<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022</id><updated>2012-01-26T00:52:32.113+09:00</updated><category term='中高生クラス'/><category term='英検、宮村英語奨励賞'/><category term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><category term='絵本'/><category term='執筆活動'/><category term='ビデオ'/><category term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><category term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>金沢 子供英会話教室イングリッシュスクエア</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=1089432777994674274&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1089432777994674274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1089432777994674274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2012/01/great-site-for-efl-kids-cookie.html' title='A Great Site for EFL Kids, &quot;Cookie!&quot;'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4293578649755378965</id><published>2012-01-19T00:55:00.036+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T14:38:29.089+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='中高生クラス'/><title type='text'>「入会までにどんな準備を？」</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエアにはおかげさまでたくさんの方に、&lt;br /&gt;ご入会年度の１～２年前から入会ご予約をいただいています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そして、ご予約くださったみなさまに一番よくいただくご質問は・・・&lt;br /&gt;「入会までにどんな準備をしておけばいいですか？」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;わたしの答えはいつも同じ。&lt;br /&gt;「ゆったりとした時間の流れのなかで、クリエイティブなあそびを一緒に楽しんで下さい。」&lt;br /&gt;「お友だちとのあそびを通してコミュニケーション力をつけてさしあげてください。」&lt;br /&gt;「英語力をつけなければ・・・とあせらないでください。」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;日本語を使いながらクリエイティブな遊びに興じたり、お友達と交わることができれば、&lt;br /&gt;そのスキルをそのまま英語の学習に応用することができるんです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;逆に、伸びやかに遊べなかったり、日本語でお友達と交わるのが難しい子どもたちには、&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアのレッスンはちょっと大変です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;だって、英語でこんなことをするのですから・・・。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;きょうのレッスンより&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル１（小１）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Outdoorをテーマに発表したいことを考えて絵と英語で表現します&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;単語のスペルはテキストで調べて書きます&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sVRimyo5Cg0/Txbk4qE6lnI/AAAAAAAAA04/pu3J97NYW58/s1600/CIMG2703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sVRimyo5Cg0/Txbk4qE6lnI/AAAAAAAAA04/pu3J97NYW58/s320/CIMG2703.JPG" width="248" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;そして、自分の作品をお友達に見せて英語で話しかけます&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;読むのではなく、「ことばを使ってお友達と関わる」のです&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pvW4uI_ic6s/Txbk5koNmJI/AAAAAAAAA08/8ylM7xAtwXM/s1600/CIMG2711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="233" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pvW4uI_ic6s/Txbk5koNmJI/AAAAAAAAA08/8ylM7xAtwXM/s320/CIMG2711.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ちょっと困っても、子どもたちだけですすめて行きます&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ついつい助けたくなる先生は、ここでぐっとガマン！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;そうすると・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;だれかが勇気をだして動き始めて、また活動がすすんでいきます&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XLEWsImx8QA/Txbk6LsIKhI/AAAAAAAAA1E/pjwPy-j3IWQ/s1600/CIMG2715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="271" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XLEWsImx8QA/Txbk6LsIKhI/AAAAAAAAA1E/pjwPy-j3IWQ/s320/CIMG2715.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;レベル４（小３）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;フォニックスのカードを使ってお友達と読みの練習&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;相手のペースにあわせるのも大切なスキル&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Pw-YK2FWjC0/Txbk7Jm1swI/AAAAAAAAA1M/UcM7QJWU27E/s1600/CIMG2716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Pw-YK2FWjC0/Txbk7Jm1swI/AAAAAAAAA1M/UcM7QJWU27E/s320/CIMG2716.JPG" width="250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;現在進行形を使った会話ゲームもペアで進めます&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aInjELdzFng/Txbk7yCrbWI/AAAAAAAAA1U/6ihcB6bVH8I/s1600/CIMG2728.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aInjELdzFng/Txbk7yCrbWI/AAAAAAAAA1U/6ihcB6bVH8I/s320/CIMG2728.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;次は会話ゲームで使った英文をプリントに書きます&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;ここでも難しい単語は自分で調べなければなりません&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" 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src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9mB2GUHRdM8/Txbk9_nhYrI/AAAAAAAAA1o/AwwxMm-Lhng/s320/CIMG2772.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;この後、高校生レベルの読解活動で&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;アイルランドの祭日"St. Patrick's Day"について学んで・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img height="198" src="http://stcronans.ie/images/st_patricks_day.gif" width="200" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;最後に文法もしっかり確認&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;ペアで答えを比べていって&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;答えが違っていたら解説を読みながら教えあいます&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wwZt6YS-VY8/Txbk_jPQhNI/AAAAAAAAA10/EZiwXED6Yeo/s1600/CIMG2774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wwZt6YS-VY8/Txbk_jPQhNI/AAAAAAAAA10/EZiwXED6Yeo/s320/CIMG2774.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;というわけで・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアのレッスンを楽しむには&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;かなりのエネルギーと「人間力」が必要です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;幼いお子さまのお父さま、お母さま！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;英語の心配はちょっと横において&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;お子様が伸びやかに健やかに毎日を過ごすよう&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;サポートくださいね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4293578649755378965?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sVRimyo5Cg0/Txbk4qE6lnI/AAAAAAAAA04/pu3J97NYW58/s72-c/CIMG2703.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4054996737114209385</id><published>2012-01-16T12:07:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T12:55:07.611+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='執筆活動'/><title type='text'>小学校外国語活動についてのインタビュー</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;まもなく新年度が始まりますね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;年長さんのお子さまをお持ちのお父さま、お母さまは、「ランドセルは？」「お勉強の準備は？」&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;とワクワク、ドキドキのお気持ちでお過ごしと思います。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;そんなお父さま、お母さま、そして元気いっぱいのお子さま向けの雑誌、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/detail/_isbn_9784091021427"&gt;『小学一年生　入学準備号』（小学館）&lt;/a&gt;に&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;小学校外国語活動についてのインタビューを掲載していただきました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/var/files/storage/images/media/node_61/node_122/node_128/node_131/node_160/node_420007/5990931-3-jpn-JP/_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/var/files/storage/images/media/node_61/node_122/node_128/node_131/node_160/node_420007/5990931-3-jpn-JP/_1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://l-world.shogakukan.co.jp/book-e-d/dora-hajimete.html"&gt;『ドラえもん　はじめての英語辞典』（小学館）&lt;/a&gt;の共著者、宮下いづみ先生とともに、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;お父さま、お母さまからのご質問にお応えしています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;よろしければぜひご覧くださいね！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;麻里&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4054996737114209385?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4054996737114209385/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4054996737114209385&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4054996737114209385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4054996737114209385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_16.html' title='小学校外国語活動についてのインタビュー'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7422369663340344405</id><published>2012-01-15T00:20:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T13:35:00.547+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ビデオ'/><title type='text'>Videos from ELF Learning!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2011年の夏、&lt;a href="http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/08/sing-dance-learn-with-eric-sensei.html"&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアの親子イベント&lt;/a&gt;で&lt;br /&gt;と～っても楽しいレッスンをして下さったエリック先生から&lt;br /&gt;新作ビデオが届きました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル１のクラスのみなさんはもうおなじみですね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;みんなも一緒にジェスチャーしながら歌ってみましょう！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here are some latest videos from ELF Learning. Enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Counting Song 0 5 10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zzY_1t5MY7A" width="430"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This Is Me!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QkHQ0CYwjaI" width="430"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7422369663340344405?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7422369663340344405/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7422369663340344405&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7422369663340344405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7422369663340344405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2012/01/videos-from-elf-learning.html' title='Videos from ELF Learning!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/zzY_1t5MY7A/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2957534407983073512</id><published>2012-01-09T22:39:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T22:50:48.741+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='中高生クラス'/><title type='text'>２０１２年も英語のトップを目指しましょう！</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;みなさんよいお正月をお過ごしになられましたでしょうか。&lt;br /&gt;わたしはお休みに故郷神戸に帰り、なつかしいお友達とのお食事、夜景やジャズを楽しんできました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そして、きょう、イングリッシュ・スクエアのレッスンを再開！&lt;br /&gt;今年も元気いっぱいの子どもたちと英語の世界を楽しみながら、伸びやかに、そして規律正しく「英語のトップ」を目指して行きたいと思います。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;きょうのレッスンから・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル１（年長さん）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hLG_QDfCfSk/TwrrKW6RPrI/AAAAAAAAAzs/zE4Udy7OHf8/s1600/CIMG2667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="268" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hLG_QDfCfSk/TwrrKW6RPrI/AAAAAAAAAzs/zE4Udy7OHf8/s320/CIMG2667.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;ペアでフォニックス練習&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;レベル６（5年生）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Scv8QDkCwGg/TwrrOnwhFQI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/SRnWeMnkf_g/s1600/CIMG2692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Scv8QDkCwGg/TwrrOnwhFQI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/SRnWeMnkf_g/s320/CIMG2692.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;三人称単数の文法を確認&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;グループで話し合えば「英語の探検」気分&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yd0dJR0wpmY/TwrrPQhMDUI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/0873f9sAf6o/s1600/CIMG2694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yd0dJR0wpmY/TwrrPQhMDUI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/0873f9sAf6o/s320/CIMG2694.JPG" width="291" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-spBFxG9CK_8/TwrrQ6xxaOI/AAAAAAAAA0o/42GnKadnBJU/s1600/CIMG2699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-spBFxG9CK_8/TwrrQ6xxaOI/AAAAAAAAA0o/42GnKadnBJU/s320/CIMG2699.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;日本のマナーや文化についての考えも伝え合います&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Oh, it has been so much fun!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2957534407983073512?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2957534407983073512/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2957534407983073512&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2957534407983073512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2957534407983073512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html' title='２０１２年も英語のトップを目指しましょう！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hLG_QDfCfSk/TwrrKW6RPrI/AAAAAAAAAzs/zE4Udy7OHf8/s72-c/CIMG2667.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-9140712790019542451</id><published>2011-12-22T22:46:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T15:22:37.365+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='中高生クラス'/><title type='text'>Learning to be Independent 自立をめざして</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエアでは、グローバル社会での活躍に必要な「自立心」を育む活動をたくさん取り入れています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「楽しく協力し合って、先生を頼らず自分たちで解決していく」&lt;br /&gt;もちろんそんな活動を英語で行うのは、とっても大変！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;まず、英語がしっかり身についていなければできません。&lt;br /&gt;リピートできるだけ、なんとなく読めるだけではダメ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それに、協調性、自分から関わっていく力、クリエイティブな思考が必須。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そんなに大変なこと、どうやって覚えていくの？&lt;br /&gt;もちろん、一に練習、二に練習！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;先生はどんなアクティビティをどう取り入れていくか慎重に計画を立てますが、それは先生の仕事。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;子どもたちは、とにかく楽しいアクティビティに懸命に取り組みながら、経験から学んでいきます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;今週のレッスンからほんの少し紹介します。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル１（小1）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MKbqF94z_Ss/TvMue-YkwpI/AAAAAAAAAyg/0VljecRLq1M/s1600/CIMG2643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="262" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MKbqF94z_Ss/TvMue-YkwpI/AAAAAAAAAyg/0VljecRLq1M/s320/CIMG2643.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;動物ジェスチャークイズ&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;子どもたちが順に先生になってクイズをすすめます&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;What am I?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;A crocodile.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Yes! Good for you!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;No. Try again!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル４（小３）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EWIAy8kX9DY/TvMvAWtSy3I/AAAAAAAAAzM/BYOiftJr8q4/s1600/CIMG2660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EWIAy8kX9DY/TvMvAWtSy3I/AAAAAAAAAzM/BYOiftJr8q4/s320/CIMG2660.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;テキストEnglish Land のディズニーストーリ音読練習。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;子どもたちには　'It is' 'Is it' 'It's' などの区別もたいへん。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;難しいところは助けあいながら進めます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;合言葉は「きびしくチェック。やさしくアドバイス。」&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--oMFxuac4as/TvMvEcSQXfI/AAAAAAAAAzU/daaxY_K39A8/s1600/CIMG2664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="253" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--oMFxuac4as/TvMvEcSQXfI/AAAAAAAAAzU/daaxY_K39A8/s320/CIMG2664.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;動物についての会話ゲーム。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Is it a lion?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Yes, it is.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;No, it isn't.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;笑顔いっぱい。しかも真剣。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;ここでもしっかり相手の英語を確認しあいます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;レベル８（中１）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QajczIrQPmc/TvMvJy2QmNI/AAAAAAAAAzc/k_tbWJo85L0/s1600/CIMG2648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QajczIrQPmc/TvMvJy2QmNI/AAAAAAAAAzc/k_tbWJo85L0/s320/CIMG2648.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;夢の世界旅行の計画を立てます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;どの街にどうやって行ってどんなことをするか・・・。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;世界一周する一番面白そうな行程を計画して、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;辞書、地図、これまでのプリントなどを参考に英作文。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;時間制限を設けて緊張感アップ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3h7moPuXQzo/TvMvOsGgSnI/AAAAAAAAAzk/mUXN33J6Obo/s1600/CIMG2653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="259" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3h7moPuXQzo/TvMvOsGgSnI/AAAAAAAAAzk/mUXN33J6Obo/s320/CIMG2653.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;自分の世界旅行計画をお友達と発表しあいます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;「伝える」「理解しようとする」ことを大切に&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;アイコンタクトを持ちながらしっかりコミュニケーション。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;何かと忙しくて、お疲れ気味の子どもたち。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;でも、レッスンが終わるときにはみんなすがすがしい笑顔です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;「自立する」ってとても気持ちよくて、嬉しいものなんですね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;*使用教材はすべてEnglish Land (ピアソン・ロングマン刊、中村麻里共著）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-9140712790019542451?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/9140712790019542451/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=9140712790019542451&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9140712790019542451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9140712790019542451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/12/learning-to-be-independent.html' title='Learning to be Independent 自立をめざして'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MKbqF94z_Ss/TvMue-YkwpI/AAAAAAAAAyg/0VljecRLq1M/s72-c/CIMG2643.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-6895436077195814870</id><published>2011-12-11T21:07:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T22:57:06.276+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Merry Christmas! クリスマス・レッスン</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;At English Square, we had three Christmas lessons with Ingrid-sensei from Australia this afternoon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;What have we done? Well, ALL sorts of things!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Making Christmas Chains&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxyB5fYLXUA/TuSZ-lYiT7I/AAAAAAAAAxg/2DMG-kZAskc/s1600/CIMG2600+-+%25E3%2582%25B3%25E3%2583%2594%25E3%2583%25BC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxyB5fYLXUA/TuSZ-lYiT7I/AAAAAAAAAxg/2DMG-kZAskc/s200/CIMG2600+-+%25E3%2582%25B3%25E3%2583%2594%25E3%2583%25BC.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Singing and Dancing to an Australian Song, "Home Among the Gum Trees"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RfnzDq77wPk/TuSaKiWecQI/AAAAAAAAAxo/y7obXSUwhxs/s1600/CIMG2612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="146" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RfnzDq77wPk/TuSaKiWecQI/AAAAAAAAAxo/y7obXSUwhxs/s200/CIMG2612.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Putting a Nose on Rudolph&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f1Sxq6SVwtc/TuSaLAEfDJI/AAAAAAAAAxs/VRv1VEuoZ-8/s1600/CIMG2617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="152" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f1Sxq6SVwtc/TuSaLAEfDJI/AAAAAAAAAxs/VRv1VEuoZ-8/s200/CIMG2617.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Drawing a Picture with a Piece of Paper on Our Heads&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c8Zi2cRNOHw/TuSaL6STAJI/AAAAAAAAAx0/fP227FV2j7E/s1600/CIMG2620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="126" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c8Zi2cRNOHw/TuSaL6STAJI/AAAAAAAAAx0/fP227FV2j7E/s200/CIMG2620.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Listening to an Australian Version of Three Billy Goats Gruff, "Three Billy Kangaroos Gruff"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(See the kangaroo?)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9yRo9rOoK8/TuSaMlVDEzI/AAAAAAAAAyA/1pYVC4QawgE/s1600/CIMG2625.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9yRo9rOoK8/TuSaMlVDEzI/AAAAAAAAAyA/1pYVC4QawgE/s200/CIMG2625.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Making Christmas Cards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wovZqHKf_xE/TuSaN0Irn0I/AAAAAAAAAyI/n3-TbkpTXfA/s1600/CIMG2628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="161" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wovZqHKf_xE/TuSaN0Irn0I/AAAAAAAAAyI/n3-TbkpTXfA/s200/CIMG2628.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x7CMrapQOO8/TuSaO9OJgCI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/u2d_-z0xbqU/s1600/CIMG2635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="175" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x7CMrapQOO8/TuSaO9OJgCI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/u2d_-z0xbqU/s200/CIMG2635.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And Many Many More!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;It was so much fun, and the time passed really quickly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hope these lessons help spread Christmas cheer!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-6895436077195814870?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/6895436077195814870/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=6895436077195814870&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6895436077195814870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6895436077195814870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas! クリスマス・レッスン'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxyB5fYLXUA/TuSZ-lYiT7I/AAAAAAAAAxg/2DMG-kZAskc/s72-c/CIMG2600+-+%25E3%2582%25B3%25E3%2583%2594%25E3%2583%25BC.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2907385979349169496</id><published>2011-12-09T13:19:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:42:27.939+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>JALT学会フォーラム報告　JALT DAC Forum Summary</title><content type='html'>先月のJALT国際学会でのBridging the Gapフォーラムのサマリー（英語）をこちらにアップしました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jalttcsig.posterous.com/domestic-affairs-committee-forum-summary"&gt;JALT TC SIG Blog&lt;/a&gt;　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ＪＡＬＴ役員、小学校で英語教育にたずさわる先生、JETプログラムの先生、大学教授、会社で英語指導にあたる先生などとのパネル・ディスカッションへのJALT児童英語分科会の代表としての参加。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;すべて英語で進むフォーラムへの参加は、わたしにとってはフォーマルなディスカッションの経験をつむ貴重な経験でもあります。このような機会をいただいたことに感謝しています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今後もこのような活動に積極的にそして謙虚に臨み、視野を広げていきたいと思います。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;フォーラム後のパーティーにて&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ow0VDz_aqjY/TuGLWsJle9I/AAAAAAAAAxY/v_a8M5izPO0/s1600/385892_10150381527856139_662906138_8421760_1499269098_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ow0VDz_aqjY/TuGLWsJle9I/AAAAAAAAAxY/v_a8M5izPO0/s320/385892_10150381527856139_662906138_8421760_1499269098_n.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2907385979349169496?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2907385979349169496/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2907385979349169496&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2907385979349169496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2907385979349169496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/12/jaltjalt-dac-forum-summary.html' title='JALT学会フォーラム報告　JALT DAC Forum Summary'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ow0VDz_aqjY/TuGLWsJle9I/AAAAAAAAAxY/v_a8M5izPO0/s72-c/385892_10150381527856139_662906138_8421760_1499269098_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2073565376740552693</id><published>2011-12-06T14:24:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:45:16.413+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='中高生クラス'/><title type='text'>コミュニケーション・ストラテジー Keeping It Going</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエアのティーン英会話クラスでは、グローバル社会での活躍に必須のコミュニケーション力をつけることを第一の目標にレッスンを進めています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;カリキュラム開始から１年半を過ぎたこのクラス（中３～高２）では、大学用テキストを使用して、これまで色々な「コミュニケーション・ストラテジー」を学び、練習してきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ez8iVOa0ybE/Tt2m79NvUvI/AAAAAAAAAxI/NZMtYcPBu7A/s1600/teen1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="238" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ez8iVOa0ybE/Tt2m79NvUvI/AAAAAAAAAxI/NZMtYcPBu7A/s320/teen1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;コミュニケーション・ストラテジーとは・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;＊意味がわからないときにそれについて尋ねる&lt;br /&gt;＊相手の発言に応じた適切なあいづちをうつ&lt;br /&gt;＊会話が続くように、フォローの質問をする&lt;br /&gt;＊質問に答える際に、会話をより豊かにするようなコメントをつける&lt;br /&gt;＊相手の立場に理解を示した上で、異論をとなえる&lt;br /&gt;＊ぴったりな言葉を知らないときに、それに近い言葉を使ったり例を挙げたりすることで、会話をすすめる&lt;br /&gt;（これは日本人が一番苦手なこと！）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;など、コミュニケーションを円滑に進めるために必要なスキルを指します。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;これだけのことを外国語ですすめるには本当に大変なことです。&lt;br /&gt;ひとつひとつのストラテジーを意識的に練習し、数々の実践経験をつまなければなりません。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それだけに、会話が続くようになったときの楽しさ、達成感は格別です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sco38bTqY8c/Tt2m8gt9YvI/AAAAAAAAAxM/PP1MgJbnL0g/s1600/teen2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="244" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sco38bTqY8c/Tt2m8gt9YvI/AAAAAAAAAxM/PP1MgJbnL0g/s320/teen2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;このクラスで昨日会話した内容は・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's the most useful class you've ever taken?&lt;br /&gt;What is your clearest memory of your fist school?&lt;br /&gt;Do you prefer to have only one or two close friends, or many friends? Why?&lt;br /&gt;What do you think are three things that make a friendship strong?&lt;br /&gt;Talk for one minute about an important turning point in your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;などなど。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;３人ずつのグループでどんどん会話が進んで、Stop!といわなければレッスンを終われないほど。&lt;br /&gt;笑顔と学びがいっぱい、あっという間の１時間でした。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そして、ここでひとつ、幼児、児童をお持ちのお母さま、お父さまがたへのお願いです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;まずは、日本語でのコミュニケーション力をしっかりと身につけるように、ご家庭での教育をお願いします。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ふにゃふにゃ&lt;br /&gt;もごもご・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;はだめ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;きちんとしたことば遣い、正しい発声と姿勢で話すよう、促しましょう。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;お母さま、お父さまが、きちんとした日本語で、気持ちのよい会話を持つようにしましょう。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;子どもたちは、ご両親に「言われる」ことではなく、ご両親の「している」ことから学んでいきます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そして、子どもたちは、母国語で身につけたコミュニケーション力をそのまま、外国語でのコミュニケーションに活かしていくのです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;コミュニケーション・ストラテジー教育、さあ今日からさっそく始めましょう！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2073565376740552693?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2073565376740552693/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2073565376740552693&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2073565376740552693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2073565376740552693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/12/keeping-conversation-going.html' title='コミュニケーション・ストラテジー Keeping It Going'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ez8iVOa0ybE/Tt2m79NvUvI/AAAAAAAAAxI/NZMtYcPBu7A/s72-c/teen1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-3378170501677732346</id><published>2011-12-05T22:52:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:42:37.128+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>おうちの写真で楽しもう！Foldplay</title><content type='html'>With the arrival of cold and dark winter skies, some of you might be looking for some fun things to do at home with your kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What about making a puzzle using your own photos?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site lets you make an incredible double-sided puzzle and several other crafts in a second - well, actually in several minutes. :-) (Thank you, Jim George, for sharing the link with me on Facebook!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://foldplay.com/foldplay.action"&gt;FoldPlay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how I used the puzzles that I made using this site in the lessons today. The children had fun discovering Christmas items and talking about them in pairs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rpxoD4fGDto/TtzLFIQyLMI/AAAAAAAAAw4/XdJZ5Bf1AdI/s1600/puzzle+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="244" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rpxoD4fGDto/TtzLFIQyLMI/AAAAAAAAAw4/XdJZ5Bf1AdI/s320/puzzle+1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f3-gHln63_g/TtzLGGJiiZI/AAAAAAAAAw8/r5Kv1vPClp4/s1600/puzzle+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="243" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f3-gHln63_g/TtzLGGJiiZI/AAAAAAAAAw8/r5Kv1vPClp4/s320/puzzle+2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;おうちの写真を使って簡単にパズルやクラフトが作れます。ちょっと数学的なアクティビティー、冬の長い一日、お子さんと楽しんでみて下さいね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-3378170501677732346?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/3378170501677732346/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=3378170501677732346&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3378170501677732346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3378170501677732346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/12/foldplay.html' title='おうちの写真で楽しもう！