まあ's entry (214)
I believe that extracurricular activities are very meaningful because of the following reasons.
First of all, joining extracurricular...
I'm an elementary school teacher as you might know.
In Japan, starting next year we'll officially have to teach English to students who...
Our family went on an excursion to Shikaoi, which is adjacent to my town, with a neighbor family.
In this excursion, we did three thing...
I like to attend parties. I seldom turn down the party I am invited to. There are various kinds of parties such as the wedding party, th...
I went to go to Sapporo, which is the biggest city here of Hokkaido, with my family this weekend. There are two major dancing festivals ...
I think the atmosphere of the workplace depends on the personality of the boss. I'm an elementary school teacher and my school is no exce...
I have the feeling that there are more opportunities to see or hear passive voice in English than in Japanese. It seems that there are t...
There are several tenses to mention the events. You use simple past tense to talk about the event that happened yesterday. You use futur...
It's bitterly important to learn how to ask someone questions properly in order to get the conversation going. I think it's also importa...
I heard that people who work from home is ever-increasing. The word SOHO, which is an acronym of Small Office Home Office, has become fa...
I try to make as many opportunities to speak in English as I can. I sometimes have difficulty understanding what they are saying. Partic...
A field day was held at my daughter's school yesterday. I went there with my wife and mother-in-law. We enjoyed not only seeing her runn...
I have many opportunities to listen to music. Music plays important roles in our lives in various ways.
First, music helps us keep ...
Some people like to do something daring or dangerous. There seems to be various reasons. One of them is that they like to try new things...
I think I can't get by without using the Internet these days. There are various opportunities to use the Internet. For example, I usuall...
There are various different types of crimes such as theft, shoplifting, kidnapping, homicide, smuggling, and arson. Some city has a high...
Since I've never been to New York, I don't know much about it. However, when it comes to New York, I can think of the Statue of Liberty,...
People tend to persuade someone to do what they want such as the following. A wife convinces her husband to take her to a luxurious rest...
Now in Japan, I can see many things which are affected by America. For example, fast food restaurants like McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Ch...
I used to go to elementary school and junior high on foot. On the other hand, I used to go to high school and college using transportati...
