Learning English

Awareness / アウェアネス

Beginner’s Habits Learning English Part 1

A very good place to start When learning something new, we all have to start at the beginning. Some may have a better st...
Tips for Learning / 学びのコツ

Learn What You Want to Say

How do you say..?Have you ever wanted to say something in a language that you are learning but didn’t have the vocabular...
Mindset / マインドセット

Dedication is What You Need

Be the bestThe Guinness Book of World Records is recognised as the authority on achievements made by people. In the 1970...
Mindset / マインドセット

Doing It for Yourself and Others

Hello. My name is Duncan Brown and I am an English Facilitator, here are some of my thoughts about learning the English ...
Awareness / アウェアネス

It’s Not Bad to Be Different

Many years ago, in my early career, I had a semi-private class. We were talking about our likes and dislikes. One of my ...
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...
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

Our First Podcast – Response

A couple of weeks ago, I posted our first podcast and I am pleased by the response. Admittedly, the comments I have rece...
Communication

Theoretical Vs Applied

Duolingo is a popular smartphone application for learning languages, it is so popular that its English tests are now acc...
Awareness / アウェアネス

Are You an “Open Book”?

My dictionary defines an “open book” as a person who through naivety responds candidly to questions or openly displays t...