Foldplay'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rpxoD4fGDto/TtzLFIQyLMI/AAAAAAAAAw4/XdJZ5Bf1AdI/s72-c/puzzle+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-345595572392910298</id><published>2011-11-18T00:13:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:42:27.940+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>JALT学会でのフォーラム Helping Students Bridge the Gap</title><content type='html'>I'm going to be one of the panelists of Helping Students Bridge the Gap Forum at &lt;a href="http://jalt.org/conference"&gt;JALT International Conference&lt;/a&gt;, representing JALT TC (Teaching Children) SIG, this weekend. The forum is to be held from 3:45 to 5:30 on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;I will be looking forward to exchanging ideas with many of you there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;週末の&lt;a href="http://jalt.org/conference"&gt;JALT学会コンファレンス&lt;/a&gt;にて開催されるHelping Students Bridge the Gap Forumにパネリストとして参加させていただきます。&lt;br /&gt;幼児期から児童期、児童期から青年期の学習へのスムーズな移行をどのように支えていけばいいでしょうか。&lt;br /&gt;英語教育先進地である金沢の小中一貫英語教育、本校での取り組みなどを具体的に紹介し、みなさんと意見交換することを楽しみにしています。&lt;br /&gt;なお、このフォーラムは英語にて行われます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yTgpLqNfo6o/TsUjPRdwzwI/AAAAAAAAAws/8sV2KLs3LsI/s1600/DAC+Forum+Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yTgpLqNfo6o/TsUjPRdwzwI/AAAAAAAAAws/8sV2KLs3LsI/s320/DAC+Forum+Poster.jpg" width="226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-345595572392910298?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/345595572392910298/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=345595572392910298&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/345595572392910298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/345595572392910298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/11/jalt-helping-students-bridge-gap.html' title='JALT学会でのフォーラム Helping Students Bridge the Gap'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yTgpLqNfo6o/TsUjPRdwzwI/AAAAAAAAAws/8sV2KLs3LsI/s72-c/DAC+Forum+Poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4899115821997760249</id><published>2011-11-12T01:29:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:42:27.941+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>札幌大学での講演</title><content type='html'>１１月１３日（日）札幌大学にて、小学校外国語活動についての講演をさせていただきます。&lt;br /&gt;くわしくはこちらのリンクをご覧ください。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 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style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;１０月１６日（日）、イングリッシュ・スクエアの中３生３名が宮村英語奨励賞を受賞しました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;きびしい審査（英作文、面接など）をもとに金沢市から特に高いコミュニケーション力を持つ&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;中３生２０名に授与されるこの賞を勝ち取るには、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;自己表現力、批判的思考力、そしてなにより勇気が必要です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;受賞したみなさんは、本校で年長さん、小学１年生のときから楽しく英語を学んできました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;もちろん、大変な努力もしてきました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;その結果として、このような権威ある賞を受賞したみなさんをとても誇りに思います！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Congratulations!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bd1ubVYvZ9I/Tpw2SBwhujI/AAAAAAAAAvI/MWDGxhH811o/s1600/2011Miyamura+%25281%2529.JPG" 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center;"&gt;まず、スピーチ・ビデオの一部を見て、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Steve Jobsの主張について、自分の成功・失敗体験と関連づけてエッセイを書きます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UzMCPLWyilo/Tpw0GkvAWJI/AAAAAAAAAvA/UVBNyJPhjRc/s1600/JobsInterview3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="241" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UzMCPLWyilo/Tpw0GkvAWJI/AAAAAAAAAvA/UVBNyJPhjRc/s320/JobsInterview3.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;そして、ペアになり、お互いの考えをシェアしあいました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;英会話のトップをめざすイングリッシュ・スクエアの子どもたちには&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;このように、理論的に考え、自己主張を行う活動を通して、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;グローバル社会に必須の自己表現力、批判的思考力をつけていって欲しいと願っています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7381837985554865204?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7381837985554865204/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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/&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Mph3hygIFU" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;うさぎさんのコスチュームを着たいトナカイさん、どうなるかな？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;"Happy Halloween Simple Skit" by Maple Leaf Learning&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZvkvaB67egI" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8369964439755982530?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8369964439755982530/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2186903461636891159</id><published>2011-09-17T01:19:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-09-17T13:07:04.966+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>楽しく真剣に！Fun and Discipline</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアのレッスンはいつも楽しく真剣。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;子供たちは1時間、存分に英語を使いながら、コミュニケーション力をつけていきます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;今週のレッスンから・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル２&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ndPyFzSLK8/TnN1ooNUrKI/AAAAAAAAAuc/j3rx-E97LGI/s1600/Level2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="281" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ndPyFzSLK8/TnN1ooNUrKI/AAAAAAAAAuc/j3rx-E97LGI/s320/Level2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;自分からお友達に声をかけて&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;"I like vegetables."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;"Not me."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;のように食べ物について会話します。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;もちろん姿勢とアイコンタクトに気をつけて。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル４&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BRYG_ym5yA/TnN1pGHjEHI/AAAAAAAAAug/eDmGE74ZY6U/s1600/Level4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="257" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BRYG_ym5yA/TnN1pGHjEHI/AAAAAAAAAug/eDmGE74ZY6U/s320/Level4.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;What's this? What's that? What are these? What are those?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;という一見かんたんそうで実は難しい会話。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;やっぱりペアで、協力し合いながら練習します。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル６&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RMj-ynwEpAg/TnN1qNoD1UI/AAAAAAAAAuk/KmtY7r7xUI8/s1600/Level6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RMj-ynwEpAg/TnN1qNoD1UI/AAAAAAAAAuk/KmtY7r7xUI8/s320/Level6.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;もうこのレベルになると・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Are there any skyscrapers where you live?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Is there a waterfall where you live?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Do you have any glue in your pencil case?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;When's Halloween?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;などなど色々な構文をひとつのゲームのなかで自由に使いこなします。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;そして、ここでもアイコンタクトと姿勢を大切に。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;今週も、楽しく真剣。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;元気いっぱいの子供たちでした！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2186903461636891159?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2186903461636891159/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2186903461636891159&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2186903461636891159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2186903461636891159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/09/fun-and-discipline.html' title='楽しく真剣に！Fun and Discipline'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ndPyFzSLK8/TnN1ooNUrKI/AAAAAAAAAuc/j3rx-E97LGI/s72-c/Level2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5636388086553164896</id><published>2011-09-05T23:24:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T22:19:14.607+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Presentation at ERWC 国際多読学会での講演</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a great time sharing the Three-Stage Reading Program at English Square with all the great teachers gathered at Extensive Reading World Congress in Kyoto last Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I touched on a bit of theories regarding reading fluency instruction. - see how serious I can be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eXJB5o_5NIA/TmTaJZ3HOHI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/rE5mOUJx7PA/s1600/CIMG2359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="236" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eXJB5o_5NIA/TmTaJZ3HOHI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/rE5mOUJx7PA/s320/CIMG2359.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and demonstrated one of the most popular picture book based activities at my school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xbxF7_vrvqc/TmTaNwBsNXI/AAAAAAAAAuU/YxVeYPxOVp8/s1600/CIMG2354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="249" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xbxF7_vrvqc/TmTaNwBsNXI/AAAAAAAAAuU/YxVeYPxOVp8/s320/CIMG2354.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've also shown several video clips and photos taken in my classrooms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The session went very smoothly thanks to the eager-to-learn, fun-loving teachers in the room!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Helping children become fluent and independent readers in our EFL environment is a challenging task, but I trust that it is a worthwhile endeavor for all the kids' teachers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;昨日、国際多読学会にてイングリッシュ・スクエアで開発した３段階のリーディングプログラムについて講演をさせていただきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;熱心で楽しい先生がたのお力をいただき、読みの流暢さについての理論導入とアクティビティのデモ、そして実際のクラスで撮影したビデオ、写真紹介などで、あっという間の４５分。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一週間に１回のレッスンで子供たちの読みの力をつけるのは容易ではありません。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;でも、グローバル社会に羽ばたく子供たちに欠かせない、英語の読解力。&lt;br /&gt;これからも研究を重ねて、世界に通用する読解力をつける指導力をつけていきたいと思います。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5636388086553164896?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5636388086553164896/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5636388086553164896&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5636388086553164896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5636388086553164896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/09/presentation-at-erwc.html' title='Presentation at ERWC 国際多読学会での講演'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eXJB5o_5NIA/TmTaJZ3HOHI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/rE5mOUJx7PA/s72-c/CIMG2359.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-882083108204927671</id><published>2011-08-28T22:08:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T11:52:21.504+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Sing! Dance! Learn! with Eric-Sensei</title><content type='html'>We had a GREAT time with Eric sensei this afternoon!!&lt;br /&gt;Eric Kane sensei is the school owner, teacher trainer, teacher and the producer of &lt;a href="http://www.elflearning.jp/shop"&gt;Let's Take a Walk&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.elflearning.jp/"&gt;ELF Learning&lt;/a&gt;), a music CD for EFL children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He introduced some of the most popular songs from the CD in a way that all the children and parents can have fun and learn the language at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eric-sensei was very surprised to see my students interacting with him very actively with good pronunciation, and I was thrilled to see all the participants' eyes shine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ELF Learning is now producing his second CD, and I cannot wait to have Eric sensei back once it is released.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vMxmAObelXc/Tlo82JOIRmI/AAAAAAAAAuE/QwCAUn9nLC8/s1600/Eriic1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vMxmAObelXc/Tlo82JOIRmI/AAAAAAAAAuE/QwCAUn9nLC8/s320/Eriic1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jMf6Zi0uXNY/Tlo8zFZNJ5I/AAAAAAAAAt4/dzahwHaNOB8/s1600/Eric2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="255" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jMf6Zi0uXNY/Tlo8zFZNJ5I/AAAAAAAAAt4/dzahwHaNOB8/s320/Eric2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WhuMffESGJk/Tlo80oGwj-I/AAAAAAAAAt8/4qicYZDM8-s/s1600/Eric3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WhuMffESGJk/Tlo80oGwj-I/AAAAAAAAAt8/4qicYZDM8-s/s320/Eric3.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oIW3Pr8L3Dk/Tlo81R_b6mI/AAAAAAAAAuA/bsK96bTy5GY/s1600/Eric4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oIW3Pr8L3Dk/Tlo81R_b6mI/AAAAAAAAAuA/bsK96bTy5GY/s320/Eric4.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-882083108204927671?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/882083108204927671/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=882083108204927671&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/882083108204927671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/882083108204927671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/08/sing-dance-learn-with-eric-sensei.html' title='Sing! Dance! Learn! with Eric-Sensei'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vMxmAObelXc/Tlo82JOIRmI/AAAAAAAAAuE/QwCAUn9nLC8/s72-c/Eriic1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-1357048846948648570</id><published>2011-08-26T10:42:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T10:43:36.091+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>ERWC 国際多読学会での講演</title><content type='html'>I'm doing a presentation titled "What's Beyond the ABC's? - Reading Fluency Instruction for EFL Children" at The First Extensive Reading World Congress on Sunday, September 4th at Kyoto Sangyo University in Kyoto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What skills do children need to develop before being able to engage in independent and extensive reading? What can we do to promote those skills among children while keeping them motivated?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My session will be held from 3:30 to 4:20 in English, and I will welcome any questions from the audience, either in English or Japanese.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check the whole schedule here, and come join my session!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://erfoundation.org/erwc1/course/view.php?id=10"&gt;http://erfoundation.org/erwc1/course/view.php?id=10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MQcAR4C_bTE/Tlb4w7PQvXI/AAAAAAAAAto/PgbyE1yzbQQ/s1600/2011%25E5%25A4%259A%25E8%25AA%25AD%25E5%25AD%25A6%25E4%25BC%259A%25E9%2596%25A2%25E6%259D%25B1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MQcAR4C_bTE/Tlb4w7PQvXI/AAAAAAAAAto/PgbyE1yzbQQ/s320/2011%25E5%25A4%259A%25E8%25AA%25AD%25E5%25AD%25A6%25E4%25BC%259A%25E9%2596%25A2%25E6%259D%25B1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;（写真は8月7日　日本多読学会での発表の模様）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;9月4日（日）京都産業大学での国際多読学会にて&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;私が研究と実践に基づき開発した児童への読書指導についての講演をさせていただきます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;講演は3:30から４：２０。英語で行いますが、もちろん日本語での質問も大歓迎。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;ぜひ上のリンクでスケジュールをご確認のうえ、ご参加ください！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-1357048846948648570?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/1357048846948648570/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=1357048846948648570&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1357048846948648570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1357048846948648570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/08/erwc.html' title='ERWC 国際多読学会での講演'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MQcAR4C_bTE/Tlb4w7PQvXI/AAAAAAAAAto/PgbyE1yzbQQ/s72-c/2011%25E5%25A4%259A%25E8%25AA%25AD%25E5%25AD%25A6%25E4%25BC%259A%25E9%2596%25A2%25E6%259D%25B1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7826179391197692347</id><published>2011-08-26T00:35:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T11:03:53.012+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>主体性をはぐくむ活動　Independence and Autonomy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアでは「グローバル社会に必要な主体性」をはぐくむために、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;自立をうながす活動をたくさん取り入れています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;今週のレッスンではこんな活動をしました！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル１クラス&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4hKF-3iT8e0/Tlb-MWMU67I/AAAAAAAAAts/LncLhoaujfM/s1600/Level1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="303" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4hKF-3iT8e0/Tlb-MWMU67I/AAAAAAAAAts/LncLhoaujfM/s320/Level1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ぬいぐるみや手作りの型紙を使って"My head!"など自己表現！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;レベル３クラス&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nVakAnS4MHE/Tlb-kJHZPYI/AAAAAAAAAtw/1ZHWz1trQfQ/s1600/Level3-3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="228" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nVakAnS4MHE/Tlb-kJHZPYI/AAAAAAAAAtw/1ZHWz1trQfQ/s320/Level3-3.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ペアを組んで、テキストの音読練習をしました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;お友達が困っているとき、どうすればいいか・・・協力しあって活動をすすめます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;そして・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vsBXISJikZM/TlZoZJtmLlI/AAAAAAAAAtM/uPoAocEWqWY/s1600/Level3-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vsBXISJikZM/TlZoZJtmLlI/AAAAAAAAAtM/uPoAocEWqWY/s320/Level3-1.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;大好きなおもちゃについて、４つの文を使ってプレゼンテーションしあいました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;もちろん声質、姿勢、視線などに気をつけて！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル４クラス&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Or4tPpODAL8/TlZoaszmfHI/AAAAAAAAAtU/45_RKcUljV4/s1600/Level4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Or4tPpODAL8/TlZoaszmfHI/AAAAAAAAAtU/45_RKcUljV4/s320/Level4.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;カードゲームでたくさんの動詞を練習した後、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ひとりひとりが「難しいな～と思った言葉」を選んでプリントに書き、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;それを来週までに覚えてくることを目標にしました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;レベル５クラス&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yDFZV2FCSAg/TlZobV-0-kI/AAAAAAAAAtY/GdnXhTB86rw/s1600/Level5-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yDFZV2FCSAg/TlZobV-0-kI/AAAAAAAAAtY/GdnXhTB86rw/s320/Level5-1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;レベル最後のまとめの問題にひとりひとり取り組んで・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rjyR1mbwfI4/TlZob1d6SfI/AAAAAAAAAtc/yOMVXIykoaM/s1600/Level5-2+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rjyR1mbwfI4/TlZob1d6SfI/AAAAAAAAAtc/yOMVXIykoaM/s320/Level5-2+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;ペアで答えあわせをしました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;レベル７クラス&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RhU5WWesipk/TlZocRvp6gI/AAAAAAAAAtg/-paRl9XcUPE/s1600/Level6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="221" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RhU5WWesipk/TlZocRvp6gI/AAAAAAAAAtg/-paRl9XcUPE/s320/Level6.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;読みの活動で、自分が知りたいと思った言葉をひとつだけ辞書で調べて記録をつけました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;このような活動には、慣れるまで時間がかかります。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;でもこのようにして身につけた主体性は、グローバル社会でおおいに力を発揮します！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;「もう、先生いなくても大丈夫だよ！」&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;と言ってくれる日がくるまで、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;かわいい子供たちと一緒にがんばりたいと思います！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7826179391197692347?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7826179391197692347/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7826179391197692347&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7826179391197692347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7826179391197692347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/08/independence-and-autonomy.html' title='主体性をはぐくむ活動　Independence and Autonomy'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4hKF-3iT8e0/Tlb-MWMU67I/AAAAAAAAAts/LncLhoaujfM/s72-c/Level1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2683457762602573525</id><published>2011-07-25T00:11:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2011-07-25T09:05:05.800+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Preparing Children for ER 多読学会での講演</title><content type='html'>8月7日（日）東京新宿にて、日本多読学会主催のセミナーで講演&lt;br /&gt;「多読へのウォームアップ～小学生への読書指導」をさせていただきます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;スケジュールなど詳しくはこちら→&lt;a href="http://www.seg.co.jp/sss/seminar/index.html"&gt;http://www.seg.c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.seg.co.jp/sss/seminar/index.html"&gt;o.jp/sss/seminar/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-obLixv_gHq4/Tiyyut6DbXI/AAAAAAAAAsc/n8xZ0EyLRkc/s1600/RRStart-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="143" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-obLixv_gHq4/Tiyyut6DbXI/AAAAAAAAAsc/n8xZ0EyLRkc/s200/RRStart-2.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;多読を楽しめる中学生をそだてるために大切なこと。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それは・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;英語の絵本への興味をはぐくむ第１ステージ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;読みの流暢さを身につける第2ステージ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;自律学習スキルを育てる第３ステージ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;この３つのステージに子どもたちがワクワク感を持ってチャレンジできる環境を提供すること。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;実際の活動の模様をおさめたビデオ、写真などをたくさん使って「リアル」な講演をできれば・・・&lt;br /&gt;と準備中です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;みなさんとお会いできますことを楽しみにしています！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2683457762602573525?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2683457762602573525/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2683457762602573525&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2683457762602573525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2683457762602573525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/07/reading-instruction-for-children.html' title='Preparing Children for ER 多読学会での講演'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-obLixv_gHq4/Tiyyut6DbXI/AAAAAAAAAsc/n8xZ0EyLRkc/s72-c/RRStart-2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5506287918351682630</id><published>2011-07-17T17:59:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T13:49:46.730+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Learning British Culture　イギリスってどんな国？</title><content type='html'>At English Square, children had a great time studying English and British culture with a guest teacher, Kathleen-sensei, this afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do Harry Potter, Thomas the Tank Engine and Winnie the Pooh have in common?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CItbPXo3KYI/TiKh_lNnFHI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/rzW5MhLO2A0/s1600/CIMG2140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CItbPXo3KYI/TiKh_lNnFHI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/rzW5MhLO2A0/s320/CIMG2140.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes!&lt;br /&gt;They are all from the UK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children engaged in all sorts of activities related to the UK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lN4mEwvC5uQ/TiKiMQB3TtI/AAAAAAAAAsU/d0gTlYxRiEs/s1600/CIMG2158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lN4mEwvC5uQ/TiKiMQB3TtI/AAAAAAAAAsU/d0gTlYxRiEs/s320/CIMG2158.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And some of them even tried on Kathleen sensei's university graduation hat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N9oGDYoNpyY/TiKimh45nDI/AAAAAAAAAsY/BPbjlj4SfWk/s1600/CIMG2176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N9oGDYoNpyY/TiKimh45nDI/AAAAAAAAAsY/BPbjlj4SfWk/s320/CIMG2176.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Younger children particularly enjoyed singing a British song and taking a look at real British coins and stamps, The older ones had a great time learning about different flags from the UK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kathleen-sensei was very much impressed as children at English Square were very attentive and knew a lot of English words and phrases!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアでは今日の午後、イギリス人のゲストティーチャー、キャサリン先生をお迎えして交流レッスンをしました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ハリーポッター、トーマス、プーさん・・・みんなイギリス出身なんですね。&lt;br /&gt;大きな子どもたちは、イギリスにはたくさんの旗があることも教えていただいて、とってもびっくりしていました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;レッスンではほかに、イギリスの歌を歌ったり、お金や切手を触ってみたり、ゲームをしたり、みんなで仲良く楽しみました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;キャサリン先生は、「イングリッシュスクエアの子どもたちは、みんなとってもよく英語を知っているし、ちゃんと考えながらゲームをしていてすごい！」と感心なさっていました。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5506287918351682630?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5506287918351682630/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5506287918351682630&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5506287918351682630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5506287918351682630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/07/studying-british-culture.html' title='Learning British Culture　イギリスってどんな国？'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CItbPXo3KYI/TiKh_lNnFHI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/rzW5MhLO2A0/s72-c/CIMG2140.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-83647755281966634</id><published>2011-07-12T14:36:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2011-07-15T08:21:46.529+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Fabulous FAB1! 脳科学についての講演会</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I had the honor to do a presentation at FAB1 (First Annual Brain Conference) Kansai on Sunday. It was the first time for me to discuss English teaching from the perspective of brain science, and I had a fabulous time with other presenters and the participants!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AApDGwjxAME/ThxNwYzDZgI/AAAAAAAAAr4/0AxdMalyAAs/s1600/wishywashy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AApDGwjxAME/ThxNwYzDZgI/AAAAAAAAAr4/0AxdMalyAAs/s1600/wishywashy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my session, I examined the value of picture book-based instruction referring to recent findings in neuroscience, first discussing the relevant theories and then demonstrating several picture book-based activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are the merits in using picture books in young children's classrooms?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Presentation of language as a whole (Learning begins with the whole.)&lt;br /&gt;*Formation of episodic memory (Fantasies are real for children.)&lt;br /&gt;*Deep emotional involvement (Where there is a story, there is emotional involvement.)&lt;br /&gt;*Language and opportunities for social interaction (The brain is social.)&lt;br /&gt;*Meaningful repetition (Turning a story into a chant is one of the best ways.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how we engaged in an activity based on the popular story,"Mrs. Wishy Washy!" In this activity, 'children' act out their version of the story while using multiple senses and their 'social' brains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T6dP4Np9IzA/Th70JeBWa8I/AAAAAAAAAsI/ULXCOIzvToI/s1600/P7100009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T6dP4Np9IzA/Th70JeBWa8I/AAAAAAAAAsI/ULXCOIzvToI/s320/P7100009.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here's how the 'students' worked on an activity based on 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?' focusing on the parts of the language and making decisions on what animals they see in their imagination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f-BEXzWbWg4/Th70VbCnTgI/AAAAAAAAAsM/rG5jlmJl6Uk/s1600/P7100010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f-BEXzWbWg4/Th70VbCnTgI/AAAAAAAAAsM/rG5jlmJl6Uk/s320/P7100010.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can see in the photos above how much the teachers were emotionally involved in these activities taken directly from my classrooms. And as all the teachers know intuitively, deep emotional engagement is the key in effective learning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am recently very much interested in brain-based learning, and discussions with other teachers inspired me further to continue the study!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CfoEOZOGeE8/ThvWzF8TGKI/AAAAAAAAAr0/gisvvxMegGw/s1600/FAB1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CfoEOZOGeE8/ThvWzF8TGKI/AAAAAAAAAr0/gisvvxMegGw/s320/FAB1-2.jpg" width="297" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you, Yukiko and Lesley, for helping me with the presentation and taking the photos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;昨日、FAB１（脳科学と英語教育についての学会）にて、絵本を使った指導を脳科学の見地から考察する講演会をさせていただきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;絵本を使った子どもたちへの英語指導の利点は・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;＊ことばの「全体」を意味深いコンテクストで提示できる！&lt;br /&gt;―　脳は全体から部分へと学んでいきます&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;＊感情の伴う学びを引き起こす！&lt;br /&gt;―　脳は感情のともなうインプットを選別します&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;＊リアルな記憶を実現する！&lt;br /&gt;―　絵本を通して覚えた言葉はずっと記憶にのこります&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;＊仲間とのかかわりを促す！&lt;br /&gt;―　脳は他者とかかわることで学びを深めます&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;＊楽しく繰り返し学ぶ機会を与える！