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こんにちは！NOVA石山校です🐰🌸

4月に入りましたね！
進級・進学・社会人スタートなど、新しい生活が始まります★
春は習い事スタートのタイミングでもありますので、
英語を始めてみるのはいかがですか？？

 

 

 

石山校では、アメリカからの新しい先生が来ています🐇
今日は、先生から自己紹介のメッセージをもらいました♪

 

 

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An Easter Message From Lucas

Howdy from Lucas!

Easter is coming and I for one am excited!

This year Easter is on Sunday April 5^th.

An average American Easter has lots of fun activities for kids. One that I did as a kid was an Easter egg hunt. An Easter egg hunt is where a local park or church will scatter eggs in a wide-open area and let children try to find them. The eggs would often have candy in them.

My family also had a big family dinner. We would invite friends and family to our house and have a big meal with them. My dad always made mashed potatoes and ham. It’s a time for friends and family to eat together and talk with each other.

I can’t wait to talk about Easter with y’all!

🐣🌷🐇 🐣🌷🐇 🐣🌷🐇 🐣🌷🐇 🐣🌷🐇 🐣🌷🐇

 

Useful Southern American English:

“Howdy” = Hello

“Y’all” = You all, everyone

 

 

ぜひ、Lucas先生にアメリカのスラングなども聞いてみましょう！
体験レッスンもお待ちしています♪

 

 

 

 

 

 

こんにちは！NOVA石山校です🐰
今日は、南アフリカから来た元気な先生、Mbaliからのメッセージです★

 

 

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Greetings!

 

Golden week is coming soon and this year I’m doing something extra special – I’m going to Okinawa! I’m really looking forward to this trip. Golden week is the perfect time for a change of scenery, and Okinawa feels like the ultimate escape. Beautiful blue ocean, white sandy beaches, warm sunshine – it’s exactly what I need.

One of the things I’m most excited about is slowing down and enjoying island time. I want to wake up without an alarm, take long walks by the beach, and just relax while listening to the sound of the waves. I’m also hoping to try lots of local Okinawan food. Fresh sea food, Okinawa soba, and maybe even some Blue Seal ice cream are definitely on my list! Of course I plan to explore too. I’d love to visit the Gyokusendo Cave, Cape Manzamo, and Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, among other places. I’d love to visit Shuri castle and Naminoue shrine to soak in the unique culture and history that make Okinawa so special.

Golden week always feels like a pause before life gets busy again, and spending it in Okinawa makes it more meaningful. I can’t wait to make new memories, feel the ocean breeze, and come back refreshed and inspired. What are your plans for Golden week?

 

I look forward to listening to your plans when you see me at NOVA!

 

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先生たちは、大学時代や前職もさまざまで、
聞いてみると興味深いお話がたくさん出てきます😃！！
ぜひレッスンや体験レッスンで、いろいろなお話しをされてみてくださいね😊✨

 

 

 

 

こんにちは！NOVA石山校です🏇

 

２月１７日から３月３日は、旧正月の春節です🌸
今年は「午年」🏇
NOVAでは先日、キッズイベントを開催し、
工作をしながら春節をお祝いしました✨

 

本日はＡｎｄｙ先生から、馬についてのメッセージをもらいました♪

 

 

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Horsing Around!

 

There was a special event for kids at the Ritto school on 2/21 and we enjoyed making horse puppets to celebrate the Chinese New Year!

The Chinese New Year lasts from Feb. 17 to March 3 and this year it is the year of the horse!

Did you Know Ritto is somewhat famous for its JRA Horse Training Center? Maybe you’ve noticed the new horse images on the ground as you walk to the NOVA school from JR Ritto Station. The sticker for the Ritto NOVA school also features a horse!

I was born during the year of the horse and grew up around horses.  I learned to ride horses at a young age but haven’t ridden in many years.

People born during the year of the horse (1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026) are supposed to be independent, freedom-loving, hardworking and energetic.  I’m not sure if that’s true but it sounds nice!

What animal represents your birth year?  What do you associate with that animal?

I’m looking forward to chatting with you about this when you see me at NOVA!

 

Useful phrases:

• “What animal represents your birth year?”
• “I was born during the year of the (horse/tiger/monkey/snake/etc.)”
• “Horse around” = an idiom that means to play, do silly things

 

Kind regards,

Andy

 

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役立つフレーズ、ぜひ使ってみてくださいね！！

 

 

 

 

 

こんにちは！NOVA石山校です🐰🐇🐇

 

最近、シール集めが流行っていますね✨！！
実はNOVAにも、各校舎に個性たっぷりな「ご当地シール」があるのをご存じでしたか❓❓

 

 

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Sticker Collections

 

Sticker collections are all the rage among elementary school students these days and it’s been fun to see what kinds of stickers the kids are collecting.  When I was a kid I had a small sticker collection too but it wasn’t anything like what these kids have.  The 3-d bubble stickers are really trendy.

