Awareness / アウェアネス What’s Your Opinion On…?
Expressing an opinion is part of English conversation; people share their thoughts to make friends, solve problems, and have a better understanding overall.
Culture
Awareness / アウェアネス 
Culture Stereotypes, Language, and Culture
American, British, Chinese, Korean, Japanese. When reading these nationalities did you think of their stereotypes? Stere...
Communication Practising English in Japan
One thing that I took for granted when I first arrived in Japan was the road signs. At first, I thought nothing of readi...
Culture When Polite is Rude
I previously wrote about polite and rude behaviour when interacting with other people. I also included a couple of scena...
Awareness / アウェアネス Is Better Communication Polite or Rude?
I think, on the whole, people want to be considered polite as we want to be liked; who likes rude people? However, inter...
Awareness / アウェアネス Success by Determination and Support
I often read articles related to learning or teaching as they are either interesting or useful. Recently, I read an inte...
Awareness / アウェアネス 英語のインタラクション(相互交流)ー日本語と英語の違い：すれ違いはどこで起ったのか？
毎日暑いですね。。。私たちの住む地域では、ここ数日熱中症警戒アラートが発令されています（泣） 英語で双方向のコミュニケーションを図ろうとするとき、英語には英語特有のコミュニケーションの方法があり、日本語のそれとは異なります。日本語特有のコミ...
Communication Learning English? Where Do You Start?
I often ask Japanese people, “Do you speak English?” and frequently I hear the reply, “No.” I have two points about this...
Communication How’s My English?
There are many ways a Japanese person can learn English; each way will suit each person differently. You can learn by yo...
Awareness / アウェアネス Not Knowing What You Don’t Know
Many years ago, I read an article about a business meeting between Americans and Japanese. The Americans were asked how ...