&lt;br /&gt;―　絵本の内容をチャンツにするのが最も効果的&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアでは１９９１年の創設以来ずっと幼児～低学年クラスでは絵本を中心とした指導をしてきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今回、英語指導者のみなさんと脳科学についての議論を深める中で絵本中心カリキュラムの有効性を確認し、これからも研鑽を深めてより効果的な指導を行っていきたい・・・と心を新たにしました。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-83647755281966634?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/83647755281966634/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=83647755281966634&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/83647755281966634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/83647755281966634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/07/fabulous-fab1.html' title='Fabulous FAB1! 脳科学についての講演会'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AApDGwjxAME/ThxNwYzDZgI/AAAAAAAAAr4/0AxdMalyAAs/s72-c/wishywashy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7899311797575999728</id><published>2011-07-08T01:05:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T14:36:12.296+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>英語の運用力を身につけるには？</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエアの子どもたちは、さまざまなコミュニケーション活動を通して、英語の運用力を身につけています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;絵本を使ったちびっこの活動でもそれは同じ。&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアでは絵本の暗誦はしません。&lt;br /&gt;音だけ覚えてもそこに深い意味理解がなければ、ことばを身につけることはできないからです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;授業でさまざまな楽しい活動に取り組んだり、宿題でCDを聞いたり練習したりするなかで、絵本のことばがしだいに子どもたちの頭に心にしみこんでいきます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そしていちばん大切なのは、応用活動。&lt;br /&gt;「あ～ぜんぶ覚えた！次の絵本は何？」&lt;br /&gt;ではコミュニケーション力をつけることは出来ません。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;絵本の言葉を使って、自分の考え、思い、イメージを英語で表現します。&lt;br /&gt;ここからが本当の学びといってもよいでしょう。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;たとば・・・。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr. Eric Carle) を使った、ミニブック作りと発表。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M7ZkRK7wrb4/ThXYro0QQFI/AAAAAAAAArc/lgRBotc_JlY/s1600/brownbear1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="277" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M7ZkRK7wrb4/ThXYro0QQFI/AAAAAAAAArc/lgRBotc_JlY/s320/brownbear1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6oxc_MH24TM/ThXYusXHk2I/AAAAAAAAArg/O0dElGDSHuY/s1600/brownbear2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="229" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6oxc_MH24TM/ThXYusXHk2I/AAAAAAAAArg/O0dElGDSHuY/s320/brownbear2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Wishy Washy(Joy Cowley, Elizabeth Fuller) をもとにした表現活動。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gqqMIo60RR4/ThZ8Bbo8GeI/AAAAAAAAArs/-hTpYzJ2LHE/s1600/wishywashy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gqqMIo60RR4/ThZ8Bbo8GeI/AAAAAAAAArs/-hTpYzJ2LHE/s320/wishywashy.JPG" width="247" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/06/pete-cat.html"&gt;Pete the Cat(Eric Litwin, James Dean)&lt;/a&gt; を読んだ後に、自分のお気に入りの衣類について発表するプレゼンテーション。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8iOM3s2r_H0/ThXY-9tPp8I/AAAAAAAAAro/ygNUnpaHGto/s1600/CIMG2096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="218" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8iOM3s2r_H0/ThXY-9tPp8I/AAAAAAAAAro/ygNUnpaHGto/s320/CIMG2096.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;このような応用活動の経験は後々、英語に理論的にアプローチするときに大きな力を発揮します。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;英語の運用力は、丸暗記や丸写しなど、一見「体裁の良い」学習では身につけることが出来ません。&lt;br /&gt;子どもたちが意味深い学びに取り組めるよう、しっかりとサポートしていきたいものですね。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7899311797575999728?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7899311797575999728/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7899311797575999728&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8913031469426266021</id><published>2011-06-27T12:40:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T13:46:38.880+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Brain Day Presentation　脳科学と英語教育についての講演</title><content type='html'>７月１０日（日）に兵庫県で開催される脳科学と英語教育についてのコンファレンス　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fab-efl.com/"&gt;Brain Day:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://fab-efl.com/"&gt;Connecting Neuroscience with EFL in Japan （JALT学会主催）&lt;/a&gt;で講演をさせていただくことになりました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Story-Based Activities that Stimulate Children's Brains"&lt;br /&gt;と題して絵本を使った活動について脳科学の見地から考察するセッション。&lt;br /&gt;参加者は、実際にアクティビティをすることにより、その楽しさと効果を体験します。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://fab-efl.com/mediac/450_0/media/d29f3025eaa02aacffff83cdffffe906.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;このコンファレンスの招待講演者は&lt;br /&gt;Robert Murphy&lt;br /&gt;Curtis Kelly&lt;br /&gt;Marc Helgesen&lt;br /&gt;Tim Murphey&lt;br /&gt;という素晴らしい顔ぶれ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;収益はすべて東日本大震災の被害を受けた子どもたちに贈られます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to do a presentation at the conference &lt;a href="http://fab-efl.com/"&gt;Brain Day:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://fab-efl.com/"&gt;Connecting Neuroscience with EFL in Japan&lt;/a&gt; in Hyogo on Sunday, July 10.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this 40-minute session titled 'Story-Based Activities that Stimulate Children's Brains,' I will discuss the benefit of story-based activities from the perspective of brain-based learning, and the participants will actually experience some of the most popular classroom-piloted activities at my school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the proceeds from this event are going to a charity to save children who were affected by Higashi Nihon Earthquake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please help spread the word about this exciting event by forwarding &lt;a 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href="http://www.l-world.shogakukan.co.jp/tokushu/feature_kids_english.html"&gt;http://www.l-world.shogakukan.co.jp/tokushu/feature_kids_english.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;家族でゲームをしながら辞書に親しむ方法も紹介しています。&lt;br /&gt;ぜひご覧くださいね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQsnphROJho/TfGB6Em5-mI/AAAAAAAAAq0/nfs6MxoT9M4/s320/%25E3%2583%2589%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2581%2588%25E3%2582%2582%25E3%2582%2593%25E8%25A1%25A8%25EF%25BC%2591.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;宮下いづみ先生　中村麻里　共著（小学館）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQsnphROJho/TfGB6Em5-mI/AAAAAAAAAq0/nfs6MxoT9M4/s72-c/%25E3%2583%2589%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2581%2588%25E3%2582%2582%25E3%2582%2593%25E8%25A1%25A8%25EF%25BC%2591.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8210990171174285541</id><published>2011-06-19T01:44:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-19T23:08:16.329+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Newspaper Article 函館新聞さんからのうれしい贈り物</title><content type='html'>少し前のことになりますが5月2１日に&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;函館大学と函館白百合学園中学・高校共催の英語セミナーにて&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;小学校英語（外国語）指導についての講演をさせていただきました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;函館の先生方はとっても積極的で楽しく、3日間の滞在中に美しい街をご案内いただくなど&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;とっても親切にしていただき、今でもよく思い出しては気持ちを「ほっこり」させています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;そして、先日、函館新聞社さんが当日のセミナーの記事を&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;わざわざ郵送して下さいました！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CoV-AGMv-jU/TfzUo68E5ZI/AAAAAAAAArE/Zzjdc1OL1hE/s1600/HakodateNews.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CoV-AGMv-jU/TfzUo68E5ZI/AAAAAAAAArE/Zzjdc1OL1hE/s320/HakodateNews.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;函館新聞　5月27日付 （拡大は写真をクリック）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;講演の内容をとても詳しく具体的にまとめて下さっています！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;函館のみなさんの暖かいお気持ちに感無量。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;ありがとうございます！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I got a nice surprise last week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Hakudate Newspaper that reported the seminar sponsored by Hakodate University and Hakodate Shirayuri Gakuen Junior and Senior High Schools have very kindly sent me the news report above through snail mail!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;What a kind gesture! During the visit, people in Hakodate have been extremely sweet to me. I will treasure the memory with them for many years to come.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Thank you!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8210990171174285541?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8210990171174285541/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8210990171174285541&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8210990171174285541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8210990171174285541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/06/newspaper-article.html' title='Newspaper Article 函館新聞さんからのうれしい贈り物'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CoV-AGMv-jU/TfzUo68E5ZI/AAAAAAAAArE/Zzjdc1OL1hE/s72-c/HakodateNews.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-1124644825714364393</id><published>2011-06-15T22:47:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:45:16.415+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='執筆活動'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ビデオ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='中高生クラス'/><title type='text'>Creating a Buzz in Teens' Classes 最新記事</title><content type='html'>2010 Best TEFL Site Award を受賞したTeaching Villageに記事を寄稿させていただきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teachingvillage.org/2011/06/15/creating-a-buzz-in-teens-classrooms-by-mari-nakamura/"&gt;http://www.teachingvillage.org/2011/06/15/creating-a-buzz-in-teens-classrooms-by-mari-nakamura/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Teen1" src="http://www.teachingvillage.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Teen1-300x203.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;学校や塾の英語授業とは全く違った当校のティーンクラスの&lt;br /&gt;理論的裏づけとレッスンの進め方をわかりやすい英語で紹介しています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;理論はI.S.P.Nationの"The Four Strands"を参照し&lt;br /&gt;公立の中・高英語授業で不足している&lt;br /&gt;「意味深いインプット」&lt;br /&gt;「意味深いアウトプット」&lt;br /&gt;「流暢さの改善」&lt;br /&gt;の機会を&lt;br /&gt;当校のEnglish Onlyのクラスでどのように与えているかを論じています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;最近のレッスンで行ったビデオレッスンの実践例も。&lt;br /&gt;鹿児島の海辺で愛情をたっぷり受けながらいきている冒険好きのペンギンの&lt;br /&gt;ニュース映像をもとに、&lt;br /&gt;リスニング、スピーキング、ライティングを通して自己表現力をアップするレッスンです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;楽しいビデオ、クラスの写真もありますのでぜひ上のリンクをクリックしてご覧ください。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had an honor to share my ideas for teenagers' classes on Teaching Village, an award-winning blog site organized by Barbara Sakamoto Hopkins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teachingvillage.org/2011/06/15/creating-a-buzz-in-teens-classrooms-by-mari-nakamura/"&gt;http://www.teachingvillage.org/2011/06/15/creating-a-buzz-in-teens-classrooms-by-mari-nakamura/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this article, I briefly discussed what sort of lessons we are doing and why, referring to the Four Strands theory advocated by I.S.P. Nation. In many of the high schools in Japan, most of the instruction time is spent on 'language focused learning' and very little time is devoted to 'meaning-based input,' 'meaning-based output,' or 'fluency development.' Because of this, I focus heavily on the use of language rather than the form at my school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also shared one of the most recent video-based lessons with teenage students as an example.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you will find this article informative and stimulating!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-1124644825714364393?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/1124644825714364393/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=1124644825714364393&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1124644825714364393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1124644825714364393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/06/creating-buzz-in-teen-classes.html' title='Creating a Buzz in Teens&apos; Classes 最新記事'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2734086815602242826</id><published>2011-06-15T13:11:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:43:35.863+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ビデオ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Pete the Cat ファンキー＆クールな絵本！</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエア、今週の絵本は&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pete the Cat (Eric Litwin著、&amp;nbsp;James Dean絵、ハーパーコリンズ刊)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFvycjoIWNfP5pUkugzSYKBzX2Q29b_eDYNlGuCJcDrfRaI0UbSQ" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;児童向け絵本にしてはちょっとめずらしいクールな主人公Peteの冒険のおはなし。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Peteのお気に入りは真っ白なスニーカー。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;お出かけ中の災難で次々色が変わってしまいますが、それでもクールに"Awesome!""Groovy!"とゴキゲンです。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Oh, no?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Did Pete Cry?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Goodness, no!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;などのシンプルな言葉の繰り返しが多く、日本の子どもでもすぐにお話に参加できるのも魅力。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;著者とイラストレーターによる楽しい「読み聞かせライヴ」はこちら！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nUubMSfIs-U" width="425"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ooh! Groovy!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At English Square, kids are now having fun with the book titled "Pete the Cat" (written by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a REALLY fun and groovy picture book about a cat who loves his white shoes, and doesn't care if they turn into red, blue, brown or even they get wet! To him, life is way too cool to sweat over small stuff. How cool!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It has repetitive language in the story, and EFL children can easily join in saying, "Oh, no!"and "Goodness, no!"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope you've enjoyed the "live telling" by the authors, too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mari&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2734086815602242826?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2734086815602242826/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2734086815602242826&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2734086815602242826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2734086815602242826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/06/pete-cat.html' title='Pete the Cat ファンキー＆クールな絵本！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/nUubMSfIs-U/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5086464180528373875</id><published>2011-06-12T22:13:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T22:32:21.516+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>How Many? コミュニケーションで文法練習</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエアでは、文法もコミュニケーションを通して楽しく学びます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;先週は動物の絵のついたカードを使ってペアでHow many...?の練習。&lt;br /&gt;ポイントは単数形・複数形を正確に使い分けること。&lt;br /&gt;そしてもちろん、お友達と協力しながら楽しくコミュニケーションをはかること。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どの子もきれいな発音、イントネーション、正しいマナーで文法練習ができました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FDBhcPVjpbE/TfS6BIHmM7I/AAAAAAAAAq4/jyY5eJdI-BA/s1600/CIMG2041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="261" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FDBhcPVjpbE/TfS6BIHmM7I/AAAAAAAAAq4/jyY5eJdI-BA/s320/CIMG2041.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bfga8B3KtYo/TfS6BgwvhPI/AAAAAAAAAq8/qmElgqTfcNU/s1600/CIMG2042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bfga8B3KtYo/TfS6BgwvhPI/AAAAAAAAAq8/qmElgqTfcNU/s320/CIMG2042.JPG" width="224" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wWDSA3uOlOw/TfS6CGEXPhI/AAAAAAAAArA/wT5pn4sV90M/s1600/CIMG2045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wWDSA3uOlOw/TfS6CGEXPhI/AAAAAAAAArA/wT5pn4sV90M/s320/CIMG2045.JPG" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;カードは講師の著書『イングリッシュ・ランド』（ピアソン・ロングマン）教授書より抜粋。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;では、こちらの写真でも練習してみましょう！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many baby pandas?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://naglly.com/baby_panda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://naglly.com/baby_panda.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;答えがわかったお友達は来週のレッスンで教えてね！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5086464180528373875?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5086464180528373875/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5086464180528373875&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5086464180528373875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5086464180528373875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-many.html' title='How Many? コミュニケーションで文法練習'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FDBhcPVjpbE/TfS6BIHmM7I/AAAAAAAAAq4/jyY5eJdI-BA/s72-c/CIMG2041.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4948139479081067519</id><published>2011-06-09T21:57:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T22:32:45.151+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='執筆活動'/><title type='text'>My New Project 新著書！小学生用辞典</title><content type='html'>昨年より執筆させていただいてました小学生用辞書「ドラえもん　はじめての英語辞典」（小学館刊、宮下いづみ先生、中村麻里編著）が6月17日、書店に並びます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQsnphROJho/TfGB6Em5-mI/AAAAAAAAAq0/nfs6MxoT9M4/s1600/%25E3%2583%2589%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2581%2588%25E3%2582%2582%25E3%2582%2593%25E8%25A1%25A8%25EF%25BC%2591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQsnphROJho/TfGB6Em5-mI/AAAAAAAAAq0/nfs6MxoT9M4/s320/%25E3%2583%2589%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2581%2588%25E3%2582%2582%25E3%2582%2593%25E8%25A1%25A8%25EF%25BC%2591.jpg" width="224" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;絵辞典、英和辞典、和英辞典が一冊に！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;しかも、見出し語（日・英）と用例がぜんぶ録音されているＣＤもついています！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;こちらでは中身もご覧いただけます→&lt;a href="http://l-world.shogakukan.co.jp/book-e-d/dora-hajimete.html"&gt;http://l-world.shogakukan.co.jp/book-e-d/dora-hajimete.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;小学生が知りたいことば、言ってみたいことば、小学校外国語活動で扱われることばを中心に掲載してありますので、これ一冊があれば、ご家庭で楽しく英語にふれていただけます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ふと「これ、英語でなんていうのかな」と思った言葉を調べたり、「いつか使ってみたいな」と思う例文をＣＤを聞きながら練習したり・・・&lt;br /&gt;使い方はいろいろです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;お父さん、お母さんもご一緒に、楽しく使っていただけるとうれしいです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;麻里&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My latest project, Doraemon Hajimeteno Eigo Jiten, is going to hit the shelves on June 17! This children's dictionary includes a picture dictionary, English-Japanese dictionary and Japanese-English dictionary in one package.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It also has two CDs with the recording of all the head words and sample sentences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word selection has been done with a special care to make the dictionary catered to the needs and interests of children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope many children in Japan will have fun using this dictionary with their parents and friends!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4948139479081067519?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4948139479081067519/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4948139479081067519&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4948139479081067519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4948139479081067519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-new-project.html' title='My New Project 新著書！小学生用辞典'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iQsnphROJho/TfGB6Em5-mI/AAAAAAAAAq0/nfs6MxoT9M4/s72-c/%25E3%2583%2589%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2581%2588%25E3%2582%2582%25E3%2582%2593%25E8%25A1%25A8%25EF%25BC%2591.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2534326041876417078</id><published>2011-06-02T22:12:00.016+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:49:53.005+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='中高生クラス'/><title type='text'>Path to ER 多読への道のり</title><content type='html'>楽しみながら高い英語力をつけるイングリッシュ・スクエアの子どもたちは、幼児期から&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;＊ネイティブ向けの絵本の読み聞かせ&lt;br /&gt;＊フォニックス学習&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;などを通して「英語を読むって楽しい！」という感覚を身につけます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そして、小学生は&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;＊Shared Reading （みんなで一緒に英語のリズムやストーリーを楽しむ）&lt;br /&gt;＊Guided Reading （キーワードや文法もしっかりおさえて、指導者のガイドのもと読む）&lt;br /&gt;＊読解クイズ（お話のあらすじ理解をチェックする）&lt;br /&gt;＊辞書活動（お話の中でどのような意味で単語が使われているか予想をたてながら辞書をひく）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;などでさらにスキルアップ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ティーンになると、いよいよ多読を始めます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエア流、多読の基本は&lt;br /&gt;＊やや簡単な本のコレクションの中から読みたいと思った本を選ぶ&lt;br /&gt;＊ストーリーを楽しむ&lt;br /&gt;＊辞書にたよらない&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;多読を通して推測しながら読み進める楽しみを味わいながら、語彙力、文法力もつけていくことができます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そして、数か月ごとにお気に入り図書を紹介するプレゼンテーションにチャレンジ。&lt;br /&gt;自己発信力に磨きをかけます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;多読について→　&lt;a href="http://www.seg.co.jp/sss/learning/index.html"&gt;http://www.seg.co.jp/sss/learning/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;（英語多読研究会&lt;/span&gt;）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;このティーンクラス（中３から高２）では、日本の大学でよく使われている多読用リーダーを楽しんでいます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBYMGgQKMVQ/TeeLi-CQFKI/AAAAAAAAAqw/FNl1ENQXNU0/s1600/%25E5%25A4%259A%25E8%25AA%25AD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBYMGgQKMVQ/TeeLi-CQFKI/AAAAAAAAAqw/FNl1ENQXNU0/s320/%25E5%25A4%259A%25E8%25AA%25AD.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I like novels better than non-fictions."&lt;br /&gt;"I want to read a book on Daniel Radcliffe!"&lt;br /&gt;"I'm busy with my study and club activity but I like to read these books little by little in my free time."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;いろいろな声が聞こえてきます。&lt;br /&gt;楽しみ方もいろいろ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「英語を通して世界を知る。」&lt;br /&gt;ちょっと大人になった気分ですね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square I prepare my students for independent reading while they are still very young - as young as five years old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While they are in K-G2, they mainly enjoy being read to and learn the basic principles in phonics.&lt;br /&gt;During the elementary school years, they gradually accumulate experiences in Shared Reading where they learn English intonation, text convention and story development, etc. and in Guided Reading where they expand vocabulary and raise awareness on grammar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also integrate dictionary skills instruction into the four-skills curriculum in G5-G6 classes. Students learn not only to find a definition of a given word, but also to consider which word in text matters for overall comprehension and also to guess and find the definition of the word that matches with how it is used in the context.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My students are ready for Extensive Reading as it is generally defined when they are in early-teens. I can then assess how much the literacy instruction from K to G6 has been effective.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a true joy to see them read for enjoyment in their own unique ways!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2534326041876417078?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2534326041876417078/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2534326041876417078&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2534326041876417078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2534326041876417078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/06/er-for-teens.html' title='Path to ER 多読への道のり'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBYMGgQKMVQ/TeeLi-CQFKI/AAAAAAAAAqw/FNl1ENQXNU0/s72-c/%25E5%25A4%259A%25E8%25AA%25AD.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8494264117406523179</id><published>2011-05-28T20:57:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-02T22:16:10.633+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Dreamcatcher!  ネイティブアメリカンの文化</title><content type='html'>海外の文化についての見識を広げるイングリッシュスクエアの交流レッスン。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;きょうはアメリカ人のジェフ先生をゲストティーチャーにお招きして、ネイティブアメリカンの文化について学びました。&lt;br /&gt;まず、パワーポイントでジェフ先生からネイティブアメリカンの歴史や生活についてのミニレッスン。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GB4Vm1Z0xlc/TeDZNS-ILOI/AAAAAAAAAqo/M6UaXAJ0CiU/s1600/CIMG2009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GB4Vm1Z0xlc/TeDZNS-ILOI/AAAAAAAAAqo/M6UaXAJ0CiU/s320/CIMG2009.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;ハリウッドの人気俳優、ジョニー・ディップやキャメロン・ディアスもネイティブアメリカンの血をひいているそうです。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;そして、ネイティブアメリカンのおまもり、Dreamcatcherを作りました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Dreamcatcherをベッドの近くに飾っておくと悪い夢を見ずにすむんですって！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;本物は木や鳥の羽を使って作ります。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dreamcatcher.com/images/DreamCatcher-Legend.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Dreamcatcherについて詳しくはこちら→&lt;a href="http://dreamcatcher.com/"&gt;Dreamcatcher.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;そして、きょうのちびっこたちはアメリカから輸入したキットを使ってこんなDreamcatcherを作りました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MTF4vQBdz9s/TeDbHNlb_6I/AAAAAAAAAqs/abJEj8dxcAM/s1600/CIMG2015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MTF4vQBdz9s/TeDbHNlb_6I/AAAAAAAAAqs/abJEj8dxcAM/s320/CIMG2015.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;ひもをたくさんの穴に通して、ビーズと羽をつけて・・・とちょっと難しい工作でしたが、みんなとっても上手にできましたね！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;すてきなDreamcatcher、ベッドの近くに飾ってくださいね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;きっと素敵な夢がみられますよ！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;At English Square, children explored the world of Native Americans! It is very rare for Japanese children to learn this aspect of American culture, and I was very glad that my students had this opportunity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;After getting the overview of its history and culture, children enjoyed making 'dreamcatchers' using a kit imported from the U.S.A.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Dream catchers originally made of twigs, feathers and beads are said to catch bad dreams for children. If a child hangs one in their bedroom, the child only dreams a good dream. Isn't it nice?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Visit this site if you'd like to learn more about dreamcatcher.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://dreamcatcher.com/"&gt;http://dreamcatcher.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8494264117406523179?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8494264117406523179/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8494264117406523179&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8494264117406523179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8494264117406523179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/05/dreamcatcher.html' title='Dreamcatcher!  ネイティブアメリカンの文化'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GB4Vm1Z0xlc/TeDZNS-ILOI/AAAAAAAAAqo/M6UaXAJ0CiU/s72-c/CIMG2009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-6888885388355346747</id><published>2011-05-23T13:02:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-05-28T20:58:50.732+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Learning by Doing 函館での講演会</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a fabulous time sharing my ideas on teaching English at elementary school in Hakodate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This event was organized and sponsored by Hakodate University and Hakodate Shirayuri High School, and we had a great mix of audience - classroom teachers at elementary schools, JH/SH English teachers, Univ. professors and the BOE officers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were all very fun and enthusiastic, and they learned how to teach English by engaging in various activities - just the same way as children 'learn by doing' in class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you very much for all the teachers and officers who have contributed to this very special event!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SdnHjhXzxGY/TdnaFnTTVhI/AAAAAAAAAqY/m5OGX8RpLAY/s1600/Hakodate4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="227" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SdnHjhXzxGY/TdnaFnTTVhI/AAAAAAAAAqY/m5OGX8RpLAY/s320/Hakodate4.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xfn-Yk57cGs/TdnaKBIOAdI/AAAAAAAAAqc/vUWEM9kDlxY/s1600/Hakodate2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xfn-Yk57cGs/TdnaKBIOAdI/AAAAAAAAAqc/vUWEM9kDlxY/s320/Hakodate2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fu7UYvgsFmw/TdnaOTA_NpI/AAAAAAAAAqg/-B5OBUvAkvU/s1600/Hakodate5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fu7UYvgsFmw/TdnaOTA_NpI/AAAAAAAAAqg/-B5OBUvAkvU/s320/Hakodate5.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;先週土曜日、函館大学および函館白百合中学高等学校の共催によるセミナーで、小学校英語指導についての講演をさせていただきました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;小学校の先生、中学高校の英語の先生、大学教授や教育委員会の方など、みなさんとっても熱心にアクティビティーを疑似体験。