let me know how you get on!
Stuart


過去形はwere+ingなのかedなのか分からなくなってしまいますよね😅

Stuart先生は教えるのがとても上手なので皆さんもぜひ聞いてみてくださいね✨


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🍁Alex先生🍁

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本日はAlexにカナダのお祭りCarassaugaについてお話して貰いました。


Hello everyone! My name is Alex, and I’m from Canada.
Have you heard of Mississauga? It’s not a popular city, but it’s near Toronto, about 30 minutes by car. This city is famous for a big cultural festival called ‘Carassauga‘. You can see dance performances and eat food from different countries, like France, Italy, India, China, Japan, and many others. If you’re ever in Canada, come to Mississauga in the summer for Carassauga. I think you’ll love it!
I love Japanese culture, traditions, anime, and the food is fantastic! I want to work hard to learn Japanese to talk with locals and enjoy this country’s festivals. I came to Japan in April last year, but I started taking Japanese lessons 1 week ago. I look forward to learning this beautiful language, and I look forward to helping you learn English. Let’s have fun learning English together! 🙂

 


今まではAlex先生は池袋西口校は火曜日のみでしたが
11月から土曜日もレッスン開講しております❄
カナダ出身の先生はAlex先生だけなのでぜひカナダについて聞いてみてくださいね😉


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😲意外と知らない❕❔

 

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本日は イギリスの先生Stuartが複数形について教えてくれました🥕


Singular or plural?

One way native English speakers notice a non-native speaker is when they use either a singular or a plural incorrectly. The subject of the sentence and the verb must agree with each other. So, if the subject is singular then the verb must be too. The same goes for plurals.

In the present tense, in a singular sentence the noun takes the s and the verb is plain. In a plural sentence the verb takes the s and the noun is plain.

For example;

・The dog eats the food.

・The dogs eat the food.

When we make a compound of two subjects it is always a singular;

The dog and the cat eat the food.

The difficulty comes from when we split the subject at the verb with clauses that confuse the speaker.

For the example;

The can of Japanese beer sit on the shelf. X

The can of Japanese beer sits on the shelf.

This is made even more obvious when a speaker uses the wrong auxillary verb; the key here is that they always match the subject of the sentence.

For example;

The man who makes furniture are friendly. X

The man who makes furniture is friendly.

Lets practice, try to find all the mistakes in the paragraph below:

The dog chase the cat around the corner but the cat escape by jumping into an open window. The man in the room are watching TV and is very surprised by the cats sudden appearance. He stand and knock his food off the table. The cat, who doesn’t stop to apologize, flee for the next room. Then, the dog, who follows the cat into the window, start to eat the food.


いかがですか?
間違っている部分は見つけられましたでしょうか❔

Singularとpluralは日本語にはない表現なのでとても難しいですよね😧

是非、池袋西口校でStuartに聞いてみてください🌟


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🦌Gerund(動名詞)🦌

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本日は Gerund 動名詞 についてです⛅


To Gerund or not to Gerund?

In English we add “-ing” to the end of a verb, this is a gerund. We the base form of a verb after “to” to make an infinitive (also called the “to form”). In some combinations we can use both, in some just one form. Let’s try using these in sentences:

・I forgot to pay the rent. (pay)

・Steve quit smoking. (smoke)

・She started to run/running. (run)

・What would you like ________? (study)

・Is it hard ______ Japanese? (learn)

・He decided _____ on a diet. (go)

・Jimmy hated ________. (exercise)

・She had never eaten sushi but agreed _______. (try)

・The band agreed _____ the charity. (help)

Please bring let me know how you do.

 

 


う~~ん。難しいですよね😧
皆さんも練習してみてくださいね🧐

是非NOVA池袋西口校の先生たちにも聞いてみてください🎉


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🌈Adverb Clauses(副詞節)🌈

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本日は Adverb Clauses 副詞節 についてです❕❕


Adverb Clauses

Adverb clauses are used in a few different ways in English, often to show a change. We use them to show when an event took place, a contrast or change, a condition and a cause. One rule to remember is that they have to be attached to another clause, either before the main clause or after the main clause.

For example;

When I was young, I liked football.
I liked football when I was young.

When they come before we have to separate them with a comma, after without. Lets practice filling in the blanks with the words at the bottom.


英語でも日本語でも副詞節はたくさん使いますよね❕❕

whenが先にくるときは、カンマ,を忘れないようにしましょう😉


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新しい講師のご紹介☆彡

Hello~🤩

NOVA池袋西口校です!!

本日は、11月より池袋西口校に来てくれている

新しい先生のご紹介を致します🌟

 


 

Hello everyone! My name is Joseph and I’m from Florida in the United States. Florida is best known for its tropical weather and beaches. Florida is also known as the Sunshine State because of the great weather.

Millions of tourists from all over the world flock to Florida every single year. Popular tourist attractions include Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, South Beach, The Florida Everglades, The Florida Keys, and Kennedy Space Center.

