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マイケルズ英会話古市校のベテラン英語講師 Nili 先生のご紹介⭐
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★ What's your name and where do you come from?
☆ I'm Nili Roberts. I'm from London, Paris, and Istanbul.
★ What were you like as a kid?
☆ Very happy and cheeky until 5 and then way too serious. I've gone back to playful now.
★ How many years have you been in Japan?
☆ This is my fourteenth year.
★ What made decide to come to Japan?
☆ In London, my husband and I discovered Aikido. The international headquarters of our style of Aikido are in Osaka. We became passionate about it and decided to pack our bags and come to the source.
★ Is there a particular location you would like to visit in japan?
☆ Yes, I would love to go to Hokkaido.
★ What was the most surprising thing about Japan?
☆ Everything! I thought I had landed on Mars at first! I love Japanese idiosyncrasies. I am still in awe of Japanese manners. I think this is one of the most civilized places on Earth, and I love living here.
★ How many languages do you speak?
☆ I am fluent in three languages, English, French and Turkish. My Japanese is a work in progress. I also know Latin but don't "speak" it. One of our students, Iku, switched from English to Latin lessons a few years ago, and we have been studying together ever since.
★ Is there anything you cannot accept at all?
☆ About Japan? Or in general? Bigotry is top of my list. And carelessness.
★ Favorite Japanese word/phrase/Kanji?
☆ I have quite a few. Japanese is such a beautiful language. These are some of my favorite words/concepts: ときめき/tokimeki, めりはり/merihari, 言霊/kotodama, 木洩れ日/komorebi
★ What is your favorite Japanese food? Why do you love it?
☆ I love Kaiseki Ryori. It's like eating poetry. Exquisite. And I love wagashi!
★ What is your least favorite Japanese food? Why do you love it?
☆ I don't like ramen! It's too greasy for me, and I don't like pork. My friends always look at me funny when I say that...
★ What do you want to do in Japan before you go back home?
☆ I would like to go on a grand tour of Japan and see all the sites that I have missed - there are many!
★ As an English teacher, what do you think of katakana?
☆ It is a pity that English phonemes are filtered through katakana in Japan. It would be so much better to try and imitate the sounds directly. That's how foreign languages are - very effectively - taught in Europe.
★ What do you do to motivate your students?
☆ I praise them when they make a real effort. It is important to keep your confidence levels up when you're trying to learn something new. I encourage them to make English a part of their lives outside the classroom, so I regularly recommend some films, music, karaoke songs, books... I make them memories poetry, dialogues, and stories. I tell them to read or listen to the news in English, download relevant apps, travel... Whatever you do, it should be fun. I also show them how far they have come by quizzing them and showing them materials they used to find difficult and are now easy. Being able to measure your progress is paramount to staying motivated.
★ What can't Japanese people speak English?
☆ The way students are taught foreign languages in high school seems to remove all the joy from the learning experience. It is a real pity. Too many students end up not only hating English because of grammar (the number 1 enemy in Japan) but also losing confidence. When you are learning a language, you must immediately start speaking it no matter what your level is. Practicing dialogues, learning words and lexical chunks
in context, enjoying speaking and listening, watching movies, listening to songs and singing along are among the activities that make all the difference.
★ Please tell us what you have learned from your teaching experience.
☆ An awful lot. Perhaps, the most important skill has been the ability to communicate with a wide and varied community of people ranging between 2 and 80 years old.
★ What is your teaching philosophy?
☆ Structure and attention are important, but don't get bogged down. Talk your head off. Don't worry about making mistakes. Keep going. Above all, ENJOY studying, and all will be well.
★ What do you find most frustrating about teaching? How did you solve?
☆ It is a challenge when someone very quiet comes to you with the unrealistic expectation that by simply sitting in your classroom, they will somehow become fluent. My job is to get them to speak, so no matter how shy they are, I make sure that they spend a good deal of the lesson reading, repeating, speaking English sentences! They usually open up and become more confident over time.
★ What advice would you give to someone who is thinking of joining MES to practice or study English?
☆ Come in, don't be scared, we are going to have a good time! Clearly tell us what you have in mind, and we will design a lesson that suits you.
★ What is the greatest feature of MES?
☆ I think we are excellent at determining individual needs and goals. Our lessons are tailor-made to match each person's abilities, interest, and objectives. We are not a "factory school" like many out there, and our students are not figures on a balance sheet. We care about them as people and want to bring joy into their lives while we are helping them progress in English.
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日本だけでなく他国での英語講師歴も長く、何より生徒さん思いで
生徒さんに合わせたカリキュラムを提供する熱心で優しい先生
笑顔が素敵なニリ先生に会いに来てくださいね
Happy father's day! With all Love.