教室での子どもたちと同じように〝Learning by Doing"の90分となりました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;美しい街並み、先生方の素敵な笑顔、英語教育への熱意・・・楽しく充実した週末をすごさせていただき、感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。ありがとうございました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-6888885388355346747?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/6888885388355346747/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=6888885388355346747&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6888885388355346747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6888885388355346747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/05/session-in-hakodate-in.html' title='Learning by Doing 函館での講演会'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SdnHjhXzxGY/TdnaFnTTVhI/AAAAAAAAAqY/m5OGX8RpLAY/s72-c/Hakodate4.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4884145745036453716</id><published>2011-05-16T13:52:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-05-28T21:01:06.462+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>What do you see in the sky?</title><content type='html'>What do you see in the sky?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="320" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229474_129556743788567_100002027259192_194372_7210474_s.jpg" width="177" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Students at English Square, tell me what it looks like next time when you come to class!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4884145745036453716?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4884145745036453716/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4884145745036453716&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4884145745036453716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4884145745036453716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-do-you-see-in-sky.html' title='What do you see in the sky?'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2989999454275831018</id><published>2011-05-14T08:29:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:39:48.081+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Diversity and Friendship　多様性と友情と・・・</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエアでは、ネイティブ向け絵本をレッスンによく取り入れています。&lt;br /&gt;今月、ちびっこたちのクラスで読んでいるのはこの名作。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173112467l/246936.jpg" width="160" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka 著　（スカラスティック刊）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;人種のことなる男の子ふたりの出会いの物語。&lt;br /&gt;"Yo!" "Yes?" "Not much."などとっても短いことばの会話を交わしながら、お互いを知り、共感し、仲良しに・・・。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;クラスで読み聞かせをすると、"No friends."のところで、みんななんともいえない悲しい表情になります。&lt;br /&gt;そして、読み終わると必ず出るのがこのことば。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「あ～、お友達ができてよかった！」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;英語を始めてほんの数年のこどもたちでもすぐ自分で読めるようになる素敵な絵本。&lt;br /&gt;コルデコット賞受賞作品ですので、図書館でもよく出会います。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;お天気のいい日に図書館にでかけて、お子さんと探してみてくださいね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square, we often use picture books written for native speaking children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This month, young children have been having fun with the book, &lt;u&gt;Yo! Yes?&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;written by Chris Raschka. In this amazingly simple and vibrant story, two boys with different ethnic backgrounds engage in a very simple conversation where they turn from strangers to friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My students always show very sad look when one of the boys in the story says, 'No friends.' And in the end, they look as happy as the boys in the story!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2989999454275831018?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2989999454275831018/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2989999454275831018&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2989999454275831018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2989999454275831018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/05/yo-yes.html' title='Diversity and Friendship　多様性と友情と・・・'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-9171179644691452037</id><published>2011-04-24T21:27:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:39:48.082+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Happy Easter! イースターレッスンで異文化理解</title><content type='html'>Happy Easter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square this morning, we had a lot of fun, learning how Christians celebrate Easter, listening to a Easter story and dyeing Easter Eggs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story we've read today was &lt;u&gt;Ollie's Easter Eggs&lt;/u&gt; by Oliver Dunrea. It is a lovely and humorous story about a gosling that &amp;nbsp;steals his friends' brightly colored Easter Eggs, and prepares a surprise for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFRZe4K0QIc/TbQUV0FMSgI/AAAAAAAAAp8/OGzZEJuhFo8/s1600/2011Easter3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="238" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFRZe4K0QIc/TbQUV0FMSgI/AAAAAAAAAp8/OGzZEJuhFo8/s320/2011Easter3.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;To make their own Easter Eggs, children first drew simple pictures and patterns on the egg shells with crayons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rw-REyZAG2M/TbQUhSMLCVI/AAAAAAAAAqA/xaQTF2HE4pY/s320/2011Easter1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, they dipped the eggs into a bowl of dyeing liquid of their choice. It was easy enough for young children to handle by themselves, and I saw their faces lit up when their eggs were done as beautiful as the ones in the story book! !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RBNulzaT9XI/TbQUzgeRUeI/AAAAAAAAAqE/7CB3xlBF7Vg/s1600/2011Easter2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="234" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RBNulzaT9XI/TbQUzgeRUeI/AAAAAAAAAqE/7CB3xlBF7Vg/s320/2011Easter2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは、イースターレッスンを行いました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;まず、イースターのお祝いの習慣についてEaster （D.F.Marx著）でお勉強。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;そして、クレヨンとアメリカのキットを使ってひとつづつ卵を染めていきました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;卵が乾くのを待つ間はおはなしタイム。Ollie's Easter Eggs（Oliver Dunrea著）というガチョウの赤ちゃんがイースターエッグをめぐって引き起こす騒動のストーリーを楽しみました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;きれいに染め上がった卵をながめる子どもたちの目はキラキラ。とっても素敵なレッスンになりました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-9171179644691452037?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/9171179644691452037/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=9171179644691452037&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9171179644691452037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9171179644691452037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-easter.html' title='Happy Easter! イースターレッスンで異文化理解'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFRZe4K0QIc/TbQUV0FMSgI/AAAAAAAAAp8/OGzZEJuhFo8/s72-c/2011Easter3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7995838801086820428</id><published>2011-04-13T22:09:00.015+09:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:45:07.100+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Assessment イングリッシュスクエアの評価手法</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエア、レベル５のクラスでは今週、当レベル仕上げの「評価レッスン」を行いました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;評価はカリキュラムの目標に沿ったものでなければいけません。英語の運用力やコミュニケーション力を重視したカリキュラムでの学習効果は、英語検定のような英語知識を測る「ペーパー試験」で評価することは不可能です。ですので、本校では独自の方法で評価を行っています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rDBl05YfxRA/TaWcjKdVO0I/AAAAAAAAApw/2SwvXV1NXwc/s320/Level5Assess1+%25281%2529.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;この評価レッスンではまず、各自、自分がどこの国にいて、何時で、何をしているかという架空の話を作りインタビューしあいました。場所、時間、活動について会話することがこのレベルの目標のひとつだったからです。インタビューの間、私は子どもひとりひとりのコミュニケーション力を評価するために、英語を正しく使えているかだけではなく、主体的に動くことができるか、声ははっきりしているか、アイコンタクトはとれているかなどを注意深い観察をもとに記録していきます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;インタビューのあとにはリラックスした雰囲気の中でインタビュー内容について話し合いましたが、これはクリエイティブに言葉を使う力や態度を評価するためです。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cfG66HrpRww/TaWcmxnUx5I/AAAAAAAAAp0/1rE8hEqhh9Q/s320/Level5Assess2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;そして最後にテキストEnglish Landの「期末テスト」に取り組みました。このテストで測れる力は、概要を聞き取る力、詳細部を聞き取る力、フォニックス、文法。答え合わせは講師のリードのもと、子どもたちが自分自身で進めます。これは、子どもたちの学力を長期的に伸ばすために必須の学習スキルを磨くため。８８％から１００％の正答率でした。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;このレッスンの観察に基づいて集めた評価情報は、今後、子どもたちのニーズにあったプログラムを作成するために活用していきます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;いつも子どもたちに寄りそい、子どもたちとともに成長していきたいと願いつつ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;In a Level 5 class this week, students have worked on the end-of-the-level assessment activities. As you all may agree, one of the key elements in assessing a learner's learning is to ensure the match between the curriculum goal and test content. We just cannot use a pencil and paper test and give them a score - learning is more than just paper work!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how I assessed the students' learning through activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all, students engaged in a conversation activity where they ask and answer where they are, in their imagination, what time it is, and what they are doing. As a pre-interview activity, they also wrote sentences that they were going to use during the interview.Talking about location, time and daily activities with confidence and proper communication manner, &amp;nbsp;was one of the goals of their program. During this mix-and-mingle activity I very carefully observed their language use (pronunciation, fluency in speech, choice of vocabulary, grammar), attitude (willingness to have a go, asking for clarification, helping a friend) and communication manner (eye contact, tone of voice, posture, etc.), and took notes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After this activity, I had oral interaction with individual students in a relaxed manner to further assess their comprehension and production in a less structured environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, the students took the term test included in English Land 3 that they have been using throughout the program. The test covers listening for gist, listening for details, phonics, vocabulary and grammar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before wrapping up the session, we went over the materials in the test together, and each student wrote down his/her own score on the test sheet. This is an important process where they reflect upon their own learning, and to learn study skills. The test scores ranged from 88% to 100%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, it is my responsibility to utilize the information I've gathered through this session for the development of the program catered to the students' needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoping to grow as much as my students do...&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7995838801086820428?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7995838801086820428/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7995838801086820428&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7995838801086820428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7995838801086820428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/04/assessment.html' title='Assessment イングリッシュスクエアの評価手法'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rDBl05YfxRA/TaWcjKdVO0I/AAAAAAAAApw/2SwvXV1NXwc/s72-c/Level5Assess1+%25281%2529.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5635997342665715155</id><published>2011-04-08T22:38:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-04-09T00:42:48.109+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Back to School! 笑顔がいっぱい</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new school year has kicked off at English Square this week. I have been very excited to see my lovely students after a few weeks' break. It is amazing that some of them looked much more 'grownup' than they used to do just before the break!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the photo below you can see some G2-3 students talking about their families using &lt;u&gt;English Land&lt;/u&gt; (Pearson Longman), the textbook that I co-authored. It was funny that three of the moms had the same name. What do you think it was? See below for the answer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9AZHH9xJm0/TZ8NqI8cKPI/AAAAAAAAApk/XGSiCXdYzXE/s1600/CIMG1844.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="257" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9AZHH9xJm0/TZ8NqI8cKPI/AAAAAAAAApk/XGSiCXdYzXE/s320/CIMG1844.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアでは今週、新年度のカリキュラムが始まりました。子どもたちに久し振りに合うときはいつもワクワク。春休みの間にすっかりお兄ちゃん、お姉ちゃんらしくなった子どもたちもいてビックリ！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;きょうのレベル３のレッスンでは私の著書English Land（ピアソンロングマン刊）を使って子どもたちがお互いに家族の紹介をしました。なんと、6人中3人の子どもたちのお母さんが同じ名前だということが判明！さあどんな名前だったでしょう？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;答えは・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;「Mayumi まゆみ」さん！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;いつも笑顔がいっぱいのEnglish Square。これかららも笑顔と発見がたくさんのカリキュラムを進めていきたいと思います。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5635997342665715155?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5635997342665715155/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5635997342665715155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5635997342665715155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5635997342665715155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/04/back-to-school.html' title='Back to School! 笑顔がいっぱい'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9AZHH9xJm0/TZ8NqI8cKPI/AAAAAAAAApk/XGSiCXdYzXE/s72-c/CIMG1844.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-9108334703318523616</id><published>2011-04-03T01:20:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T14:31:23.471+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='執筆活動'/><title type='text'>My Bilingual Article 小学校英語ＴＴ成功の鍵　</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's my bilingual article on team teaching at public elementary school&amp;nbsp;published in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://jalt.org/tcsig_files/15.4_winter.pdf"&gt;JALT TC SIG TLC Newsletter Vol. 15-4&lt;/a&gt;. In this small essay, presented on pages 26-28, I've looked into the issue from the view point of ALT's, and discussed seven keys to successfully collaborating with homeroom teachers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope many teachers will find this article helpful, with Gaikokugo Katsudo (Foreign Language Experience) becoming a compulsory area of study at all the elementary schools in Japan! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2011年度、いよいよ全国の小学校で外国語活動が必須となります。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JALT 日本語学教育学会 &lt;a href="http://jalt.org/tcsig_files/15.4_winter.pdf"&gt;ＴＣＳＩＧ　ニュースレターTeachers Learning with Children （15-4号）&lt;/a&gt;（26~28ページ）に小学校でのティームティーチングについてバイリンガルの記事を書かせていただきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;外部講師が担任教員とスムーズに効果的な指導を行うための７つの鍵とは？ぜひお読みください！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-9108334703318523616?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/9108334703318523616/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=9108334703318523616&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9108334703318523616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9108334703318523616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/04/bilingual-article.html' title='My Bilingual Article 小学校英語ＴＴ成功の鍵　'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4251576658555620566</id><published>2011-03-31T23:10:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T12:10:58.790+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ビデオ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Funny Video on Social Skills おもしろビデオ</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a funny video that make us think what social skills entail. Enjoy! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/plLcJhtl5QY" title="YouTube video player" width="380"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, this is a joke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4251576658555620566?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4251576658555620566/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4251576658555620566&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4251576658555620566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4251576658555620566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/03/funny-videos-on-social-skills.html' title='Funny Video on Social Skills おもしろビデオ'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/plLcJhtl5QY/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-537988373000126535</id><published>2011-03-21T14:07:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:43:59.902+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ビデオ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Videos for EFL Children ビデオで英語！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some fun videos to watch during the spring break.&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;ビデオはおうちのひととみてね！&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's Go Shopping! by Maple Leaf Learning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/75wLf80Yb84" title="YouTube video player" width="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World Wide Weather Report&amp;nbsp;by Maple Leaf Learning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gpBuaU5OPi8" title="YouTube video player" width="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If You're a Kid by Harry Kindergarten&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fw6z94wJsWI" title="YouTube video player" width="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alphabet Sounds by Barbara Milne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U3S3OX6HQm4" title="YouTube video player" width="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Number Rock by Harry Kindergarten&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lvnwdojAaww" title="YouTube video player" width="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-537988373000126535?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/537988373000126535/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=537988373000126535&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/537988373000126535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/537988373000126535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/03/videos-for-efl-children.html' title='Videos for EFL Children ビデオで英語！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/75wLf80Yb84/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-449837121666154165</id><published>2011-03-15T00:07:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T14:31:47.286+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Workshop in Kanazawa 講演会：スクール運営</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the honor to do a workshop on school management at ETJ Ishikawa Group Workshop last Sunday. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the midst of the so-called "Shogakkou Eigo Boom," sustaining an eikaiwa business is becoming a more challenging task than ever for all the school owners in Japan. In this workshop, where I shared what I've learned through trial and error, the audience members were all eager to hear my&amp;nbsp;stories and also to share their own unique ideas with others. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need to be creative at a time like this, and it becomes more fun and easier when we put our heads together! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mLWcTulQ2I8/TX4trl1DUdI/AAAAAAAAApE/JEXhTqTp0Vg/s1600/CIMG1781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" q6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mLWcTulQ2I8/TX4trl1DUdI/AAAAAAAAApE/JEXhTqTp0Vg/s1600/CIMG1781.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;3月13日（日）ETJ石川支部でスクール運営についてのワークショップをさせていただきました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;「小学校英語ブーム」の昨今、英会話スクールの運営は決して容易ではありません。参加した先生方は私の経験談に熱心に耳を傾け、活発に意見交換をされていました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;子ども達の未来のためにも、指導者同士、お互いの経験から学びあい、共に成長していきたいものですね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-449837121666154165?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/449837121666154165/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=449837121666154165&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/449837121666154165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/449837121666154165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/03/workshop-in-kanazawa.html' title='Workshop in Kanazawa 講演会：スクール運営'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mLWcTulQ2I8/TX4trl1DUdI/AAAAAAAAApE/JEXhTqTp0Vg/s72-c/CIMG1781.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4242280817424275509</id><published>2011-02-28T16:03:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-02-28T16:06:59.780+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Pearson Kirihara Conference 東京での講演会</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the honor to present at &lt;a href="http://www.eltkids.jp/info_j/1802.html"&gt;Pearson Kirihara&lt;/a&gt; Spring Teacher's Conference yesterday. It was so much fun to share my teaching ideas with the audience. The teachers there were very active and knowledgeable. I always feel that I have learned more than I have shared! It was also nice to catch up with my teacher/teacher trainer/ author friends and staff at Pearson Kirihara. Thanks everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-abMogfmYtsg/TWtIi5YEVcI/AAAAAAAAAo4/cQpVwYfTkbI/s1600/CIMG1752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" l6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-abMogfmYtsg/TWtIi5YEVcI/AAAAAAAAAo4/cQpVwYfTkbI/s1600/CIMG1752.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-nJ4YHbOiy6E/TWtInd3XPcI/AAAAAAAAAo8/siKx2zmksj0/s1600/CIMG1749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" l6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-nJ4YHbOiy6E/TWtInd3XPcI/AAAAAAAAAo8/siKx2zmksj0/s1600/CIMG1749.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xtMgnTgxfTw/TWtIqicPxpI/AAAAAAAAApA/EGTGorHDdh0/s1600/CIMG1748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" l6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xtMgnTgxfTw/TWtIqicPxpI/AAAAAAAAApA/EGTGorHDdh0/s320/CIMG1748.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;昨日、ピアソン桐原スプリングコンファレンスにてワークショップをさせていただきました。東京の先生方は知識が豊富でとっても活動的。プレゼン後にはたくさんの先生達がとっても興味深い質問をしてくださり、わたしにとっても学びの多い一日となりました。そして、懐かしい方々との再会もあり、とても有意義な一日でした。みなさん、ありがとうございます！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4242280817424275509?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4242280817424275509/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4242280817424275509&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4242280817424275509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4242280817424275509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/02/workshop-in-tokyo.html' title='Pearson Kirihara Conference 東京での講演会'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-abMogfmYtsg/TWtIi5YEVcI/AAAAAAAAAo4/cQpVwYfTkbI/s72-c/CIMG1752.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8644668482921860878</id><published>2011-02-18T01:08:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T08:50:29.716+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>The First Step 読み練習はじめの一歩！</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエアでは、すべての活動を子どもにとって意味深い文脈（コンテクスト）で行い学習効果を高めています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;昨日の１年生クラスでは、みんなの大好きなディズニーのお話の単語をひとつひとつ指でなぞりながら音読する練習をしました。暗記して「空読み」するのと違ってひとつひとつの単語をしっかり指で追って音読をするのはとても難しいのですが、子ども達はとても楽しんでチャレンジします。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;なぜでしょう。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それはおはなしそのものが子どもにとって楽しく意味深いものだからです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そして、このようにしっかり読めるのは、入門期から会話練習と並行してフォニックスの基礎学習にじっくりと取り組んでいるからです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;おはなしはEnglish Land 1 (Pearson Longman　中村麻里　清野明子共著)収録のものです。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/95rdEQxD1aM?hl=ja&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/95rdEQxD1aM?hl=ja&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square we value putting every practice in a meaningful context for children. In this video, G1 students are giving their first shot at reading aloud while tracing the words in text. This is not an easy task to do in a foreign language unlike reading aloud a story from memory, but they genuinely enjoyed the challenge. Why? The story is fun and meaningful for them. We never make&amp;nbsp;children read aloud a story that&amp;nbsp;they cannot relate to.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8644668482921860878?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8644668482921860878/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8644668482921860878&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8644668482921860878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8644668482921860878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/02/first-step.html' title='The First Step 読み練習はじめの一歩！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7406636052306181850</id><published>2011-02-13T16:13:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T16:30:28.066+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Longman Kirihara Conference 東京での講演会</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am going to have another great opportunity to share my ideas with teachers at &lt;a href="http://www.longmanjapan.com/event/2011/spring_teachers_conference/index.html"&gt;Longman Kirihara Spring Teacher's Conference 2011 &lt;/a&gt;on Sunday, Feb.27! In this session titled 'What's Beyond the ABC's: Reading Fluency Instructing for Children'&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I am going to discuss how we can integrate reading fluency instruction into our daily 4-skills lessons in a way that is fun and engaging for children. This is my area of interest so I am very excited about this session! There are numerous sessions held on the day, and I am also looking forward to learning from other authors and teacher trainers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hRGbkhG5fTE/TVeGjIj_iHI/AAAAAAAAAoo/3vDoCmDuj60/s1600/2010PLKT%25E6%259D%25B1%25E4%25BA%25AC%25E3%2581%25A7%25E3%2581%25AE%25E8%25AC%259B%25E6%25BC%2594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" h5="true" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hRGbkhG5fTE/TVeGjIj_iHI/AAAAAAAAAoo/3vDoCmDuj60/s320/2010PLKT%25E6%259D%25B1%25E4%25BA%25AC%25E3%2581%25A7%25E3%2581%25AE%25E8%25AC%259B%25E6%25BC%2594.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;上の写真は昨年の東京での講演のようすです&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;２月２７日（日）&lt;a href="http://www.longmanjapan.com/event/2011/spring_teachers_conference/index_j.html"&gt;ピアソン桐原スプリングティーチャーズコンファレンス&lt;/a&gt;(東洋学園大学）で講演を行います。今回の英語による講演のテーマは「子ども達の読みの流暢さを育む」。通常の英会話レッスンに楽しく教育価値のあるリーディング・フルーエンシー活動を融合させる方法をデモンストレーションします。私自身強い関心を持つこのトピックでの講演をとても楽しみにしています！他にも素晴らしい講演が目白押しの一日。学びの多い一日になりそうです。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7406636052306181850?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7406636052306181850/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7406636052306181850&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7406636052306181850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7406636052306181850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/02/longman-kirihara-conference.html' title='Longman Kirihara Conference 東京での講演会'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hRGbkhG5fTE/TVeGjIj_iHI/AAAAAAAAAoo/3vDoCmDuj60/s72-c/2010PLKT%25E6%259D%25B1%25E4%25BA%25AC%25E3%2581%25A7%25E3%2581%25AE%25E8%25AC%259B%25E6%25BC%2594.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7846312560319840018</id><published>2011-02-07T22:15:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T22:36:08.408+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>What Can You See? ちびっこもプレゼンテーション！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Level 1 classes this week, we are wrapping up The Weather &amp;amp; Nature&amp;nbsp;unit of the program where we used a picture book, &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.longmanjapan.com/search/onlinecatalog_j.html?id=358"&gt;Up in the Sky (Pearson Longman).&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt; Our learning units usually complete with a self-expression activity where children express their own ideas however simple it might be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TU_uxiGOvgI/AAAAAAAAAok/VVy64Q-p3lc/s1600/Icansee2011Jan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" h5="true" height="257" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TU_uxiGOvgI/AAAAAAAAAok/VVy64Q-p3lc/s320/Icansee2011Jan.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can see in the photo that K-G1 students talking about what they have drawn on their worksheet, using the sentence structure 'I can see...' &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, children have fun while learning how to communicate their thoughts in English at English Square! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは、入門期から、自分の考えを伝えることを大切にしています。はじめは、どんな簡単な英語でもＯＫ！学習を続け、経験を積むことでだんだん複雑なコンセプトや考えを英語で表現できるようになります。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;レベル１のクラスでは今週、「お天気と自然」のトピックを基にしたユニットの仕上げをしています。