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Hello! Today’s our news letter topic is “Pronunciation training”. A few days ago, we introduced lecture trainings for teachers in another news letter. This time we will show you how teachers get pronunciation lecture skills and teach students good pronunciation.

When it comes to pronunciation, many Japanese have strong accents, which hinder students from improving their English skills. Therefore we put a special emphasis on pronunciation trainings both for teachers and students.
Especially for teachers, we provide

1.1 week special trainings for new teachers
2. Every day teachers’ training
We provide teachers how to teach pronunciation effectively so that they can use those methods in classes.

For example, there is [ə] : sound in English pronunciation, which is called “schwa”. This is a very obscure sound, but by using it effectually, your pronunciation becomes more native-like.To achieve this pronunciation, teachers are trained to pronounce it with their mouths closed, which makes their Philippine accents into native accents. They can also teach students that method.

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Hello! Our topics for today’s news letter is…
1. Daily training for teachers
2. The ratio of nationalities

１.Daily training for teachers

We provide teachers two types of training, which are
a.Lecture style
b.”Peer teaching” style

a.Lecture training
Experienced teachers will be trainers and teach other teachers, especially focusing on pronunciation and grammar. This training is very common among language academies in the philippines.

b.”Peer teaching”
“Peer” means people who are the same age as you, or who have the same type of job, social class etc.

In “Peer teaching” training,teachers make groups of 4-5 people (usually the members of groups are close friends), and teach their strong subjects each other. It is just like a combination of lectures and discussions. For instance, one teacher share his or her teaching methods with other teachers. After that, other teachers ask questions and they start discussions. As they are “peers”, the duscussions would be more active and effective to find the best way of teaching.

WALES maintains high quality of education by doing daily training for teachers.

２. The ration of nationalities(November 14, 2016)

Korean	44％
Japanese	10％
Taiwanese	12％
Yemen	12％
Saudi Arabia	15％
Palestine	7％

Hi! Today’s topic for our news letter is “Presentation Activity”.

１.Presentation Activity

We conducted a presentation activity at the end of September,2016.
We made groups depending on students’ nationalities and students presented about cutures of their countries. They had prepared for one week and practiced enthusiastically.

a. Our purposes of this presentation activity are
・To learn and understand other cultures each other
・To understand the difference of languages and gestures between cultures and prevent misunderstandings.

b. The contents of students’ presentations are
・Tabbo manners
・Unique bahaviours and cultures in theie countries
・Foods
・Sightseeing spots
・History
・Family cultures etc.

c. Time Table
9:00-9:30 Taiwan (including questions)
9:30-10:00 Japan
10:00-10:30 Saudi Arabia
10:30-11:00 Korea
11:00-11:30 Comments

Many students asked questions and we had good debates together. By answering questions, we also found new aspeccts of our cultures.
After the presentation activity, students got feedbacks on their grammar, pronunciation and presentation structures in the afternoon classes, which led students to enhance their speaking skills.

２.The Ratio of Nationalities (October 6, 2016)

Korean	36％
Japanese	18％
Taiwanese	4％
Yemen	18％
Saudi Arabia	18％
Parestine	4％

TOPIC: Presentation Contest

１. Presentation Contest

In WALES, we have a presentation training for teachers, which is called “Mini Toast Masters”. All teachers are required to present in front of four evaluators and other teachers. But of course, students can join if they want! It hepls them a lot to find their weaknesses.

Process
　1. Two teachers are selected randomly.
　2. Topics are determined by drawing lots.
　3. 1 min preparation
　4. 3 min speech
　5. Feedback (time keeping, pronunciation, grammar etc.)

I also joined onece, and it was challenging ^^; My topic was “What is the difference between happiness and happyness?”. Humm… it was difficult.
This practice is very effective not only for grammar and pronunciation skills but also presentation skills.

２.The ratio of nationality

Korean	38％
Japanese	15％
Taiwanese	8％
Yemen	8％
Saudi Arabia	27％
Libia	4％

Hello! Our topic for the news letter vol.4 is… “Junior Camp”

1.Junior Camp

We have summar camp for juniors every July to August. Eleven Korean students are joining this year and we are having energetic times with them.

Schedule of Junior Camp

• Monday~Thursday：
  　 7 hour classes – .4 hours 1:1(Reading, Vocabulary, Writing and Speaking)+ 3 hours group classes(Discussion, Listening and Pronunciation)
  　2 hours night classes(Vocabulary tests)
• Friday： Classes + Events(Speech, Presentation)
• Saturday, Sunday： Activities (Sightseeing, Pool, Resorts, etc.)

Since our academy was established as a English academy for juniors, we have got favorable feedbacks from Korean parents. During the camp, students and one of our staffs stay in a pent-house. Students are not allowed to go out during weekdays. We can accept children over 8 years old, and parents are required to accompany with children under 7 years old.

Junior Camp is so popular that we do not have any vacancy for the next winter camp, but you can still apply for the next summar camp!
Junior Camp is suitable for students who want to buth study hard and enjoy sightseeing ^^
Come and Join us!!

2.The Ratio of Nationalities

Korean	43％
Japanese	8％
Taiwanese	13％
Chinese	4％
Yemen	13％
Saudi Arabia	13％
Parestine	4％