Eigotown

Eigotown.com has a wide range of services for Japanese learners of English. These include:

  • information on study abroad
  • information on work opportunities using English
  • a shop to buy books, magazines, and other items to study English
  • study resources and links

New Arrivals March 2011: pop-up books & Harry Potter

We have many new books this month. Too many to list them all here, but a few highlights:

  • a few Robert Sabuda pop-up books
  • one or two books for learning French, German, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Italian
  • a series of books that help you to read the Harry Potter books in English. Here is the first volume.

More details to come!

Speaking

Speaking is perhaps the skill that most students are concerned about. Unfortunately, it is the skill that it is most difficult for us to help you with directly. Fortunately, because all the four skills are linked, any work you do on listening, reading, or writing will indirectly benefit your speaking ability—even if you don’t feel any improvement immediately.

There are many things you can do to improve your speaking, perhaps the most important being to make an effort to actually speak in class when you have an opportunity. Also, you should do lots of listening practice to prepare yourself for speaking, and do some shadowing practice, too. Try asking your teachers or the LLAs for more advice.