 

Did you know that NOVA has stickers?   Each NOVA school has its own unique sticker and I have a small collection from different NOVA schools I’ve visited.

One of my students has visited almost every NOVA in Japan and almost has the whole collection! That’s a lot of stickers!

 

Do you collect anything? What was trendy to collect when you were a kid?
Let’s talk about it with your instructor next time you’re at NOVA!

 

If you see me, ask me about my stickers and I’ll be happy to answer your questions.  I might even be able to share one with you!

 

trend= (noun) something many people are doing
trendy= (adjective) popular right now
be “all the rage”= (idiom) very trendy, frequently talked about

 

 

Kind regards,
Andy

 

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レッスンをご受講いただくと、各校舎オリジナルのシールがもらえます🌟🌟
シールを集めて、遠方からお越しくださる方もいらっしゃるんですよ🐇

その土地にちなんだデザインになっております！👘
石山校はどんなデザインでしょうか･･･❓👧

ぜひレッスンを受けに来てくださいね！！！

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

皆さんこんにちは！NOVA石山校です🐰

 

毎日寒いですね・・！
先日は石山校でも、雪が積もりました⛄❄
風邪などひかれないよう、温かくしてくださいね🧣

本日は、話し上手で人気のNikayla先生からのメッセージをご紹介します🖊✨

 

 

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Greetings from Nikayla!

 

Many overseas people are coming to Japan recently, have you ever wanted to try and speak to them in English?
It can be a bit challenging speaking to strangers, in Japan, we usually keep to ourselves but if we see someone we want to talk to, we should try making conversation.

Some common questions to ask include “Where are you from?”, “What brought you to Japan?” and “What Japanese food do you like?” These questions are simple and easy to remember.

Have you ever visited another country? Were you able to speak in English?

It’s always a good idea to step out of our comfort zone (so that we can grow).
I’ve been studying Japanese for about two years now, but I always get nervous when I have to speak in Japanese. Does this happen to you too?

What advice would you give someone who is trying to learn your language?

I think confidence comes from knowledge, so if I can learn more on sentence structure then it would be easier for me to communicate.

Let’s share our experiences in class next time!

 

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いかがでしたか？？

ぜひレッスンで、感想を教えてくださいね🍀

 

 

 

ご来校をお待ちしております。

 

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アクセス抜群♪JR石山駅より徒歩2分！
大津市、石山、瀬田、山科で英会話をお探しなら、NOVA石山校へ!
無料体験レッスンも受付中♪♪
営業時間：
水・木・金　12:30-21:30
土・日・祝   9:00-18:00
※休校時間　14：30-15：30
定休日：
月曜日・火曜日
TEL：077-534-8654

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こんにちは！NOVA石山校です。

 

新年あけましておめでとうございます
本年から、NOVA石山校でのブログがスタートいたしました！
校舎の様子やおすすめの先生などなど、
定期的に配信してまいりますので、ぜひ楽しみにしていてくださいね♪

 

本日は、ベテラン講師のAndyが新年のメッセージを書いてくれましたので、ご紹介いたします！

 

Happy New Year!

All of us at NOVA hope 2026 is off to a good start for our students and look　forward to welcoming everyone back after the holidays.  Did you have a good New Year’s holiday?  Some of us traveled.  Some of us stayed home to relax. I ate a lot of food and am now focusing on losing weight!

My New Year resolution is to improve my health!

 

In lessons this week, one common topic has been New Year resolutions.  A resolution is a strong or official decision to do something.  A New Year resolution is a goal or target for the year ahead.   Do you make New Year resolutions? What’s your goal for 2026? Common New Year resolutions include improving health, improving a skill or learning something new.

 

Another topic that has come up in lessons this week is the word “challenge.”  The word is commonly misused by English learners.  For example, “I want to challenge climbing Mount Fuji.” It’s better to use the word “try” as in “I want to try climbing Mount Fuji.”

As a verb, challenge means to encourage or push someone to do something. For example, “My brother challenged me to climb Mount Fuji.”

 

As a noun, a challenge means a difficult task.  For example, “Learning a new language is a challenge.”  We can also use it as an adjective: “Learning a new language is challenging.”

 

For this month, I would like to challenge you to make a New Year resolution.  If your resolution is to improve your English, let’s start by using the word “challenge” correctly!

 

Please come say hello to us soon and tell your teacher about your New Year resolution!

If your New Year resolution is to improve your English, we are looking forward to helping you take on this challenge!

 

Warm regards,

Andy

 

 

ぜひ、レッスンにご来校いただき、みなさまの新年の抱負をお聞かせください！
体験レッスンもご案内しておりますのでぜひどうぞ☆

 

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アクセス抜群♪JR石山駅より徒歩2分！
大津市、石山、瀬田、山科で英会話をお探しなら、NOVA石山校へ!
無料体験レッスンも受付中♪♪
営業時間：
水・木・金　12:30-21:30
土・日・祝   9:00-18:00
※休校時間　14：30-15：30
定休日：
月曜日・火曜日
TEL：077-534-8654

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