I can see... の構文を使って、上手に自分の考えを伝えることが出来ましたね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは、いつも英語コミュニケーションを楽しく学んでいます！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7846312560319840018?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7846312560319840018/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7846312560319840018&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7846312560319840018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7846312560319840018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-can-you-see.html' title='What Can You See? ちびっこもプレゼンテーション！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TU_uxiGOvgI/AAAAAAAAAok/VVy64Q-p3lc/s72-c/Icansee2011Jan.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4412681696982459803</id><published>2011-02-03T16:01:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T22:36:40.519+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Nellie's ELT Festival　講演：小学校英語成功の鍵！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a great time on Sunday, Jan. 30 at Nellie's ELT Festival! I shared some ideas on teaching English at elementary schools using my textbook series, &lt;a href="http://www.ricpublications.com/ja/hopstepjump.html"&gt;Hop, Step, Jump into English&lt;/a&gt; (RIC). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TUpQ3cUcq0I/AAAAAAAAAoY/1xpNkrtm6-s/s1600/nellie%2527s+osaka+20111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TUpQ3cUcq0I/AAAAAAAAAoY/1xpNkrtm6-s/s320/nellie%2527s+osaka+20111.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TUpQ7ic-ywI/AAAAAAAAAoc/cjxVf6HDiu0/s1600/nellie%2527s+osaka+20112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TUpQ7ic-ywI/AAAAAAAAAoc/cjxVf6HDiu0/s320/nellie%2527s+osaka+20112.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;In this session I focused on the differences in teaching English at private eikaiwa schools and teaching the same subject at public schools, and discussed three keys to successful instruction at elementary schools. The keys&amp;nbsp;are: natural progression from input to output, mentally engaging activities, and the use of various group formations. With these keys in mind, teaching children in a large class will be a lot easier and more fun. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was very happy meeting people from different walks of life such as a university professor who came all the way from Shikoku, a business person who is looking into ways to train new English teachers, and a teacher who is teaching English to children for international understanding. These experiences made the trip worthwhile - even though I was stranded in Osaka for a few days due to the heavy snow in Hokuriku!﻿&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;１月３０日（日）、ネリーズＥＬＴフェスティバル大阪にて、小学校英語指導についての講演にて、著書&lt;a href="http://www.ricpublications.com/ja/hopstepjump.html"&gt;Hop, Step, Jump into English&lt;/a&gt;シリーズを使った活動を紹介させていただきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今回、まずフォーカスしたのは、英会話スクールでの指導と小学校での指導の違い―指導者、動機、クラスサイズなど。これらの違いを踏まえたうえで、小学校英語指導に大切な３つの鍵を発表しました。小学校英語指導の成功の鍵は、（１）インプットからアウトプットへの自然な導き、（２）生徒に考えさせる活動、（３）色々なタイプのグループ編成の活用。このポイントをおさえておくだけで、簡単な準備で楽しく授業をすることができます。（もちろんそれによって子ども達の学びも最大限に引き出せます）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;日曜夕刻には北陸の大雪のせいで北陸本線の電車が完全ストップ。火曜日まで帰宅できないというアクシデントに見舞われましたが、たくさんの情熱溢れる先生方と意見を交換し、充実した週末をすごさせていただきました！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4412681696982459803?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4412681696982459803/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4412681696982459803&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4412681696982459803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4412681696982459803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/02/nellies-elt-festival.html' title='Nellie&apos;s ELT Festival　講演：小学校英語成功の鍵！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TUpQ3cUcq0I/AAAAAAAAAoY/1xpNkrtm6-s/s72-c/nellie%2527s+osaka+20111.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4093335565432013035</id><published>2011-01-28T15:05:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T17:59:33.539+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>ネリーズ ELT フェスティバルでの講演予定</title><content type='html'>来る３０日（日）、&lt;a href="http://www.nellies.jp/info/index.php?lang=jp"&gt;ネリーズELTフェスティバル&lt;/a&gt;（大阪）で小学校英語指導について講演を行います。著書、Hop, Step, Jump into Englishを使った指導法の紹介です。小学校の教員、英語インストラクター、英会話教室オーナーのみなさんにお会いするのを楽しみにしています！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TUJb0Rb0CoI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/tS_LFoKQB8U/s1600/2010%25E6%259D%25B1%25E4%25BA%25AC%25E5%25AD%2590%25E3%2581%25A9%25E3%2582%2582%25E8%258B%25B1%25E8%25AA%259E%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A7%25E3%2582%25B9%25E3%2583%2586%25E3%2582%25A3%25E3%2583%2590%25E3%2583%25AB.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TUJb0Rb0CoI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/tS_LFoKQB8U/s1600/2010%25E6%259D%25B1%25E4%25BA%25AC%25E5%25AD%2590%25E3%2581%25A9%25E3%2582%2582%25E8%258B%25B1%25E8%25AA%259E%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A7%25E3%2582%25B9%25E3%2583%2586%25E3%2582%25A3%25E3%2583%2590%25E3%2583%25AB.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;（写真は昨年のネリーズＥＬＴフェスティバルでのものです）﻿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I am doing a presentation at Nellie's ELT Festival this Sunday! It is about teaching English at public elementary schools. I'm looking forward to sharing three keys to successful instruction and some practical teaching ideas! See you there!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4093335565432013035?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4093335565432013035/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4093335565432013035&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4093335565432013035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4093335565432013035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/01/elt.html' title='ネリーズ ELT フェスティバルでの講演予定'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TUJb0Rb0CoI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/tS_LFoKQB8U/s72-c/2010%25E6%259D%25B1%25E4%25BA%25AC%25E5%25AD%2590%25E3%2581%25A9%25E3%2582%2582%25E8%258B%25B1%25E8%25AA%259E%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A7%25E3%2582%25B9%25E3%2583%2586%25E3%2582%25A3%25E3%2583%2590%25E3%2583%25AB.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5191703408368509049</id><published>2011-01-25T22:59:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T23:15:05.434+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>自律を促すテスト Test for Autonomous Learning</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Autonomous learning can be promoted through tests - if the instructor designs it with the aim of fostering responsibility and prepares the students for the test with this aim in mind. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TT7Ugzm2lqI/AAAAAAAAAoI/pkwyDk7ZXis/s1600/verbtest2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TT7Ugzm2lqI/AAAAAAAAAoI/pkwyDk7ZXis/s320/verbtest2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TT7UqwOno1I/AAAAAAAAAoM/Z4Jr_kNSbIQ/s1600/verbtest3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="260" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TT7UqwOno1I/AAAAAAAAAoM/Z4Jr_kNSbIQ/s320/verbtest3.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a lesson today, students did a test on over 30 verb phrases which they had&amp;nbsp;practiced through various activities&amp;nbsp;over several months. First, individual students&amp;nbsp;tested their knowledge by themselves using a list of verb phrases. Then, they worked in pairs to see how much their partners have learned the target language. At this stage, they were expected to work cooperatively, not to compete against each other. Finally, we checked which pair has gone over the most phrases, and acknowledged the pair with a big applause!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At&amp;nbsp;every stage, the children were expected to act autonomously, and actually they really enjoyed doing all this! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今日のレッスンでは、動詞句のテストをしました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;このテストには、自律学習を促すという大切な目的もあります。まず、ひとりで工夫して３０以上の動詞句をおさらいし、次にペアになり、お互いの理解度をチェックします。ここで大切なことはお互いの学習のプラスになるように助け合うこと。そして最後にどのペアが一番多くの動詞句を復習できたかを数えました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;このような学習は子どもには無理と考える指導者もいますが、自律を促す活動をひごろのレッスンで計画的に進め、目的にふさわしい手順でテストを行えば、子どもたちもしっかりと応えてくれます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そして、子どもたちもこのような活動が大好き。最後には、一番たくさんの動詞句を復習できたペアにみんなが拍手をおくっていました！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5191703408368509049?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5191703408368509049/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5191703408368509049&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5191703408368509049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5191703408368509049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/01/test-for-autonomous-learning.html' title='自律を促すテスト Test for Autonomous Learning'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TT7Ugzm2lqI/AAAAAAAAAoI/pkwyDk7ZXis/s72-c/verbtest2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8464919453287376301</id><published>2011-01-21T00:43:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T14:51:11.044+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='執筆活動'/><title type='text'>『小学一年生』インタビュー My Interview</title><content type='html'>「小学校外国語活動」必須化を4月に控え、「どんな授業なのかしら」「入学までにどんな準備をしておけばいいのかしら」などとちょっぴりご心配の保護者のみなさまもおられるのではないでしょうか。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;この度、親しくさせていただいている教材著者Ｍ先生よりご縁を頂戴し、『&lt;a href="http://family.shogakukan.co.jp/special/nyugaku2011/index.html"&gt;小学一年生　入学準備号&lt;/a&gt;』（小学館）にインタビューを掲載いただきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;内容は、小学校外国語活動のカリキュラム、英語を習い始める理想的な年齢、英語への興味をはぐくむ家庭環境の作り方など・・・。ぜひみなさまに知っていただきたいことをお話しさせていただいています。&lt;br /&gt;ぜひ、書店で手にとって、ごらんくださいね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TThWv3MOApI/AAAAAAAAAoE/ARbp7FaafeU/s1600/%25E5%25B0%258F%25E5%25AD%25A6%25E4%25B8%2580%25E5%25B9%25B4%25E7%2594%259F%25EF%25BC%2592%25EF%25BC%2590%25EF%25BC%2591%25EF%25BC%2590blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TThWv3MOApI/AAAAAAAAAoE/ARbp7FaafeU/s320/%25E5%25B0%258F%25E5%25AD%25A6%25E4%25B8%2580%25E5%25B9%25B4%25E7%2594%259F%25EF%25BC%2592%25EF%25BC%2590%25EF%25BC%2591%25EF%25BC%2590blog.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My interview was published in Shogaku Ichinensei Nyugaku Jyunbi Issue (Shogakkan). It is about Foreign Language Experience, which is to be a compulsory area of study at elementary schools in the school year 2011. Take a look at it at a local bookstore! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8464919453287376301?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8464919453287376301/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8464919453287376301&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8464919453287376301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8464919453287376301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-interview.html' title='『小学一年生』インタビュー My Interview'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TThWv3MOApI/AAAAAAAAAoE/ARbp7FaafeU/s72-c/%25E5%25B0%258F%25E5%25AD%25A6%25E4%25B8%2580%25E5%25B9%25B4%25E7%2594%259F%25EF%25BC%2592%25EF%25BC%2590%25EF%25BC%2591%25EF%25BC%2590blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2625956418681794446</id><published>2011-01-14T00:14:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:39:48.083+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>予想しながら聴く力　Lemons Are Not Red!</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the most important comprehension skills is 'prediction,' the skill to predict what you are going to hear and read. In the level 3 class today, we used a beautiful and magical picture book with some cutout pages, &lt;u&gt;Lemons Are Not Red&lt;/u&gt;, written by Laura Vaccario Seeger. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TS8T6ktYFeI/AAAAAAAAAn8/FzCP1Q-FMIM/s1600/Lemons+book-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="274" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TS8T6ktYFeI/AAAAAAAAAn8/FzCP1Q-FMIM/s320/Lemons+book-1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TS8T-iXRBDI/AAAAAAAAAoA/glO1dDFaQTs/s1600/Lemons+book-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="255" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TS8T-iXRBDI/AAAAAAAAAoA/glO1dDFaQTs/s320/Lemons+book-2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;When you open this book, you first see a picture of a red lemon. Turn a page, and you will see a yellow lemon on the left page and a red apple on the right page. Then, if you turn another page, you will see a purple carrot. Can you guess what you will see on the following two pages? Right! You will see an orange carrot and a purple eggplant! The story goes on like this, and concludes with 'Good night!' &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My students enjoyed reading this book while predicting what happens next and having conversation about the illustrations. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;「次に何が起こるか予想しながら聴く」―とっても大切なリスニングのスキルです。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;きょうのレベル３クラスでは、美しく不思議な穴開きのある絵本 Lemons Are Not Red を使って、このスキルの練習をしました。英語の読み聞かせを聴きながら、次のページにどんな絵があるか予想し、自分の考えを伝え、ページをめくって予想があっているかどうかを確認します。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;そして活動の間じゅう、"What do you think the next picture will be?" "Was your guess correct?" など読み手から投げかけられる英語の意味も予測しながら会話をすすめて行きます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;いつも楽しく、頭をフル回転させるイングリッシュ・スクエアのレッスンです。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Mari&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2625956418681794446?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2625956418681794446/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2625956418681794446&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2625956418681794446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2625956418681794446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/01/lemons-are-not-red.html' title='予想しながら聴く力　Lemons Are Not Red!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TS8T6ktYFeI/AAAAAAAAAn8/FzCP1Q-FMIM/s72-c/Lemons+book-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2552116686770329766</id><published>2011-01-06T21:12:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-08T01:56:18.135+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>小学校英語についての講演 Workshop for School Teachers</title><content type='html'>きょう午前、金沢市立木曳野小学校で、小中一貫英語教育に関する講演会をさせていただきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今回のワークショップは、ＳＬＡ（第二言語習得）、ＴＥＹＬ（早期英語教育）、心理学などの理論にふれ、日頃のクラス運営を振り返り、今後の方策をディスカッションするという内容。とても熱心なインストラクターに恵まれた小学校だけに、クラス担任の先生方もとても前向きに楽しくタスクに取り組んでくださいました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TSWwApLLv-I/AAAAAAAAAn4/hthxcYFTegY/s1600/Kibikino2011Jan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TSWwApLLv-I/AAAAAAAAAn4/hthxcYFTegY/s320/Kibikino2011Jan.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TSWv5NQpyiI/AAAAAAAAAn0/_p6RmVpsAPg/s1600/Kibikino2011Jan2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TSWv5NQpyiI/AAAAAAAAAn0/_p6RmVpsAPg/s320/Kibikino2011Jan2.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;先生方からは「わたしたちの指導って、結構いいとこまでいってるんじゃない？」という声や、「じゃあ、このフレームワーク（ポール・ネイションのThe Four Strands）を使って授業をして改善して行って、木曳野小学校独自の新しいモデルを作りましょう！」という頼もしいコメントも聴かれました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;二時間で英語指導の柱となる理論にふれて振り返るという、やや急ぎ足のセッションでしたが、このワークショップが先生方の今後の指導に少しでも役に立てば嬉しく思います。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the honor to do a workshop on English teaching at Kibikino Elementary School this morning. The school's program is lead by a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable instructor, and I was very much impressed by the enthusiasm by classroom teachers at the school. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this workshop, the teachers have reviewed some fundamental theories on SLA, TEYL and psychology, and reflected upon their daily teaching and teacher beliefs. Some teachers have suggested that they apply the theories in class, assess the outcome and improve their teaching further. It was very rewarding to hear such positive comments! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2552116686770329766?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2552116686770329766/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2552116686770329766&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2552116686770329766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2552116686770329766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2011/01/workshop-for-school-teachers.html' title='小学校英語についての講演 Workshop for School Teachers'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TSWwApLLv-I/AAAAAAAAAn4/hthxcYFTegY/s72-c/Kibikino2011Jan.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7811304309707963632</id><published>2010-12-29T16:21:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:40:29.653+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>雪はたのし・・・Let it Snow!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Well...while grown-ups are feeling rather blue about the snow already, I can hear children shouting 'let it snow!' I LOVE to see children playing in the snow - making a snowman, having a snow ball fight, and merely stomping their feet on the snow with a big smile. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRreZnB1JSI/AAAAAAAAAns/8XwNqHvaAyk/s1600/Snowflake.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRreZnB1JSI/AAAAAAAAAns/8XwNqHvaAyk/s320/Snowflake.JPG" width="310" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRrehWFVZ8I/AAAAAAAAAnw/6rPtjBQX-SM/s1600/Snow+picture+book.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRrehWFVZ8I/AAAAAAAAAnw/6rPtjBQX-SM/s320/Snow+picture+book.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In the Level 1 class yesterday, we enjoyed reading the story &lt;u&gt;Snow&lt;/u&gt; by Uri Shulevits, and making a paper snowflake. Children loved the simple and heart-warming story about a boy and his dog dancing in the snow with some of the Mother Goose characters, and learned some snow-related vocabulary and phrases through interactive reading. During the craft project, they practiced to follow directions in English such as, 'take out your scissors from your bag,' 'fold the paper,' and 'cut the paper with your scissors this way.' A nice surprise was that they started to sing&amp;nbsp;a clean-up song while cleaning up after the work. What a joy it was! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;子どもたちは雪が大好き。ちょっとウンザリ気味の大人たちを横目に、子どもたちの雪遊びの声が響き渡ります。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;昨日のレベル１のクラスでは、雪をテーマにしたレッスンを行いました。まず、SNOW(Uri Shulevits作）という絵本で、雪が大好きな男の子と犬、マザーグースの世界にふれ、雪の結晶のペーパークラフトに取り組みました。絵本の活動、クラフト活動を通して、生きた英語に触れ、お片づけのときには、自然にClean Up Songを口ずさみ始めた子どもたち。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;子どもたちはいつも楽しい活動を通して言葉を学んでいきます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7811304309707963632?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7811304309707963632/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7811304309707963632&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7811304309707963632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7811304309707963632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/12/let-it-snow.html' title='雪はたのし・・・Let it Snow!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRreZnB1JSI/AAAAAAAAAns/8XwNqHvaAyk/s72-c/Snowflake.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4029225836353222051</id><published>2010-12-24T22:32:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-12-25T13:16:56.859+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>楽しさいっぱいクリスマスレッスン　Merry Christmas!</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Level 2 Class we did a review lesson with the theme of Christmas to enjoy the festive mood of this holiday season. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First ,we reviewed some winter clothes vocabulary using a picture dictionary, a song and a gesture activity. Then we&amp;nbsp;read 'Get Dressed, Santa!' written by Tomie dePaola. This is a fun and lovely picture book where Santa gets panicky while dressing up for his duty -&amp;nbsp;needing one final run to the bathroom! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRSepgO---I/AAAAAAAAAng/yybrNfp8_9s/s1600/CIMG1605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRSepgO---I/AAAAAAAAAng/yybrNfp8_9s/s320/CIMG1605.JPG" width="276" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRSey3NEk8I/AAAAAAAAAnk/awMU54ZgnI8/s1600/CIMG1604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRSey3NEk8I/AAAAAAAAAnk/awMU54ZgnI8/s1600/CIMG1604.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally each child&amp;nbsp;made a Christmas card for&amp;nbsp;her mom using a set of Dressing Up Santa Sticker, practicing the phrases 'Put on ~, Santa.' It was really nice to see, at the final lesson of the year, that all the students showed remarkable concentration throughout the lesson and went home with a big smile. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;きょうのレベル２クラスでは、クリスマスについての復習レッスンを行いました。まず、絵辞典、歌、ジェスチャーゲームで、冬の衣服について復習。そして、サンタさんがお着替え中にトイレに行きたくなって楽しい騒動を起こすおはなしGet Dressed, Santa!のインタラクティブ・リーディング。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;最後にサンタのDress Up Stickerセットを使って、お母さんあてのクリスマスカードを作りました。もちろんカードを作りながら Put on ~, Santa!など英語も楽しく練習。笑顔がいっぱいのレッスンになりました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;メリークリスマス！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4029225836353222051?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4029225836353222051/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4029225836353222051&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4029225836353222051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4029225836353222051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html' title='楽しさいっぱいクリスマスレッスン　Merry Christmas!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRSepgO---I/AAAAAAAAAng/yybrNfp8_9s/s72-c/CIMG1605.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7439547886909155126</id><published>2010-12-21T14:49:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T21:56:35.993+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>教育的なゲームとは　What's in a Game?</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the most frequently asked questions from teachers and parents is: Do you play games in class? &lt;br /&gt;Well, my answer to this question is YES, with the capital letters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children love games, and they show incredible concentration when they are having fun playing a game! Why not use the format that increases our students' concentration when we want them to attain new skills and information? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BUT... a word of caution here: Do NOT implement a game only to please children. Good games in language classrooms are the ones which compel the children to focus BOTH on the sound and meaning of the language used. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRA_qNAXbgI/AAAAAAAAAnU/hWjIso5689w/s1600/why+game+blog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="251" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRA_qNAXbgI/AAAAAAAAAnU/hWjIso5689w/s320/why+game+blog.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the photo above, my students are practicing to talk about a monster using a board game taken from English Land&amp;nbsp; Level 3 Teacher's Book (Pearson Longman), which I co-authored. From their point of view, they are having fun talking about an ugly monster. From a linguistic view, they are practicing to use a third singular verb 'has' and body parts vocabulary through the description of the monster. From a social perspective, they are learning to cooperate with their classmates to complete the task successfully - in a peaceful manner. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are a lot of&amp;nbsp;benefits in a simple game than meets the eye!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;「先生はレッスンでゲームをしますか」このような質問をよく先生方から受けます。答えは、「もちろん！」&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ゲームをしているときの子どもたちは夢中になって言葉を使います。でも、指導者としては、「子どもたちに言葉の意味に注意を払わせるようなゲームかどうか」ということをいつも念頭においておかなければなりません。決して子どもたちを喜ばすだけのためにゲームをしないようにしましょう。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;上の写真では子どもたちは私が共著したEnglish Land Level 3 Teacher's Book（ピアソン・ロングマン）から抜粋したゲームをしています。モンスターについて英語で話す練習をするこの活動で、子どもたちは三人称単数の構文と体の部位をあらわす語彙を練習しながら、お友達と協力してタスクをすすめることを学びます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;子どもたちにとっては「あ～楽しかった」でも、実はとてもたくさんの教育的意義が隠されています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7439547886909155126?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7439547886909155126/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7439547886909155126&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7439547886909155126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7439547886909155126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/12/whats-in-game.html' title='教育的なゲームとは　What&apos;s in a Game?'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TRA_qNAXbgI/AAAAAAAAAnU/hWjIso5689w/s72-c/why+game+blog.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-9096757150093585414</id><published>2010-12-04T14:52:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T22:08:19.715+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='執筆活動'/><title type='text'>子ども英語1月号 十二支の付録 My New Material!</title><content type='html'>児童英語教師のバイブル、『子ども英語』（アルク）１月号のレッスンプランと付録の執筆をさせていただきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;年始を飾る号ということで、十二支の動物についてルーレットを使って学ぶ企画です！&lt;br /&gt;CDには十二支チャンツも収録。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;小学校英語についての特集も充実です。&lt;br /&gt;お近くの書店でぜひご覧になってくださいね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alc.co.jp/kodomo/index.html"&gt;こちらで「立ち読み」ととってもラテンな「十二支チャンツ」の視聴&lt;/a&gt;もできます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TPnT625Bj0I/AAAAAAAAAnM/tOq9ABPCe8Q/s1600/%25E5%25AD%2590%25E3%2581%25A9%25E3%2582%2582%25E8%258B%25B1%25E8%25AA%259E%25E4%25BB%2598%25E9%258C%25B2%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E6%259D%2591%25E9%25BA%25BB%25E9%2587%258C+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TPnT625Bj0I/AAAAAAAAAnM/tOq9ABPCe8Q/s320/%25E5%25AD%2590%25E3%2581%25A9%25E3%2582%2582%25E8%258B%25B1%25E8%25AA%259E%25E4%25BB%2598%25E9%258C%25B2%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E6%259D%2591%25E9%25BA%25BB%25E9%2587%258C+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TPnT-gNMlFI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/lkJ4MBIFRN8/s1600/%25E5%25AD%2590%25E3%2581%25A9%25E3%2582%2582%25E8%258B%25B1%25E8%25AA%259E1%25E6%259C%2588%25E5%258F%25B7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TPnT-gNMlFI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/lkJ4MBIFRN8/s320/%25E5%25AD%2590%25E3%2581%25A9%25E3%2582%2582%25E8%258B%25B1%25E8%25AA%259E1%25E6%259C%2588%25E5%258F%25B7.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;My&amp;nbsp;latest lesson plan with a full-color spinner and flashcards was published in Kodomo Eigo January Issue (ALC).&amp;nbsp;With the detailed lesson plan and beautifully illustrated materials, you can help children learn&amp;nbsp;to talk about&amp;nbsp;12 zodiac animals, their body parts, habitats, etc.&amp;nbsp;while actively interacting with their friends. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can take a peek at this magazine&lt;a href="http://www.alc.co.jp/kodomo/index.html"&gt; here!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-9096757150093585414?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/9096757150093585414/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=9096757150093585414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9096757150093585414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9096757150093585414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/12/1.html' title='子ども英語1月号 十二支の付録 My New Material!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TPnT625Bj0I/AAAAAAAAAnM/tOq9ABPCe8Q/s72-c/%25E5%25AD%2590%25E3%2581%25A9%25E3%2582%2582%25E8%258B%25B1%25E8%25AA%259E%25E4%25BB%2598%25E9%258C%25B2%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E6%259D%2591%25E9%25BA%25BB%25E9%2587%258C+%25281%2529.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8600199023128058333</id><published>2010-11-30T22:35:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T11:09:10.893+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Me and My JALT Jr. Friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hi,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a photo from&amp;nbsp;the Cheese and Wine Party at JALT International Conference. That was fun, though all the cheese was gone by the time I got there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TPT9VwYpquI/AAAAAAAAAnI/eyo8g7LXO2Y/s1600/JALT+with+Lesley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TPT9VwYpquI/AAAAAAAAAnI/eyo8g7LXO2Y/s320/JALT+with+Lesley.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8600199023128058333?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8600199023128058333/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8600199023128058333&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8600199023128058333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8600199023128058333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/11/me-and-my-jalt-jr-friends.html' title='Me and My JALT Jr. Friends'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TPT9VwYpquI/AAAAAAAAAnI/eyo8g7LXO2Y/s72-c/JALT+with+Lesley.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-521473918600704272</id><published>2010-11-28T08:14:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:44:28.517+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ビデオ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Fun Videos for Kids and Parents! 