Sports are also very popular in Florida. There are three professional football teams in Florida, two professional basketball teams, two professional baseball teams, two professional hockey teams, and two professional soccer teams.

The most famous animal in Florida might be the alligator but the official state animal in Florida is actually the Florida Panther.

Did you know that Florida is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles live together?

Florida is an exciting place to live and a great place to visit on vacation.

 

 

 


今はコロナでなかなか旅行に行けないですが、

行けるようになったら、Joseph先生の出身のフロリダに行ってみたいですね🛫

ワニと一緒に住むなんて想像できないですね😲🐊



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オンラインVOICE マッチングデー

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本日はオンラインVOICEマッチングデーについて、

ご紹介いたします🎉


コロナで海外に行けない期間が続いておりますが、

皆さま、そろそろ海外に行かれたいなとお思いではないでしょうか?🛫

 

以前NOVAの校舎で開催していた『VOICE』はご存知でいらっしゃいますか?

残念ながら、コロナで開催が無くなってしまったのですが、

オンラインでVOICEにご参加頂けるんです!!🎶

しかも何と!!

今回は、現地で留学生の受け入れを行ってくださっている

ホストファミリーの方が担当してくださいます😆✨

 

先生ではなく、海外にお住まいの方なので

今の海外の様子など生の声を聴いて頂く事も可能です🤩

 

普段レッスンでたくさん学習頂いていると思うので、

思い切って成果を試してみませんか?🎵

 

お持ちのスマートフォン、タブレット、PCでご利用頂けます⭐

 

NOVAのお持ちのポイントを利用して頂く事が可能で、

NOVAの1ポイント800VOICEポイントにご変換頂けます(^▽^)/

800VOICEポイントで80分間のトークが可能になり、

お好きなタイミングでご入室ご退出していただけます!!

10分時間ができた!などのスキマ時間でご活用頂けるものです🎇

 

毎日マッチングデーを開催しておりまして、

それぞれのお時間でトピックは決まっておりますが、

テキストは一切ございません!!

お気軽にお使いいただけますので是非試してください🐈

 

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🌹All Saints Day🌹

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本日はアメリカ出身のMatthew先生が本日、11月1日『諸聖人の日』についてお話してくれました🦇


Halloween has become famous all throughout Japan recently, but did you know that there’s a holiday the next day, too? In the Western world, Halloween actually has another name: All Hallow’s Eve. We dress as scary monsters on Halloween because they are a symbol of those who have died, but then the next day we celebrate the lives of holy people, or Saints. This is why November 1st is called All Saints Day.

The history of the Christian church is very complicated, but usually the church names people who did a great service for them, and they are named Saints. There are many different Saints, like Saint Peter, Saint John, and many, many others. However, there are also a lot of people who could be called Saints that church never noticed. This is why All-Saints Day is called “All-Saints”: it is actually for all of the saints, both known and not known!

This was the purpose of the holiday, but Halloween has lost so much of its Christian influence in the West that many Westerners don’t know that Halloween was meant as the first celebration of All-Saints Day. In fact, many Christians in the West now even oppose Halloween for being a celebration of demons!

All-Saints Day is not commonly celebrated anymore, but is normally recognized by clergy members (people who run the church, like Priests, Pastors, and so on). A usual All-Saints Day celebration consists of a feast and a pray offered to remember the Saints who have gone to Heaven involving candles. However, this may be why it is no longer celebrated even with Christians. Kids receive plenty of candy on Halloween, and there’s a big feast already on Christmas (and also on Thanksgiving in America). Families may not have enough food for another feast at the beginning of the month!


皆さんは、ハロウィンの次の日にAll Saints Dayという祝日があるのはご存知でしたか?😳

是非、All Saints Dayについて池袋西口校でMatthewに聞いてみてください❕


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⌛時制の使い方⌛

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本日はイギリス出身、Stuart先生Tense時制について説明してくれました⏰


✨Present Perfect Tense✨

The present perfect tense is a verb tense that shows an action or event has taken place before. The basic structure use has/have + past participle.
For example:
・I have been to France.
・He has eaten to sushi.
・She has bought a car.
・They have been to London.

To make a question we change the subject and has/have:
Have you been to France?
Has he eaten sushi?
Has she bought a car?
Have they been to London?

To make a negative we add not before the verb:
・I have not been to France.
・He has not eaten sushi.
・She has not bought a car.
・They have not been to London.

The key to using the present perfect is the verb and knowing the past participle. Let’s try some exercises; try changing these sentences to the present perfect:
・I miss the bus = I have missed the bus.
・I visited France.
・She ate sushi.
・They did not buy a car.
・He did not go to London.

Now lets fill in the blanks:
・I have told him to be quiet. (tell)
・I _____________ that movie. (see)
・Steve ___________ of going to Columbia since he was young. (dream)
・Melissa ______________ at the airport. (arrive)


英語の時制は日本語の時制とは違うので、Stuart先生もHave、Hasを使った表現は難しい英文法の一つだと言っていました😲

ぜひ、池袋西口校でStuart先生に時制の使い方を聞いてみてください❕❕


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