Monthly Update January 2025

Welcome to our school monthly update for January 2025. Our school offers lessons for elementary school-aged children and above. We also provide daily conversation and business English classes for adults. Customized and short-term lessons are also available. We have helped improve English skills for children moving abroad and students who are studying for entrance exams or English proficiency exams such as the Eiken, TOEFL, DuoLingo, and IELTS tests. Our classes are held at our school location in Yoga Setagaya, Tokyo. Online lessons via Zoom are also available.

Our monthly blog update includes information about our group and private lessons for our children and adult students.

Please get in touch with us at [email protected] if you are interested in a trial lesson or have any questions about our school.

Lessons for Children

In January, our elementary school beginner classes began reviewing the Let’s Go Level 1 textbook. Over the past year, the students have shown good progress in their reading, listening, and speaking skills. However, not all students are progressing at the same speed, and for those who are struggling, we are providing extra time to help them catch up.

Our intermediate-level classes, which meet on Wednesdays, are also in their textbook review stage. These classes use Level 3 textbooks, and though we are not planning on using Level 4 from the Spring, we will introduce Scholastic workbooks geared towards native-English learners. These workbooks cover grammar, reading comprehension, and writing. In addition to our weekly speaking practice, these workbooks will provide good overall English learning for these upper-elementary school and junior high school students.

We continued to support the returnee student who intends to enter a private junior high school in Japan. This student has been very studious, completing essay practice each week and spending hours on the MobyMax application we provided. Although the student failed the first entrance test, she was able to take it again during a second round and was successful! We are very happy to see how her hard work paid off, and she will continue her English studies at a school that provides an excellent English language curriculum.

Lessons for Adults

Our private adult lessons continue to grow as we welcome a new student interested in improving his business English. This student works in the medical field and provides tools to heart surgeons. We have been working on general topics at first, but now we will begin to add more TOEIC test-related materials.

Lastly, we were said to see our adult student, who has a budding YouTube singing channel, leave our school. It was fun to practice songs each week. We look forward to following this student’s channel’s growth in the coming years.

Summary

Our enrollment is ongoing, and we welcome new students throughout the year. We do our best to assign students to the appropriate class.

We encourage anyone interested in our school to contact us. Online lessons are also available for students regardless of location.

Please read our FAQ pages for detailed information about what types of students do well in our class. Unlike a typical English conversation school, our school does not focus on an “English is fun” approach to learning. We help students reach their goals, including entrance to an international school, a high score on an English test, or a job change. We want to see students use English in their lives.

Our goal is to develop global citizens, students who are interested in the world around them and who can express themselves. We have been teaching English for over ten years and have many happy students; quite a few have studied with us for several years. However, not all students fit our approach. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

As always, please get in touch with us directly for information about our school: [email protected]