親子で楽しむ英語ビデオ</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While English Square is being quiet, here are some of my favorite videos on&amp;nbsp;the WWW! &lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Please view these videos with adult supervision. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;おとなの　ひとと　みてね!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love the humor!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yihq8BIhL9c?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=ja_JP"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yihq8BIhL9c?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=ja_JP" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good to have a little brother...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_OBlgSz8sSM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=ja_JP"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_OBlgSz8sSM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=ja_JP" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My students' favorite!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZhODBFQ2-bQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=ja_JP"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZhODBFQ2-bQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=ja_JP" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-521473918600704272?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/521473918600704272/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=521473918600704272&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/521473918600704272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/521473918600704272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/11/fun-videos-for-kids-and-parents.html' title='Fun Videos for Kids and Parents! 親子で楽しむ英語ビデオ'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8215974240609746019</id><published>2010-11-22T21:56:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T22:38:46.268+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Thinking Outside the Box! JALT国際会議での講演</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did a presentation at JALT International Conference yesterday. The conference was perfectly organized, and I would like to say a big thank-you to everyone at JALT Jr who made me feel truly welcomed. The conference theme was 'Thinking Outside the Box' and I discussed and demonstrated a very unique and innovative reading program at English Square. The feedback from teachers and researchers were truly inspiring and insightful! As you can see in the photos, YL's teachers are really serious about having fun! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmUQA8P4I/AAAAAAAAAm4/09H3GlHEn5M/s1600/JALT20103+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="234" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmUQA8P4I/AAAAAAAAAm4/09H3GlHEn5M/s320/JALT20103+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmbt50xmI/AAAAAAAAAm8/2dNi55YyeKE/s1600/JALT20101+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmbt50xmI/AAAAAAAAAm8/2dNi55YyeKE/s320/JALT20101+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmipckM9I/AAAAAAAAAnA/CHvR7YQPG-A/s1600/JALT20105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="199" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmipckM9I/AAAAAAAAAnA/CHvR7YQPG-A/s320/JALT20105.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmo2FysaI/AAAAAAAAAnE/p4ntC8nvjkw/s1600/JALT20102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="202" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmo2FysaI/AAAAAAAAAnE/p4ntC8nvjkw/s320/JALT20102.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;昨日、名古屋で開催された2010年度JALT国際会議で講演をさせていただきました。会議のテーマ、「創造～枠を超えた発想」にそって、イングリッシュ・スクエアが独自に開発したリーディング指導についてのセッション。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;講演後にはたくさん先生や研究者のみなさんから有意義で励みとなるコメントをいただき、「さらに指導力の向上を目指して研鑽を」と心を新たにしました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8215974240609746019?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8215974240609746019/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8215974240609746019&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8215974240609746019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8215974240609746019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/11/thinking-outside-box-jalt.html' title='Thinking Outside the Box! JALT国際会議での講演'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TOpmUQA8P4I/AAAAAAAAAm4/09H3GlHEn5M/s72-c/JALT20103+%25282%2529.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5129691413446081799</id><published>2010-11-17T15:55:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T16:01:47.270+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Readers' Theater アメリカ式音読練習</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Hi, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;At English Square, we value children's confidence and enjoyment in using English. In this video, you can see the children engaging in Readers' Theater, a technique often used in American elementary schools to engage children in repeated oral reading and to nurture interest and confidence in performing their reading in front of their friends. The material used here is English Land 3, which I co-authored for English learners in Asia. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pa5MxK18Mbc?hl=ja&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pa5MxK18Mbc?hl=ja&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは子どもたちが自信を持って楽しく英語を使うことを大切にしています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;先日のレッスンでは、アメリカの小学校で子どもたちの読書への興味と音読の自信を育むためによく使われている手法、Readers' Theaterを使って、音読パフォーマンスをしました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;素材はアジアの子どもたちのために私が共著したEnglish Land （ピアソン・ロングマン）を使用しています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5129691413446081799?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5129691413446081799/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5129691413446081799&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5129691413446081799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5129691413446081799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/11/readers-theater.html' title='Readers&apos; Theater アメリカ式音読練習'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-1523445899013893707</id><published>2010-11-11T15:39:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-11T20:32:09.195+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Think, Think, Think!　考える＝学ぶ</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square, the balanced approach in instruction and thinking are highly valued. In Level 5 class yesterday, students engaged in an activity where they read text, figured out the meaning independently, and mimed according to their understanding. They finally confirmed their understanding by watching the song video uploaded on Youtube. As homework, they were assigned to draw an illustration that matches with the script. Lots of thinking is involved in the lessons at English Square. The children are always busy *thinking* not parroting! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNuO0HZ9fNI/AAAAAAAAAms/hog8XyCMnLY/s1600/ReadSong1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNuO0HZ9fNI/AAAAAAAAAms/hog8XyCMnLY/s320/ReadSong1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNuO4XxMq1I/AAAAAAAAAmw/unNFivOEqg4/s1600/ReadSong2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNuO4XxMq1I/AAAAAAAAAmw/unNFivOEqg4/s320/ReadSong2.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNuO9sY3_GI/AAAAAAAAAm0/KPscSj-x-io/s1600/ReadSong3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="192" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNuO9sY3_GI/AAAAAAAAAm0/KPscSj-x-io/s320/ReadSong3.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは、バランスの良い技能、考える力の養成を大切にしています。歌もただ歌うだけではありません。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;昨日のレッスンでは、まず歌の歌詞を読んで、自分で意味を考えて振り付けをし、それからビデオを見て意味を確認するという活動をしました。そして、歌詞を音読して意味にあう絵を描くことが宿題となり、ここでまた子どもたちは歌の意味を考える機会を持ちます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;英語の「まねをする」だけでは学びはうまれません。イングリッシュスクエアの子どもたちはいつも考えることに大忙しです！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-1523445899013893707?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/1523445899013893707/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=1523445899013893707&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1523445899013893707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1523445899013893707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/11/read-and-sing.html' title='Think, Think, Think!　考える＝学ぶ'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNuO0HZ9fNI/AAAAAAAAAms/hog8XyCMnLY/s72-c/ReadSong1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-3956442252461928513</id><published>2010-11-07T21:21:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-07T22:35:49.722+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Saint Nicholas Day セント・ニコラス・デーについて学ぼう！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children at English Square had a great time with Sophie-sensei from Belgium today, learning about her country and Saint Nicholas Day. St. Nicholas Day is a holiday celebrated on December 6 in Belgium and several other European countries. It is similar to Christmas, but there are some interesting differences: St. Nicholas comes to town from Spain on a boat, and then rides a horse to deliver presents to children. The most common gifts from St. Nicolas are candy, chocolate and mandarins. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'd like to know more about St. Nicholas Day, click &lt;a href="http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=81"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the photos below, you can see my students hearing stories about St. Nicholas Day from Sophie-sensei and making a paper mitre (saint's hat)&amp;nbsp;using colored paper, sticker, crayons&amp;nbsp;and cotton balls. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is always fun to learn about a foreign culture! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNaWuCSr56I/AAAAAAAAAmc/nUQhfwkSGHY/s1600/Sophie-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNaWuCSr56I/AAAAAAAAAmc/nUQhfwkSGHY/s320/Sophie-1.JPG" width="241" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNaW3D4BBvI/AAAAAAAAAmg/OMZAOkEa49U/s1600/Sophie2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNaW3D4BBvI/AAAAAAAAAmg/OMZAOkEa49U/s1600/Sophie2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNaW9WPIREI/AAAAAAAAAmk/q9WXgfE7JxQ/s1600/Sophie3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNaW9WPIREI/AAAAAAAAAmk/q9WXgfE7JxQ/s1600/Sophie3.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;イングリッシュ・スクエアでは、今日、ベルギー出身のソフィー先生をお迎えして、ベルギーの文化とセント・ニコラス・デーについて学びました。セント・ニコラス・デーはベルギーで毎年12月6日にお祝いされる、クリスマスのような行事です。セント・ニコラスは、船に乗ってベルギーにやってきて、馬にのって子どもたちのプレゼントを配ります。プレゼントはキャンディー、チョコレート、みかん（そう、日本のみかんと同じです！）など。上の写真では、子どもたちがソフィーさんからベルギーについて教えて頂き、セント・ニコラスのかぶるマイターという帽子を作っています。最後にみんな並んで、はい、ポーズ！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Mari&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-3956442252461928513?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/3956442252461928513/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=3956442252461928513&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3956442252461928513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3956442252461928513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/11/do-you-know-saint-nicholas-day.html' title='Saint Nicholas Day セント・ニコラス・デーについて学ぼう！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNaWuCSr56I/AAAAAAAAAmc/nUQhfwkSGHY/s72-c/Sophie-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-6453877833161438560</id><published>2010-11-03T21:40:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T22:22:20.576+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Reading is Fun!</title><content type='html'>イングリッシュ・スクエアでは、子どもたちが楽しみながらリーディング力をつけられるように、色々な工夫をしています。この活動では、自分の声がよく聞こえるようなデバイスを使って音読の練習をしています。真剣そのもの。熱気ムンムン。いつもレッスン終了時には「え～、もう終わり～？」と子どもたちの声が響きます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNFXkTGUMbI/AAAAAAAAAmY/oawO9yaWo0c/s1600/IncyReading1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="255" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNFXkTGUMbI/AAAAAAAAAmY/oawO9yaWo0c/s320/IncyReading1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square, children develop reading fluency through various fun activities. In this photo, you can see them use a simple device to hear their own voices clearly. Time passes very quickly when they are concentrating on their study, and&amp;nbsp;it makes my day when they yell, 'Oh, no! Do we have to stop now?' at the end of a lesson. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-6453877833161438560?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/6453877833161438560/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=6453877833161438560&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6453877833161438560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6453877833161438560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-is-fun.html' title='Reading is Fun!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TNFXkTGUMbI/AAAAAAAAAmY/oawO9yaWo0c/s72-c/IncyReading1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4106104204731622794</id><published>2010-11-03T18:20:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:44:28.518+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ビデオ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Can an Elephant Jump?</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a fun song video by ELF Learning.&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GA6dKNsl6zk?fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="false"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GA6dKNsl6zk?fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="false"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt; &lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4106104204731622794?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4106104204731622794/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4106104204731622794&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4106104204731622794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4106104204731622794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/11/can-elephant-swim_03.html' title='Can an Elephant Jump?'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-1472823781719445400</id><published>2010-10-31T00:13:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T12:13:04.450+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>11月の講演会- JALT国際会議, ELT Kansai Expo</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;勉強の秋を迎え、11月の学会発表、講演会に向けて、リサーチ、パワーポイント作りに励んでいます。11月21日（日）の&lt;a href="http://jalt.org/conference"&gt;JALT国際会議&lt;/a&gt;では、リーディング・フルーエンシーについての発表と、基調講演者の通訳を担当し、11月28日（日）の&lt;a href="http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/expos.shtml"&gt;ELT Kansai Expo&lt;/a&gt;では小学校英語教育について講演します。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;教室で子どもたちから学んだことを、学会や講演会で発表し、そこで得たものを教室での指導に還元する。わたしにとって、とても大切な学びのプロセスです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（写真は、リーディング・フルーエンシー活動に取り組むイングリッシュ・スクエアの子どもたち）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TMw0N2JFH7I/AAAAAAAAAmU/Ihb4OtDaud0/s1600/HP+%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%80%80%E8%87%AA%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E5%AD%A6%E7%BF%92%E8%80%85%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="236" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TMw0N2JFH7I/AAAAAAAAAmU/Ihb4OtDaud0/s320/HP+%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%80%80%E8%87%AA%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E5%AD%A6%E7%BF%92%E8%80%85%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I'm now gearing up for my presentations in November, shuffling through some research paper and making Power Point slides. One of them is a presentation on reading fluency instruction at JALT International Conference on Sunday, Nov.21. Reading instruction is one of the areas that I feel very passionate about, and I am sure that I am going to learn a lot by exchanging ideas with some of the greatest teachers in this field at my session. I am also working as an interpreter at a Q &amp;amp; A session with a&amp;nbsp;plenary speaker as I did at the last year's conference. The other one is at ELT Kansai Expo on Sunday, the 28. At this conference, I am going to discuss teaching English at public elementary schools. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-1472823781719445400?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/1472823781719445400/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=1472823781719445400&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1472823781719445400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1472823781719445400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/10/11-jalt-international-conference-elt.html' title='11月の講演会- JALT国際会議, ELT Kansai Expo'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TMw0N2JFH7I/AAAAAAAAAmU/Ihb4OtDaud0/s72-c/HP+%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%80%80%E8%87%AA%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E5%AD%A6%E7%BF%92%E8%80%85%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-324854637077106797</id><published>2010-10-18T22:30:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:46:35.809+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='英検、宮村英語奨励賞'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='中高生クラス'/><title type='text'>宮村英語奨励賞受賞おめでとう！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;2010年10月16日、イングリッシュ・スクエアの中3生ふたりが、金沢市より宮村英語奨励賞の表彰を受けました。受賞率8倍という狭き門にも関わらず一次試験（リーディング、ライティングと文法）、二次試験（スピーキングと積極性）を見事にクリア。何とも嬉しいのは、ふたりとも受験後に「面接テスト楽しかった～！」と報告してくれたことです。5人の試験官、ビデオを前にしての面接を楽しめるとは！真のコミュニケーション力がついていることの証ですね。おめでとうございます！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TLxLkeYF6rI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Tt8UqD4c_nE/s1600/CIMG1362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TLxLkeYF6rI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Tt8UqD4c_nE/s320/CIMG1362.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two of my G9 students were awarded the Miyamura English Encouragement Award this month. They passed the first stage (reading, writing and grammar) and the second stage (speaking and attitude) with flying colors! What made me really happy was that both of&amp;nbsp;them enjoyed the interview test - with five teachers and a video camera sitting in front of them. I am really proud of them!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-324854637077106797?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/324854637077106797/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=324854637077106797&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/324854637077106797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/324854637077106797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html' title='宮村英語奨励賞受賞おめでとう！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TLxLkeYF6rI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Tt8UqD4c_nE/s72-c/CIMG1362.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5005888698191098585</id><published>2010-10-11T23:14:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T00:59:51.175+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>ELT Expo Aichiでのプレゼンテーション</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a great time doing a presentation on teaching English at elementary schools at ELT Expo Aichi yesterday. Some teachers even came from Kanagawa and Gifu to learn new skills. It was fun! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TLMaHqOjVZI/AAAAAAAAAl4/K3WwbHMmuMY/s1600/2010ExpoAichi1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TLMaHqOjVZI/AAAAAAAAAl4/K3WwbHMmuMY/s1600/2010ExpoAichi1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TLMaKXckWxI/AAAAAAAAAl8/NZCvHAlKKOU/s1600/2010ExpoAichi2+(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TLMaKXckWxI/AAAAAAAAAl8/NZCvHAlKKOU/s1600/2010ExpoAichi2+(1).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;昨日はELT Expo Aichi（名古屋　淑徳大学）で小学校英語指導についてプレゼンテーションをさせていただきました。英会話教室での指導と公立小学校での指導の違いなどアクティビティを交えながらシェア。愛知、岐阜、神奈川から集まられた先生方と充実したひと時でした。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5005888698191098585?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5005888698191098585/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5005888698191098585&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5005888698191098585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5005888698191098585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/10/elt-expo-aichi.html' title='ELT Expo Aichiでのプレゼンテーション'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TLMaHqOjVZI/AAAAAAAAAl4/K3WwbHMmuMY/s72-c/2010ExpoAichi1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2354839803720852119</id><published>2010-10-06T15:22:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T21:26:44.222+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>What Can a Newt Do?　英語を通して自然を知ろう</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In many of the classes at English Square, we use English Land, the coursebook that I co-authored in 2006, as a core material. Children's learning doesn't stop there, though! In the Level 5 class yesterday, we studied about some interesting living things, such as a&amp;nbsp;newt, x-ray fish and vulture. Children LOVE to explore the world through English. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKwVG-Ca-XI/AAAAAAAAAlw/tBh67992Cdo/s1600/2010OctLevel5-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKwVG-Ca-XI/AAAAAAAAAlw/tBh67992Cdo/s1600/2010OctLevel5-1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKwVJTInMGI/AAAAAAAAAl0/oVcgbzQUiuk/s1600/2010OctLevel5-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKwVJTInMGI/AAAAAAAAAl0/oVcgbzQUiuk/s1600/2010OctLevel5-2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは講師の著書Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ　Ｌａｎｄ以外に、色々な素材を作って生きた英語を学びます。昨日のレベル５のクラスでは、newt（イモリ）, x-ray fish （プリステラ：骨がすけて見える可愛いおさかな＝レントゲン魚！）、vulture（ハゲワシ）などについて会話を楽しみました。イングリッシュスクエアの子どもたちはいつも英語を通して冒険を楽しんでいます！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2354839803720852119?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2354839803720852119/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2354839803720852119&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2354839803720852119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2354839803720852119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-can-newt-do.html' title='What Can a Newt Do?　英語を通して自然を知ろう'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKwVG-Ca-XI/AAAAAAAAAlw/tBh67992Cdo/s72-c/2010OctLevel5-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7025987994322637293</id><published>2010-10-03T01:11:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T01:25:03.826+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>An Inspiring Talk by Sir Ken Robinson 教育に改革を！</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's one of the most popular talks on TED. In this talk, Sir Ken Robinson shares his thoughts on how education should be revolutionized - very inspiring, moving and humorous! This video will give all the parents who care about their children's education in a long run a good food for thought. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;著名なイギリス人教育学者でクリエイティビティのエキスパート、ケン・ロビンソン卿によるプレゼンテーション。イギリス人らしいユーモアを交えながら、教育改革の必要性を説いています。効率を最優先したファーストフードモデルから、オーガニックな農業モデルへ・・・。お子さまの教育を長期的に考えていただくヒントにもなりそうです。（左下のSubtitlesでJapaneseをクリックすると日本語字幕がご覧いただけます。）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="326" width="446"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/SirKenRobinson_2010-medium.flv&amp;amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SirKenRobinson-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;amp;vw=432&amp;amp;vh=240&amp;amp;ap=0&amp;amp;ti=865&amp;amp;introDuration=15330&amp;amp;adDuration=4000&amp;amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;amp;adKeys=talk=sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution;year=2010;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=how_we_learn;theme=whipsmart_comedy;theme=a_taste_of_ted2010;theme=master_storytellers;theme=how_the_mind_works;event=TED2010;&amp;amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/SirKenRobinson_2010-medium.flv&amp;amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SirKenRobinson-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;amp;vw=432&amp;amp;vh=240&amp;amp;ap=0&amp;amp;ti=865&amp;amp;introDuration=15330&amp;amp;adDuration=4000&amp;amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;amp;adKeys=talk=sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution;year=2010;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=how_we_learn;theme=whipsmart_comedy;theme=a_taste_of_ted2010;theme=master_storytellers;theme=how_the_mind_works;event=TED2010;"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7025987994322637293?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7025987994322637293/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7025987994322637293&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7025987994322637293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7025987994322637293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/10/inspiring-talk-by-sir-ken-robinson_03.html' title='An Inspiring Talk by Sir Ken Robinson 教育に改革を！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5316171249188447332</id><published>2010-09-29T13:58:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T00:09:02.381+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>See you at ETJ Nagoya Expo! １０月１０日愛知での講演会でお会いしましょう！</title><content type='html'>Hi, I'm doing a presentation at &lt;a href="http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/events/nagoya2010.shtml"&gt;ETJ Nagoya Expo&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday, October 10th! In this session, I am going to examine how to plan a lesson for FLEX (Gaikokugo Katsudo) at public elementary schools by using the series that I authored, Hop, Step, Jump into English. I will be looking forward to sharing ideas with teachers in Aichi and have fun together! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKLG_PAjICI/AAAAAAAAAls/A6Pwgu6R17E/s1600/%E8%91%97%E6%9B%B8%E3%80%80Hop,+Step,+Jump+into+English+(%EF%BC%93%E3%83%AC%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%96%E5%86%8A%EF%BC%89.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKLG_PAjICI/AAAAAAAAAls/A6Pwgu6R17E/s320/%E8%91%97%E6%9B%B8%E3%80%80Hop,+Step,+Jump+into+English+(%EF%BC%93%E3%83%AC%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%96%E5%86%8A%EF%BC%89.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;１０月１０日（日）、ＥＴＪ名古屋Ｅｘｐｏで、小学校英語活動の指導法について講演会を行います。英会話教室での指導と、小学校での指導、どのように違うのでしょうか。著書のHop, Step, Jump into Englishを使ってのレッスンプランニングとアクティビティのデモンストレーション、楽しみにしています！﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5316171249188447332?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5316171249188447332/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5316171249188447332&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5316171249188447332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5316171249188447332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/09/see-you-at-etj-nagoya-expo.html' title='See you at ETJ Nagoya Expo! １０月１０日愛知での講演会でお会いしましょう！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKLG_PAjICI/AAAAAAAAAls/A6Pwgu6R17E/s72-c/%E8%91%97%E6%9B%B8%E3%80%80Hop,+Step,+Jump+into+English+(%EF%BC%93%E3%83%AC%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%96%E5%86%8A%EF%BC%89.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-6578493588639937268</id><published>2010-09-29T00:22:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-29T15:37:03.184+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Practicing to be Independent and Autonomous　　　楽しいフォニックスで自立・自律をめざそう！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square, we value independence and autonomy as much as having fun. In these pictures you can see my students practicing phonics independently. They look REALLY proud when they complete the task by themselves.&amp;nbsp;Children learn to be independent and autonomous only by being given the chance to practice to be so in weekly lessons. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKIHClhmeKI/AAAAAAAAAlk/UKFkMaKL0WY/s1600/CIMG1267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKIHClhmeKI/AAAAAAAAAlk/UKFkMaKL0WY/s1600/CIMG1267.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKIHGVBckyI/AAAAAAAAAlo/gqBfwOYLJWE/s1600/2010SepL1-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKIHGVBckyI/AAAAAAAAAlo/gqBfwOYLJWE/s1600/2010SepL1-2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは、楽しさはもちろん、自立と自律もとても大切にしています。ひとりでのフォニックスの練習を通して、わからないところは手を上げて質問し、全部ひとりで言えるまで繰り返し練習する・・・など基本的な学習スキルを身につけるレベル１の子どもたち。はじめは戸惑っても、小さな失敗と成功を繰り返して、自信に満ちた学習者へと成長していきます。子どもたちの一心に取り組む姿、素敵ですね！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-6578493588639937268?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/6578493588639937268/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=6578493588639937268&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6578493588639937268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6578493588639937268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/09/practicing-to-be-independent-and.html' title='Practicing to be Independent and Autonomous　　　楽しいフォニックスで自立・自律をめざそう！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TKIHClhmeKI/AAAAAAAAAlk/UKFkMaKL0WY/s72-c/CIMG1267.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-1994173320103753674</id><published>2010-09-24T22:57:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-25T11:56:18.826+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>My mommy!　いちばん大切な人をお友達に紹介しよう！