EY Y02 L01 My English Lessons


  1. How often do you attend Express Yourself! lessons? Which day or days do you attend? Does this suit your schedule? Why?
  2. How many classmates do you normally have? Who are your classmates today? Who have you known the longest? How long have you known them?
  3. Choose one classmate. Tell us at least 3 things you know about this person.
  4. Tell us at least 3 things you know about your instructor.
  5. When you do English-Please! Express Yourself lessons, there are many stages in the weekly or fortnightly cycle; reading the questions, reading model answers, composing your responses, expressing yourself in class, receiving teacher feedback. Which part do you find the most useful, enjoyable or interesting? Why?
  6. Which part do you find the most cumbersome, annoying or frustrating? Why?

Question 1

I teach some private EY students on Tuesday, Thursday and some group students on Thursday and Friday and I really enjoy them all.

Question 2

I have about 8 students total with me knowing the Friday class the longest. As of writing this piece, I have not met my Thursday group class yet.

Question 3

The classmate mate that I will choose is, I will keep her name confidential, is from Nara, is the CEO of a company, and she has the same birthday as my son.

Question 4

I will write three things I know about another instructor, he used to be a barman, he has two kids, and he used to play American football.

Question 5

If I was a student, I think that I would enjoy expressing myself in class. However, I think that the corrections would be the most useful and improve my language ability.

Question 6

Sometimes we run out of time which is a shame especially when quality learning is happening and the conversation is flowing freely.

Tough Vocabulary

- English - - Japanese -
confidential 機密
run out 尽きる
flowing freely 自由に流れる