Kaetsu Saturday School

Today the Honours Class studied reported speech. It was quite difficult for many of the students but all managed to use the required grammar to report on a 90-second interview with a partner.

The Standard Class looked at measuring lengths, widths and heights using the structure “X is xx cm long/tall/wide”.

The next lesson for the Honours Class will be a review of adjective order, adverbs and reported speech based around a detective story. The Standard Class will be looking at negative comparatives using “not as”.
 

◇授業では説明のために文法が出てきますが、今の段階では細かな文法を覚える必要はありません。授業で扱った表現を何度も声に出して、体になじませるように心がけてください。

11月10日

Today the Honours Class studied adjective order in relation to foods. It was challenging in places and students had to think about whether the adjectives they used were more changeable or intrinsic to the foods.

 
The Standard Class studied simple comparatives (-er), also related to food. It was quite difficult but everybody managed to create at ;least one sentence using a comparative.
 
Next week, the Honours Class will look at adverbs of manner in relation to describing people. The Standard Class will look at television and complex comparatives (more + long adjective).

11月17日

Today, the Honours Class wrote adverb poems and took part in a brainstorming exercise. The quality of the poetry was very good indeed but the students ought to be more active in speaking and listening to one another.
 
The Standard Class looked at longer adjectives and this was quite difficult, especially when used to compare and contrast.
 
Next week the Honours Class will study reported speech and the Standard Class will study measuring.

◇このところ、英語上級クラスの人数が増えてきています。お互いにディスカッションする機会も多くなってくるので、恥ずかしがらずに英語でコミュニケ―ションをとるよう心がけてください。

◇スタンダードクラスは午前も午後も少人数で授業をおこなっています。恐れずに先生に話しかけてみましょう。