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do we learn English for? To use it to talk about what we care about! K-G1 students at English Square drew a picture of their mom (yes, the one that they care about the most), and shared them with their friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJytAl0TC7I/AAAAAAAAAlg/dfUrhcdHygU/s1600/CIMG1246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="226" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJytAl0TC7I/AAAAAAAAAlg/dfUrhcdHygU/s320/CIMG1246.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どうして英語を学ぶの？もちろん、大切なことを英語で伝えたいから！イングリッシュ・スクエアのレベル１クラスでは、今、アメリカの絵本や歌を通して、家族について学習しています。何といっても一番楽しいのは、自分の家族をお友達に紹介すること。きょうのレッスンでは、お母さんの絵を描いて、"My mommy!"とお友達に紹介しました。絵を描いているときには、自然に My Familyの歌を口ずさむ子も！きょうもとっても楽しいイングリッシュスクエアのレッスンでした。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-1994173320103753674?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/1994173320103753674/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=1994173320103753674&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1994173320103753674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1994173320103753674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-mommy.html' title='My mommy!　いちばん大切な人をお友達に紹介しよう！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJytAl0TC7I/AAAAAAAAAlg/dfUrhcdHygU/s72-c/CIMG1246.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-527361790398523355</id><published>2010-09-20T23:44:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T22:37:36.845+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Feeling Ten Feet Tall! ちょっと大人になった気分！</title><content type='html'>きょう、レベル５クラスでいよいよリーディングプログラムが始まりました。好きな絵本を選んでひとりで読む・・・なんて素敵な気分なんでしょう！このプログラムは多読（Extensive Reading）のコンセプトを元に日本の子どもたち向けにEnglish Squareが独自に開発したもので、読みの流暢さを向上しながら語彙も豊かにし、自律・自立学習に必要なスキルを身につけていきます。一番大切なのは、その過程を楽しみ、能動的に学びに取り組むこと。1年後、どんな本を読めるようになっているか、楽しみですね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJdyao26h0I/AAAAAAAAAlQ/A6zptBJLqwk/s1600/RRStart-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJdyao26h0I/AAAAAAAAAlQ/A6zptBJLqwk/s320/RRStart-2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJdycpxBW6I/AAAAAAAAAlY/Dj9i1E5dtA0/s1600/RRStart-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJdycpxBW6I/AAAAAAAAAlY/Dj9i1E5dtA0/s320/RRStart-1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Level 5 students at English Square started the reading program Reading Race today. In this program, based on Extensive Reading and further developed for early readers in Japan, children not only develop their reading fluency but also expand vocabulary and acquire study sills which help them become independent and autonomous learners. Of course we have fun while doing all these at English Square! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-527361790398523355?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/527361790398523355/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=527361790398523355&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/527361790398523355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/527361790398523355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/09/feeling-ten-feet-tall.html' title='Feeling Ten Feet Tall! ちょっと大人になった気分！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJdyao26h0I/AAAAAAAAAlQ/A6zptBJLqwk/s72-c/RRStart-2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4087973068181157561</id><published>2010-09-17T00:01:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T20:28:26.130+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>生きた英語のインプット Real English, Real Fun!</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュスクエアで大切にしているもの。それは、「学校英語」を超えた、生きた英語のインプット。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;きょうの小１クラスでは、The Wheels on the Busの絵本を使ってリスニングクイズにチャレンジ。"Can you find a woman who is holding a basket full of cupcakes? " （カップケーキのいっぱい入ったバスケットを持っている女の人を見つけてごらん） " I see a cat running after a mouse. Which page am I looking at?" （猫がねずみを追いかけているよ。何ページかな？）のような先生の問いかけを聴いて、子どもたちは競い合うように該当するイラストを探し当てました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;このような問いかけには、関係代名詞や形容詞句など、中学校英語を超えた文法が含まれていますが、子どもたちは素晴らしいリスニング力と推測力で英語をそのまま理解します。そして、このようにして身につけた「話し言葉」を、将来、読解や英作文のような「書き言葉」のリソース（資源）として活用するのです。いつもワクワク、楽しいイングリッシュ・スクエアのレッスンです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJIxERxXpZI/AAAAAAAAAlI/9KpeeQcVASk/s1600/Bus+Book+Listening+Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJIxERxXpZI/AAAAAAAAAlI/9KpeeQcVASk/s320/Bus+Book+Listening+Photo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square, we value the input of natural and meaningful language. Today, we did a listening quiz based on the book, The Wheels on the Bus. I asked them some questions about the illustrations in the book, and students competed to find the illustration described. A sentence went like this, 'Can you find a woman who is holding a basket full of cupcakes?' 'I can see a cat running after a mouse. Which page am I looking at?' The children and I had a great fun doing this activity!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4087973068181157561?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4087973068181157561/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4087973068181157561&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4087973068181157561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4087973068181157561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/09/real-english-real-fun.html' title='生きた英語のインプット Real English, Real Fun!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TJIxERxXpZI/AAAAAAAAAlI/9KpeeQcVASk/s72-c/Bus+Book+Listening+Photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2428381769825127980</id><published>2010-09-04T00:19:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:46:35.810+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='中高生クラス'/><title type='text'>Motivating Teens to Communicate! ティーンのコミュニケーション意欲を育てるには？</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In&amp;nbsp;Teen Eikaiwa Classes at English Square, the main goal is to make them WANT TO use English for communication. What do I need to do to accomplish this goal? Guiding them through the process of deciding what to write, putting the thoughts together using mind-mapping, writing an essay, sharing their writing with friends and asking questions to each other for more information. Last week, they wrote and talked about how they enjoyed their summer vacation. See how much teenagers enjoy communicating with one another with a little help!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TIERqWyx09I/AAAAAAAAAlA/dMU8Uyhh0Zo/s1600/Teen+Eikaiwa-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TIERqWyx09I/AAAAAAAAAlA/dMU8Uyhh0Zo/s320/Teen+Eikaiwa-2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TIERoHRP8TI/AAAAAAAAAk4/REfdoESdxXU/s1600/Teen+Eikaiwa-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TIERoHRP8TI/AAAAAAAAAk4/REfdoESdxXU/s320/Teen+Eikaiwa-1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English Squareティーン英会話クラスの目標は、生徒に「英語を使って考えを伝える」意欲を育てること。でも「ほら、話してごらん」というだけではうまくいきません。クラスでは、話題を決める、マインドマッピングなどの手法を使って考えを構築する、伝える、本当に知りたいことを質問する・・・などのコミュニケーションの手順を実際に経験しながら学びます。先週のレッスンでは、夏休みの思い出について作文し、友達に伝え、質問しあう活動を楽しみました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2428381769825127980?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2428381769825127980/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2428381769825127980&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2428381769825127980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2428381769825127980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/09/motivating-teens-to-communicate.html' title='Motivating Teens to Communicate! ティーンのコミュニケーション意欲を育てるには？'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TIERqWyx09I/AAAAAAAAAlA/dMU8Uyhh0Zo/s72-c/Teen+Eikaiwa-2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2769596024699558958</id><published>2010-08-12T20:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:18:24.707+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>小・中英語教育連携ワークショップ（脳科学の示唆するもの）</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the honor to share some latest findings on the brain research and&amp;nbsp;their implications on English language teaching through G3 to G9 at Daitoku Junior High School in Kanazawa City. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;金沢市立大徳中学校にて、小学校、中学校で英語指導にあたられている先生方を対象にワークショップをさせていただきました。進展めざましい脳科学の見地から、小学～中学にかけてどのように読み書き、文法を指導すればよいか、実例を交えながらのセッション。３時間ではとてもカバーしきれない壮大なテーマでしたが、現場で奮闘されている先生方、そして金沢の子どもたちのお役にたてば嬉しいです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TGPeaF9coQI/AAAAAAAAAkU/IUfoIk3wQNU/s1600/Daikoku2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TGPeaF9coQI/AAAAAAAAAkU/IUfoIk3wQNU/s320/Daikoku2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TGPeQ7dTOkI/AAAAAAAAAkM/JcvXBNIDn7Y/s1600/Daikoku1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TGPeQ7dTOkI/AAAAAAAAAkM/JcvXBNIDn7Y/s320/Daikoku1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2769596024699558958?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2769596024699558958/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2769596024699558958&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2769596024699558958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2769596024699558958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post.html' title='小・中英語教育連携ワークショップ（脳科学の示唆するもの）'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TGPeaF9coQI/AAAAAAAAAkU/IUfoIk3wQNU/s72-c/Daikoku2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5174248495795226005</id><published>2010-08-07T13:50:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:16:07.164+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Craft Activities 海のコラージュと虫のマグネット完成！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFzl8xTaiHI/AAAAAAAAAkE/7HoYcIDT03E/s1600/Sea+Collage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFzl8xTaiHI/AAAAAAAAAkE/7HoYcIDT03E/s320/Sea+Collage.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of my students who have participated in the event, Patricia's Story Shower, have completed their artwork and brought it to their regular classes. The sea collage&amp;nbsp;was based on the story, 'Where Are My Stripes?' and the bug magnet idea was taken from the story, 'Princess Lizzie,' both authored by Patricia Oe. Can you see the excitement on the children's faces? I thank their mommy and daddy for their continuing support for their learning enormously. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;子どもたちが、パトリシア先生のイベントで途中まで作った海のコラージュと虫のマグネットをおうちで仕上げて持ってきてくれました。とってもクリエイティブな作品にびっくり！いつもお子さまの学びをサポートしてくださっているお母さま、お父さま、ありがとうございます。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5174248495795226005?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5174248495795226005/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5174248495795226005&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5174248495795226005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5174248495795226005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/08/sea-collage-and-bug-magnet.html' title='Craft Activities 海のコラージュと虫のマグネット完成！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFzl8xTaiHI/AAAAAAAAAkE/7HoYcIDT03E/s72-c/Sea+Collage.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-367353422702906433</id><published>2010-08-03T09:14:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:41:22.883+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Patricia's Story Shower! 金沢イングリッシュスクエアのイベント</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFdesmQ2MCI/AAAAAAAAAjM/l4-OOA3zGZA/s1600/Patricia1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFdesmQ2MCI/AAAAAAAAAjM/l4-OOA3zGZA/s320/Patricia1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFdeyUwlR4I/AAAAAAAAAjU/GpRsIBjFkiQ/s1600/Patricia2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFdeyUwlR4I/AAAAAAAAAjU/GpRsIBjFkiQ/s320/Patricia2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFde5vC7DKI/AAAAAAAAAjk/k8hY45FUHEg/s1600/Patricia4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFde5vC7DKI/AAAAAAAAAjk/k8hY45FUHEg/s320/Patricia4.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFde95yaNVI/AAAAAAAAAjs/hghjoUrCs8U/s1600/Patricia6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFde95yaNVI/AAAAAAAAAjs/hghjoUrCs8U/s320/Patricia6.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFdfH0f1E1I/AAAAAAAAAj8/FBKR_DnKZ54/s1600/Patricia5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFdfH0f1E1I/AAAAAAAAAj8/FBKR_DnKZ54/s320/Patricia5.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The children and their parents at English Square had a great time at Patricia's Story Shower last Sunday. &lt;a href="http://www.patricia-oe.com/"&gt;Patricia Oe&lt;/a&gt;, one of the most respected picture book authors based in Japan, told two of her stories, 'Princess Lizzie' and 'Where Are My Stripes?', and did several fun and creative activities based on the stories. Children particularly enjoyed making paper clay magnets and sea collage using various materials such as colored paper, cloth, strings and even sea weeds! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは８月１日に世界的に有名なイギリス人絵本作家、パトリシア・大江先生をお迎えして、英語を通して子どもの情操と創造性を育むイベントを行いました。紙芝居スタイルの読み聞かせ、色々な素材を使ったクラフトなど、楽しいひとときでしたね！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-367353422702906433?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/367353422702906433/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=367353422702906433&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/367353422702906433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/367353422702906433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/08/patricias-story-shower.html' title='Patricia&apos;s Story Shower! 金沢イングリッシュスクエアのイベント'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TFdesmQ2MCI/AAAAAAAAAjM/l4-OOA3zGZA/s72-c/Patricia1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5930462510576955217</id><published>2010-07-21T21:32:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-18T22:40:23.574+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='英検、宮村英語奨励賞'/><title type='text'>児童英検でも絶好調！</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the children at English Square who&amp;nbsp;took the&amp;nbsp;STEP Jr. received a GREAT result today: all of them, 30 in total, got over 80/100 and some even got 100. They were over the moon, and that made me feel real happy!&lt;br /&gt;昨日、みなさんが待ちに待った児童英検の結果が返ってきました。結果は・・・見事全員が高得点取得。満点のお友達も！これまでの努力の成果が見事に実りましたね。みなさん、おめでとう！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TEboYNbk1NI/AAAAAAAAAjE/xNMPw8O9Wn4/s1600/CIMG0826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TEboYNbk1NI/AAAAAAAAAjE/xNMPw8O9Wn4/s320/CIMG0826.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5930462510576955217?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5930462510576955217/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5930462510576955217&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5930462510576955217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5930462510576955217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html' title='児童英検でも絶好調！'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TEboYNbk1NI/AAAAAAAAAjE/xNMPw8O9Wn4/s72-c/CIMG0826.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-1765782135236044673</id><published>2010-07-11T21:00:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:18:24.708+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>My Presentation on 'I Do, We Do, You Do.'</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDmx1za5xOI/AAAAAAAAAis/gC5pM8pZuP8/s1600/ETj2010JulyMari1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDmx1za5xOI/AAAAAAAAAis/gC5pM8pZuP8/s320/ETj2010JulyMari1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDmx75v2I2I/AAAAAAAAAi8/Oc_PuLHc4r4/s1600/ETJ2010JulyMari4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDmx75v2I2I/AAAAAAAAAi8/Oc_PuLHc4r4/s320/ETJ2010JulyMari4.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had&amp;nbsp;a great time this afternoon organizing a workshop for English teachers in Hokuriku and sharing some ideas for lesson planning. The simple framework, 'I Do, We Do, You Do,' allows teachers to provide structured lessons while gradually releasing responsibilities to students. If you are interested in this framework, visit &lt;a href="http://www.tcsig.jalt.org/"&gt;JALT TC SIG website&lt;/a&gt;, and take a look at my article on the same topic which is going to be published this summer. 　&lt;br /&gt;北陸の児童英語指導者向けワークショップで、レッスンプランのための枠組みについてプレゼンさせていただきました。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-1765782135236044673?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/1765782135236044673/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=1765782135236044673&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1765782135236044673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/1765782135236044673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-presentation-on-i-do-we-do-you-do.html' title='My Presentation on &apos;I Do, We Do, You Do.&apos;'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDmx1za5xOI/AAAAAAAAAis/gC5pM8pZuP8/s72-c/ETj2010JulyMari1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2772659027946297655</id><published>2010-07-09T23:08:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:41:22.884+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Mrs. Wishy Washy</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Level 2 students at English Square have been having a great time studying basic English with Mrs. Wishy Washy. In this video, they are performing the story while miming. Aren't they cute?&lt;br /&gt;金沢イングリッシュスクエアの子どもたち。ネイティブ向けの絵本、Mrs. Wishy Washyのジェスチャー読みです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ra1vVPKfUeg&amp;amp;hl=ja&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ra1vVPKfUeg&amp;amp;hl=ja&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2772659027946297655?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2772659027946297655/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2772659027946297655&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2772659027946297655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2772659027946297655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/07/mrs-wishy-washy.html' title='Mrs. Wishy Washy'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-6836233611394422736</id><published>2010-07-04T20:04:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:20:11.678+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='執筆活動'/><title type='text'>アルク　子ども英語　8月号特集記事</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDBq-Y2KfLI/AAAAAAAAAhM/UFLPZoqBMEU/s1600/%E5%AD%90%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E2010%E5%B9%B48%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%B7%E7%89%B9%E9%9B%86%E8%A8%98%E4%BA%8B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDBq-Y2KfLI/AAAAAAAAAhM/UFLPZoqBMEU/s320/%E5%AD%90%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E2010%E5%B9%B48%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%B7%E7%89%B9%E9%9B%86%E8%A8%98%E4%BA%8B.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDBxIZ6-r3I/AAAAAAAAAhU/HJjvemUaQoc/s1600/%E5%AD%90%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%908%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%B7%E8%A1%A8%E7%B4%99.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDBxIZ6-r3I/AAAAAAAAAhU/HJjvemUaQoc/s320/%E5%AD%90%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%908%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%B7%E8%A1%A8%E7%B4%99.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things have been changing dramatically in the field of English education in Japan as you all know. I've written a feature article about what to do to excel and stand out from the crowd in Kodomo Eigo August Issue. You can purchase this magazine at local bookstores or through this &lt;a href="http://shop.alc.co.jp/spg/v/-/-/-/0510081/"&gt;on-line shop&lt;/a&gt;. Enjoy, and make a difference! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;『子ども英語』8月号に巻頭特集記事を寄稿しました。小学校英語時代のサバイバル大作戦。児童英語教室を運営をされている先生がたのお役にたてれば嬉しいです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-6836233611394422736?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/6836233611394422736/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=6836233611394422736&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6836233611394422736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6836233611394422736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/07/8.html' title='アルク　子ども英語　8月号特集記事'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TDBq-Y2KfLI/AAAAAAAAAhM/UFLPZoqBMEU/s72-c/%E5%AD%90%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E2010%E5%B9%B48%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%B7%E7%89%B9%E9%9B%86%E8%A8%98%E4%BA%8B.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2497360808840342012</id><published>2010-06-30T21:40:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:41:22.885+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>A Fun Activity with Brown Bear Cube!</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TCs7Ar-QM0I/AAAAAAAAAfs/GhB17PakK_k/s1600/CIMG0744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ru="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TCs7Ar-QM0I/AAAAAAAAAfs/GhB17PakK_k/s320/CIMG0744.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TCs7FCds9dI/AAAAAAAAAf0/PmZfLWyZKaQ/s1600/CIMG0762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ru="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TCs7FCds9dI/AAAAAAAAAf0/PmZfLWyZKaQ/s320/CIMG0762.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square, Level 1 students are now wrapping up their&amp;nbsp;program with Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carl) Here, you can see them practicing the target language pattern, 'Yuko, Yuko, What Do You See?' using a large Brown Bear Cube. My American friend, Barbara, gave me the beautiful fabric, and a Japanese lady made the die using the fabric. How fortunate I am having such kind and generous friends!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2497360808840342012?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2497360808840342012/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2497360808840342012&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2497360808840342012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2497360808840342012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/06/fun-activity-with-brown-bear-cube.html' title='A Fun Activity with Brown Bear Cube!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TCs7Ar-QM0I/AAAAAAAAAfs/GhB17PakK_k/s72-c/CIMG0744.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4633155776499359649</id><published>2010-06-27T22:51:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:41:22.886+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Patricia's Story Shower ~ A Very Special Summer Event ~</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TCdWr08GOyI/AAAAAAAAAek/_VNhLRGDhho/s1600/Patricia_-_bookreading1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TCdWr08GOyI/AAAAAAAAAek/_VNhLRGDhho/s320/Patricia_-_bookreading1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm very excited to announce that English Square is hosting &lt;b&gt;Patricia's Story Shower&lt;/b&gt; with Patricia Oe as the very special guest on Sunday, August 1. &lt;a href="http://www.patricia-oe.com/"&gt;Patricia Oe&lt;/a&gt; is one of the most respected picture book authors residing in Japan and my dear teacher-training friend. She is now preparing some activities, including songs, games and craft,&amp;nbsp;around her books, &lt;b&gt;Where Are My Stripes?&lt;/b&gt; etc. where children and parents have fun together. This event is exclusively for the students at English Square and those who have pre-registered for the classes starting 2011 Spring. If you'd like to know more about this event, please contact me at mari-@pop02.odn.ne.jp . &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イングリッシュスクエアでは、8月1日（日）世界的に有名なPatricia Oe先生をお迎えして、夏の親子イベント、Patricia's Story Showerを開催します。当校現役生、入会予約生と保護者のみなさま対象です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4633155776499359649?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4633155776499359649/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4633155776499359649&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4633155776499359649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4633155776499359649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/06/patricias-story-shower-very-special.html' title='Patricia&apos;s Story Shower ~ A Very Special Summer Event ~'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TCdWr08GOyI/AAAAAAAAAek/_VNhLRGDhho/s72-c/Patricia_-_bookreading1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-5423221776238096142</id><published>2010-06-13T22:00:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:16:07.165+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Celebrating the 4th of July with Craft and Music</title><content type='html'>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We celebrated the 4th of July with an American guest teacher, Creighton-sensei, this afternoon. Yeah, it was a bit early, but it was fun all the same! &lt;br /&gt;All the children made their own firework artwork using black craft paper and shiny colored paper, and wrote a message plus their names. Children learned some vocabulary related to the celeberation, and Creighton-sensei performed 'This is Your Land' in one of the sessions as well. Hope children will remember this day for many years to come!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TBTVSjpWgQI/AAAAAAAAAdY/B7ClmGyEBMY/s1600/Creighton-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TBTVSjpWgQI/AAAAAAAAAdY/B7ClmGyEBMY/s320/Creighton-1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TBTVfzE9NwI/AAAAAAAAAdo/Lkvjo85YO1U/s1600/Creighton-3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TBTVfzE9NwI/AAAAAAAAAdo/Lkvjo85YO1U/s320/Creighton-3.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TBTV2L23N-I/AAAAAAAAAdw/nevkraWsgNY/s1600/Creighton-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TBTV2L23N-I/AAAAAAAAAdw/nevkraWsgNY/s320/Creighton-2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-5423221776238096142?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/5423221776238096142/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=5423221776238096142&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5423221776238096142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/5423221776238096142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/06/celebrating-4th-of-july-with-craft-and.html' title='Celebrating the 4th of July with Craft and Music'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/TBTVSjpWgQI/AAAAAAAAAdY/B7ClmGyEBMY/s72-c/Creighton-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-6268200259163316065</id><published>2010-06-04T22:25:00.012+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:22:28.871+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>Phonics Song for Children and Parents to Enjoy!</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've finally found a great video for children and parents to learn the very basics of phonics - the alphabet letter sounds and an anchor word for each letter.　親子で楽しくフォニックス！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="420" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/saF3-f0XWAY&amp;hl=ja_JP&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/saF3-f0XWAY&amp;hl=ja_JP&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kudos to the producer and performer, A.J.Jenkins at &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/KidsTV123"&gt;KidsTV123&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-6268200259163316065?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/6268200259163316065/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=6268200259163316065&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6268200259163316065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/6268200259163316065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/06/phonics-song-for-children-and-parents.html' title='Phonics Song for Children and Parents to Enjoy!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-3527017597854571459</id><published>2010-05-15T19:26:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:44:51.092+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ビデオ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?' Read by Bill Martin Jr.</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How blessed we are living in this age with abundant educational video clips on the Net! Here, you can hear 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?' read by its very co-author, Bill Martin Jr. What a lovely and intimate atmosphere his reading has! It feels like he is reading the story sitting in front of me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="420"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pdHCYgO9zh8&amp;amp;hl=ja_JP&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pdHCYgO9zh8&amp;amp;hl=ja_JP&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-3527017597854571459?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/3527017597854571459/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=3527017597854571459&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3527017597854571459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3527017597854571459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/05/brown-bear-brown-bear-what-do-you-see.html' title='&apos;Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?&apos; Read by Bill Martin Jr.'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7425601717702773678</id><published>2010-04-07T23:41:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:22:28.873+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Visit to a Montessori school in Boston, Mass.