Here is a sample Karaoke title that is available with the Karafun software:
“I am beautiful” by Christina Aguillera

beautiful – karaoke from ddeubel on Vimeo.

It’s been a long time since my last update. My apologies for the delay. I’m back and ready to help bring you more useful links to help your learning than ever:-)

Let’s kick things off with one of my favorite sites: This I believe.

You’ll find hundreds of short but powerful essays written by famous and not-so-famous authors. You can also listen to the audio for each essay, so there is plenty of English practice waiting for you. Here’s a description of the This I believe project:

This I Believe, Inc., was founded in 2004 as a not-for-profit organization that engages youth and adults from all walks of life in writing, sharing, and discussing brief essays about the core values that guide their daily lives.
This I Believe is an international project engaging people in writing and sharing essays describing the core values that guide their daily lives. Over 70,000 of these essays, written by people from all walks of life, are archived here on our website, heard on public radio, chronicled through our books and television programming, and featured in weekly podcasts. The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

Hello everyone,

I am very pleased to introduce my friend Andrew’s latest project, English Star, an English video site with lots of interactive listening and general comprehension support. There are many kinds of practice, plenty of study content and a growing community of English learners there. You can use subtitles in English or Japanese, as well as some other languages. Register for the site to have full use of all site functions.

Hi everyone,

A fellow teacher who lives in Kyushu, Peg, kindly passed along this link and I was amazed to find real picture books on the website. You can turn the pages just like if you were holding the book in your hands. Please have a look. You won’t be disappointed:-)

Have a look…and a listen!

Enjoy:-D
Steven

あけましておめでとうございます。今年もイングリッシュ･マスターズは皆様の英語ライフをよりハッピーなものにするべく強力にサポートして行きます。どうかよろしくお付き合いをお願いいたします。

冬休みはいかがお過ごしでしたか。イングリッシュ･マスターズでは1年で一番冬休みが長いので、講師の先生たちやスタッフみんながこの休みが来るのを楽しみにしています。今回はＭａｒｙがオーストラリアへ、Ｓｔｅｖｅｎがアメリカへ帰国しました。クリスマスやお正月をどんなふうに過ごしたのか、戻ってきてから聞くのが楽しみ！

新年のクラスは1/5からスタートしています。みんな久しぶりのレッスンをとっても楽しんでくれている様子。今年はさらにレベルアップを目指してがんばるぞー！と意気込みもすばらしいです。新年は、新たな気持ちで目標を掲げてゴールに向かってスタートすると同時に今まで続けてきた英語学習 を改めて見直すいい機会です。より自分に合った方法でゴールまでの最短距離をめざしましょう！

My friend Charles Kelly, who runs manythings.org and a4esl.org with his brother Larry, has set up an easy-to-access listening resource. Please check it out by clicking on the image below

寒い、寒い!　なんだかびっくりするほど早く冬になった気分です･･･まだまだ紅葉を楽しむ頃だと思うのですが。いかがお過ごしでしょうか。

イングリッシュ･マスターズでは12月恒例のクリスマスパーティー開催を決定しました。今年はＥＭＣ²でゆっくり楽しんでいただこうと思っています。日時など詳細は以下の通りです。

My parents’ generation was called the “baby-boomers.” They have been the largest group of voters in the U.S. for over 40 years. The next powerhouse generation of American citizens is not happy about the country–and the world–they have received…so they are getting active, and getting organized. Perhaps there is still time to save the U.S. and our planet, but only if we do it _together_.

[via TokyoKevin]

久しぶりに地域情報誌「マイタウン奈良」に広告掲載をしました。

「マイタウン奈良」は奈良県北部～京都府南部に配布地域を持つフリーペーパーです。

9/６号にて『秋からのおけいこデビュー』という特集記事の中で掲載されています。

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