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Student’s progress – Max

“Is it possible to go studying abroad even people in thirties …?”

Some of those thinking about studying abroad in their thirties or forties, it might be that to hesitate to study abroad for their age.
Mr. MAX who shot this time was 31 years old and took the IELTS exam preparation course.
While working for a Japanese company, he took a leave for a year for attend a graduate school in Europe, and decided to study in Baguio, Philippines for 2 months.

Baguio is known as the best place for adults studying. Asia’s top security, and a year-round climate like the autumn of Japan (annual average of 19.2 ° C).
And WALES English school has a small scale of 50 people, but with a wide range of nationality and age groups mixed up, we have a cozy environment that always uses English.

WALES NEW ROOM TYPES RELEASE!!

◇ Ladies Premium
◇ Apart type – Separate Single
※Room names would be a bit changed based on nationalities.

Luxury rooms will be availed as share house type.
It is certain that you can feel comfortable to stay and study in Baguio, the Philippines!!

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[ Ladies Premium ]
This room is made only for women which can accommodate 7 people as maximum.
Room type is a pent-house, on the top floor of building. You can see dining area, living room and kitchen as you opened the door. You are able to have conversation with other nationalities with being relaxed. Including 2nd floor, there are 5 bed rooms and 2 bathrooms.These can fulfill your “want” besides your study.
[Point]
・ Only Women
・ 2 same-nationality students
・ Avalable kitchen
Single Bedroom: $540
Twin Bedroom: $420
* Price for 4 weeks  /  * Electric and Water fee: P2,000

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[ Apart type – Separate Single ]
Now, our Condo type is available as share house type. Separated bedrooms but living room and dining area are o share. This let students talk with another nationality but fulfill a common needs which “I wanna practice English in my room but wanna have private space at the same time…”
[Point]
・ Private time + Practice English
・ Chill our with a big living room
・ Avalable kitchen
Single Bedroom: $750
* Price for 4 weeks  /  * Electric and Water fee: P4,000

The SECRETS of Teachers in WALES ~Pronunciation Training~ [YouTube]

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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“Every day training” enhance and maintain the quality of education

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％

Learning from the Presentations

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％