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S7yaU2iaMZI/AAAAAAAAAcs/gWux3X2gtuI/s1600/K-9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S7yaU2iaMZI/AAAAAAAAAcs/gWux3X2gtuI/s320/K-9.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During my stay in Boston in March, I visited Kingsley Pre-School and Elementary School, a Montessori school in downtown Boston. The principals welcomed me with open arms, and all the teachers there took the time to explain their teaching principles to me. I also had&amp;nbsp;the good&amp;nbsp;fortune to observe several classes, e.g. a science experiment (K-Level) and&amp;nbsp;anthropologic study (G1-G3). What struck me the most&amp;nbsp;was the level of&amp;nbsp; motivation&amp;nbsp;each child had for learning. During a recess at pre-school, the children were allowed to choose what they wanted to do. Can you imagine what they did? Most of the children were working on a learning task independently while a few chidlren ate a snack quietly at a table! If it were in a conventaional Japanese classroom, most of the children would jump onto snacks. It was also amazing how children paid close attention to what a teacher said. When they had something to say, they raised their hands quietly,waiting for the teacher to call on a child. And once it became the time to present their ideas in small groups, they showed remarkable creativity and cooperation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been integrating some principles from Montessori education such as choice, cooperative learning and discipline for several years. Now I see that I have a lot more to learn! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7425601717702773678?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7425601717702773678/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7425601717702773678&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7425601717702773678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7425601717702773678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/04/visit-to-montessori-school-in-boston.html' title='Visit to a Montessori school in Boston, Mass.'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S7yaU2iaMZI/AAAAAAAAAcs/gWux3X2gtuI/s72-c/K-9.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-3931015847635556155</id><published>2010-04-05T22:43:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:22:28.873+09:00</updated><title type='text'>TESOL Conference in Boston</title><content type='html'>Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S7no2xHRzrI/AAAAAAAAAb0/RZ-3O5oCa-Q/s1600/CIMG0637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S7no2xHRzrI/AAAAAAAAAb0/RZ-3O5oCa-Q/s320/CIMG0637.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hope everybody has had a nice spring break! I took advantage of the 2-week break at my school, and took a trip to Boston to attend TESOL Conference from March 24 to March 27. What a huge conference it was! More than 10,000 teachers gathered from all over the world for their professional development. The highlight, for me, was the plenary speech by Dr. Howard Garder, the most influencial pscyhologist in the field of education in our era. He argued that people need to have five minds to excel in and contribute to the society in the future: the disciplinary, synthesizing, creating, respectful, and ethical minds. (Refer to &lt;a href="http://www.howardgardner.com/books/books.html#FM"&gt;'Five Minds for the Future&lt;/a&gt;' written by Howard Gardner for details.) It will be one of my missions to cultivate these minds&amp;nbsp;in every child at my school! &lt;strike&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;All the other workshops that I attended discussed, in one way or another, the importance of a learner-centered approach in English language classrooms. With hundred pages of handouts and notes, I've got a lot of 'homework' to do in the coming months!&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-3931015847635556155?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/3931015847635556155/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=3931015847635556155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3931015847635556155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3931015847635556155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/04/tesol-conference-in-boston.html' title='TESOL Conference in Boston'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S7no2xHRzrI/AAAAAAAAAb0/RZ-3O5oCa-Q/s72-c/CIMG0637.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-3545583958117537580</id><published>2010-03-13T17:45:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:16:07.165+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Learn about France with Julien-sensei</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5tSZEsNmmI/AAAAAAAAAbM/QBCBJYLVST8/s1600-h/Julien3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5tSZEsNmmI/AAAAAAAAAbM/QBCBJYLVST8/s200/Julien3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448038764944136802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5tSY99nxWI/AAAAAAAAAbE/naE-NsfOXOE/s1600-h/Julien2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5tSY99nxWI/AAAAAAAAAbE/naE-NsfOXOE/s200/Julien2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448038763138106722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5tSYPQ2fEI/AAAAAAAAAa8/YIFwGh_xApo/s1600-h/Julien1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5tSYPQ2fEI/AAAAAAAAAa8/YIFwGh_xApo/s200/Julien1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448038750602296386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square, we had wonderful sessions with Julien-sensei from France this afternoon. Children were intrigued by how different and similar, at the same time, France and Japan are! Perhaps the biggest surprise for children was that French people do NOT play baseball. They were also amazed by the speed of TGV when watching a video clip where TGV ran above the speed of 550 kms per hour! Wow! That was awesome! Children also learned some historical places, school life and, of course, food in France. Hope these photos capture the excitement of the children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-3545583958117537580?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/3545583958117537580/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=3545583958117537580&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3545583958117537580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3545583958117537580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/03/learn-about-france-with-julien-sensei.html' title='Learn about France with Julien-sensei'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5tSZEsNmmI/AAAAAAAAAbM/QBCBJYLVST8/s72-c/Julien3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-9144003470765937064</id><published>2010-03-13T11:54:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:22:28.874+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='執筆活動'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>My Column in Kodomo Eigo (ALC)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5sAQMtOtaI/AAAAAAAAAa0/UWU0ffZj0kk/s1600-h/CIMG0519.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447948452523586978" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5sAQMtOtaI/AAAAAAAAAa0/UWU0ffZj0kk/s200/CIMG0519.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5sAPnBXZTI/AAAAAAAAAas/fu2sC1eFH9U/s1600-h/CIMG0518.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447948442407494962" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5sAPnBXZTI/AAAAAAAAAas/fu2sC1eFH9U/s200/CIMG0518.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 150px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;英語教師のバイブル『子ども英語』（アルク）に連載を始めました。教室運営の秘訣をそっと（？）お教えする「英語教室サバイバル大作戦」を是非お楽しみに！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm now very excited to let you know that my column in &lt;a href="http://www.alc.co.jp/kodomo/index.html"&gt;Kodomo Eigo (ALC)&lt;/a&gt; has started with its April Issue. It is titled 'Survival for English Language School Owners,' and in this six-month-long column I am going to discuss what school owners should do in this ever-competitive kids English market. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can order the magazine at your local bookstore or through &lt;a href="http://shop.alc.co.jp/top/"&gt;this website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-9144003470765937064?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/9144003470765937064/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=9144003470765937064&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9144003470765937064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/9144003470765937064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-essay-in-kodomo-eigo-alc.html' title='My Column in Kodomo Eigo (ALC)'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S5sAQMtOtaI/AAAAAAAAAa0/UWU0ffZj0kk/s72-c/CIMG0519.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7344460358774858028</id><published>2010-03-01T19:48:00.011+09:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T12:53:07.645+09:00</updated><title type='text'>A Fun Day in Nagoya!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4udlV28QyI/AAAAAAAAAac/mKu6QNEfxv4/s1600-h/PLKTNago2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443617839455683362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4udlV28QyI/AAAAAAAAAac/mKu6QNEfxv4/s200/PLKTNago2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4udktxt8KI/AAAAAAAAAaU/BOJKiEoTl9o/s1600-h/PLKTNago1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 140px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443617828696354978" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4udktxt8KI/AAAAAAAAAaU/BOJKiEoTl9o/s200/PLKTNago1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I visited Nagoya for a presentation at Pearson Longman Kids Tour Nagoya, and had a great day! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The teachers were very energetic, enthusiastic and fun. I figured that the teachers were very much interested in the ways to build a trusting relationship with their students' parents. I am starting a column in the monthly magazine, &lt;a href="http://www.alc.co.jp/kodomo/index.html"&gt;Kodomo Eigo (ALC) &lt;/a&gt;this April, and am looking forward to sharing more ideas along this theme in it. Oh, and keep your eyes open for my columns, 'In Mari's World,' in &lt;a href="http://tcsig.jalt.org/download-tlc"&gt;JALT TC SIG Newsletter &lt;/a&gt;and also the one that's coming on &lt;a href="http://www.eltkids.jp/"&gt;Pearson Longman Kids E-Link&lt;/a&gt;. Lots of writing assignments to look forward to! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mari &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7344460358774858028?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7344460358774858028/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7344460358774858028&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7344460358774858028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7344460358774858028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/03/fun-day-in-nagoya.html' title='A Fun Day in Nagoya!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4udlV28QyI/AAAAAAAAAac/mKu6QNEfxv4/s72-c/PLKTNago2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-4066175487419021709</id><published>2010-02-21T22:27:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:18:24.708+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Pearson Longman Kids Tour Tokyo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4dw2xI-sNI/AAAAAAAAAaM/UxQ11X8C9VE/s1600-h/PLKTTokyo2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442442760906780882" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4dw2xI-sNI/AAAAAAAAAaM/UxQ11X8C9VE/s200/PLKTTokyo2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4dw2Q5gbsI/AAAAAAAAAaE/aHDaOddzcWc/s1600-h/PLKTTokyo1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442442752251948738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4dw2Q5gbsI/AAAAAAAAAaE/aHDaOddzcWc/s200/PLKTTokyo1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4E0wmaMVJI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/_k9TSHs_fhY/s1600-h/CIMG0489.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 223px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 185px; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4E0wmaMVJI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/_k9TSHs_fhY/s320/CIMG0489.JPG" width="234" height="195" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a fabulous time I had today - presenting in the magnificient Tsuda Hall, playing games with the best teachers in Kanto (and a few from Hokuriku!), and catching up with great teacher-trainer friends like Aleda, Catherine and Devon! Time and time again, it is me who is inspired through the training opportunity with Pearson Longman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't wait to visit Nagoya for PLKT Nagoya this coming weekend!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; CLEAR: both"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-4066175487419021709?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/4066175487419021709/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=4066175487419021709&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4066175487419021709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/4066175487419021709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/02/pearson-longman-kids-tour-tokyo.html' title='Pearson Longman Kids Tour Tokyo'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S4dw2xI-sNI/AAAAAAAAAaM/UxQ11X8C9VE/s72-c/PLKTTokyo2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2117956904003966318</id><published>2010-02-02T14:52:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:22:28.875+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='レッスン'/><title type='text'>What Can You Do?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S2e_rXeSc4I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/eQjtb4sFrEo/s1600-h/2010janblog2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 148px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433522227202126722" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S2e_rXeSc4I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/eQjtb4sFrEo/s200/2010janblog2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S2e_qp3GOTI/AAAAAAAAAZs/jytz1aWmR0k/s1600-h/2010janblog1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433522214958151986" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S2e_qp3GOTI/AAAAAAAAAZs/jytz1aWmR0k/s200/2010janblog1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;At English Square we value self-expression more than anything else. This philosophy is backed by the belief that children learn English best when they use it as a tool for communicating their own thoughts and feelings. In a class for G3 students this Monday, the students made a presentation on what they can and cannot do, using the verb phrases that they had learned in the last couple of months. They all looked proud and happy while giving a speech in front of their peers! A nice addition was the positive written comments from their parents on their work. Most of the parents made comments on the content of the presentation rather than on the children's English use. This shows that the parents also enjoyed communicating with their children through their work! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mari&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2117956904003966318?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2117956904003966318/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2117956904003966318&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2117956904003966318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2117956904003966318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-can-you-do.html' title='What Can You Do?'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S2e_rXeSc4I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/eQjtb4sFrEo/s72-c/2010janblog2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-2218945632554617176</id><published>2010-01-18T22:00:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:18:24.708+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Nellie's Kids English Festival in Osaka</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S1RdJ7fU4QI/AAAAAAAAAZk/X1AAlgxFJ5Y/s1600-h/Nellie%27s+Osaka.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428065876057579778" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S1RdJ7fU4QI/AAAAAAAAAZk/X1AAlgxFJ5Y/s200/Nellie%27s+Osaka.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I had a great time at Nellie's Kids English Festival in Osaka yesterday. Fortunately the snow eased up on us on Saturday, which made my trip a pleasant one. At the presentation, I used &lt;a href="http://www.ricpublications.com/ja/hopstepjump.html"&gt;Hop Step Jump into English &lt;/a&gt;that I authored for R.I.C, and demonstrated some activities where children learn some basic color words in a meaningful context. We particularly enjoyed the activities with the nursery rhyme, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. By putting three M's - movement, music and mental engagement together, we can ensure that all the children learn English in their own unique way. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Just to add, my dear friend, Hiroko-sensei, helped me in many ways as usual - taking the photos, etc. Thank you, Hiroko-sensei! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mari &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-2218945632554617176?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/2218945632554617176/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=2218945632554617176&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2218945632554617176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/2218945632554617176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/01/nellies-kids-english-festival-in-osaka.html' title='Nellie&apos;s Kids English Festival in Osaka'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S1RdJ7fU4QI/AAAAAAAAAZk/X1AAlgxFJ5Y/s72-c/Nellie%27s+Osaka.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8611254054574920560</id><published>2010-01-11T01:23:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:16:07.165+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>Winter Lessons</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S0oA6GEM2UI/AAAAAAAAAZY/lT17qJCgOrk/s1600-h/Tonya3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 153px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425149699181828418" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S0oA6GEM2UI/AAAAAAAAAZY/lT17qJCgOrk/s200/Tonya3.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S0oA5q8hc2I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/uFtE_qKC_Zg/s1600-h/Tonya2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 148px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425149691901866850" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S0oA5q8hc2I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/uFtE_qKC_Zg/s200/Tonya2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S0oA5efH_QI/AAAAAAAAAZI/Uyz35FCTxvo/s1600-h/Tonya1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425149688557337858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S0oA5efH_QI/AAAAAAAAAZI/Uyz35FCTxvo/s200/Tonya1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At English Square, we enjoyed the Winter Lessons with Tonya-sensei from Phoenix, Arizona in the USA this morning. It was a lot of fun to learn the diverse climate systems of the huge country and how children enjoy the winter days - making a snowman and snow angel and doing a snowball fight to name a few. We also made paper snowmen and snowflakes! It is always enlightening to explore a foreign culture with a guest teacher.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8611254054574920560?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8611254054574920560/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8611254054574920560&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8611254054574920560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8611254054574920560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-lessons.html' title='Winter Lessons'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/S0oA6GEM2UI/AAAAAAAAAZY/lT17qJCgOrk/s72-c/Tonya3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-7375577659920292720</id><published>2009-11-30T12:22:00.011+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T00:18:24.709+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='講演会（教授法ワークショップ）'/><title type='text'>Nellie's Kodomo Eigo Festival in Tokyo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SxNUOEQYDGI/AAAAAAAAAXc/4jKwYi4nDic/s1600/TNellies-2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SxNUOEQYDGI/AAAAAAAAAXc/4jKwYi4nDic/s200/TNellies-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409760178039426146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SxM-QSHNJNI/AAAAAAAAAW8/KN6aRpS3B28/s1600/TNellies-4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SxM-QSHNJNI/AAAAAAAAAW8/KN6aRpS3B28/s200/TNellies-4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409736026862986450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SxM-PzzpNfI/AAAAAAAAAW0/DFZUqNjn1yU/s1600/TNellies-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SxM-PzzpNfI/AAAAAAAAAW0/DFZUqNjn1yU/s200/TNellies-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409736018727876082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a great time yesterday, doing a presentation and catching up with teachers in Kanto Area at Nellie's Kodomo Eigo Festival in Tokyo. In my presentation, I explained how to make real learning happen in children's classrooms and shared more than several classroom activities with the teachers using my own series, &lt;a href="http://www.ricpublications.com/ja/hopstepjump.html"&gt;Hop, Step, Jump into English&lt;/a&gt;. The session was full-house, and the teachers were all fun-loving people! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also had a chance to see &lt;a href="http://www.patricia-oe.com/"&gt;Patricia Oe's &lt;/a&gt;presentations on book reading. She is one of the most respected picture book authors in ELT. Her stories and illustrations are really heart-warming, which all of us need in this hectic everyday life. She is the best storyteller that I have ever met! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My next presentation is on Sunday, January 17 at Nellie's Kodomo Eigo Festival in Osaka. I am looking forward to having fun with teachers in Kansai Area then. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-7375577659920292720?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/7375577659920292720/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=7375577659920292720&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7375577659920292720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/7375577659920292720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2009/11/nellies-kodomo-eigo-festival-in-tokyo.html' title='Nellie&apos;s Kodomo Eigo Festival in Tokyo'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SxNUOEQYDGI/AAAAAAAAAXc/4jKwYi4nDic/s72-c/TNellies-2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8295524775105933638</id><published>2009-11-16T12:02:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:41:22.888+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Eigo De Art Parent-Child Fun Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SwDCtHJuxDI/AAAAAAAAAUM/23wsfED_PUs/s1600/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SwDCtHJuxDI/AAAAAAAAAUM/23wsfED_PUs/s200/2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404533633114358834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SwDCs3-iq6I/AAAAAAAAAUE/dKnM7C6g97E/s1600/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SwDCs3-iq6I/AAAAAAAAAUE/dKnM7C6g97E/s200/1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404533629040896930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English Square and NIWA SHUNKI Art School hosted the Eigo De Art Parent-Child Fun Day yesterday. After reading the story, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carl and Bill Martin Jr. we did a few activities on colors and animals and did a reading aloud of children's original story together. Children were excited to see their work put together to make a story and parents enjoyed acting it out with their little ones. What a synergy we can create when we put art and literature together! Amazing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8295524775105933638?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8295524775105933638/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8295524775105933638&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8295524775105933638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8295524775105933638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2009/11/eigo-de-art-parent-child-fun-day.html' title='Eigo De Art Parent-Child Fun Day!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SwDCtHJuxDI/AAAAAAAAAUM/23wsfED_PUs/s72-c/2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-3712973980272973490</id><published>2009-11-08T22:16:00.010+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T13:41:22.889+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='絵本'/><title type='text'>Eigo De Art - a Collaboration of Art and Literacy, American and Japanese Cultures!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SvbKuQvvkKI/AAAAAAAAATA/u1FeFdeoUq8/s1600-h/EigoArt1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SvbKuQvvkKI/AAAAAAAAATA/u1FeFdeoUq8/s200/EigoArt1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401727699195498658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SvbKuAVnTxI/AAAAAAAAAS4/W8OiTyDr_zg/s1600-h/EigoArt2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SvbKuAVnTxI/AAAAAAAAAS4/W8OiTyDr_zg/s200/EigoArt2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401727694790938386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English Square and &lt;a href="http://http://www16.plala.or.jp/niwashunki/kid's-artschool.html"&gt;NIWA SHUNKI Art School &lt;/a&gt;had the first collaborative work for children, Eigo De Art, this afternoon. We read the book, &lt;em&gt;Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?&lt;/em&gt; by Eric Carl, first, and children created their own artwork, inspired by the story. The artwork takes the form of kamishibai, but it is also movable, with some strings attached to the animal's body parts! How neat! Next Sunday, we are going to do language activities and presentation using each child's work! Can't wait!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-3712973980272973490?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/3712973980272973490/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=3712973980272973490&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3712973980272973490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/3712973980272973490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2009/11/eigo-de-art-collaboration-of-art-and.html' title='Eigo De Art - a Collaboration of Art and Literacy, American and Japanese Cultures!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/SvbKuQvvkKI/AAAAAAAAATA/u1FeFdeoUq8/s72-c/EigoArt1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2881521245443672022.post-8860715703730899175</id><published>2009-10-11T23:02:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T00:45:06.232+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='イベント・交流レッスン'/><title type='text'>International Understanding Lessons at English Square!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/StHn-8pKyqI/AAAAAAAAAPo/g3VMtdFW97o/s1600-h/CIMG0249.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/StHn-8pKyqI/AAAAAAAAAPo/g3VMtdFW97o/s200/CIMG0249.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391345297555901090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/StHn-iEau8I/AAAAAAAAAPg/MA1bgDchvZs/s1600-h/CIMG0250.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/StHn-iEau8I/AAAAAAAAAPg/MA1bgDchvZs/s200/CIMG0250.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391345290422434754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English Square welcomed Razvan-sensei this morning, and had a great time together! Razvan-sensei, originally from Romania, was very good with children, and we all learned a lot about his country. The fact that gathered the highest interest from children was that Romanian children have a three-month long summer vacation. Children looked real envious when they heard this from Razvan-sensei. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More international understanding lessons are coming at English Square this school year. Don't miss them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mari&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2881521245443672022-8860715703730899175?l=englishsquaremari.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/feeds/8860715703730899175/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2881521245443672022&amp;postID=8860715703730899175&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8860715703730899175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2881521245443672022/posts/default/8860715703730899175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquaremari.blogspot.com/2009/10/international-understanding-lessons-at.html' title='International Understanding Lessons at English Square!'/><author><name>中村麻里　Mari Nakamura</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07023980037078657211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMTOIbbbr30/StHn-8pKyqI/AAAAAAAAAPo/g3VMtdFW97o/s72-c/CIMG0249.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
