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TOEIC Practice Question of the Week
“Keeping score can motivate students by adding an elementary of competition.” Find the mistake. A. Keeping score B. motivate C. elementary D. competition 「スコアは競争の要素を加えることで生徒のモチベーションになりえます。」...
Idiom of the Week: Cross That Bridge When We Come to It
“But how will you get back home afterward?” “I don’t know. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.” We use this phrase to put off a decision or problem until later. When travelling, you don’t need to figure out how you will cross a certain bridge until you actually...
Word of the Week: Brag
“I know you scored the winning goal, but don’t brag about it.” To brag is to talk about your own accomplishments, not just to share happy news but in an arrogant way. Most people usually find this annoying, so it’s a negative word. In some situations, like job...
Phrase of the Week: Not that I know of
"Do any of your friends play the guitar?" "Not that I know of." This is a useful phrase for answering questions when you don't have complete information. It's possible one of your friends can play the guitar but has never talked to you about it. So you don't think any...
TOEIC Practice Question of the Week
"Could you ______ me to send that email tomorrow? I don't want to forget." Fill in the blank. A. remind B.remmber C. recall D. rethink...
Let’s go to the beach! Getting around town in English 海に行きましょう！英語で町を回りましょう
Classroom Tip This chant from Happy Valley Student Book 2, Unit 2, introduces the different places where Kinka and Pinka will visit. Do the chant and then do again with gestures. After, put the teacher or student cards around the room and use the dialogue Let’s go to...
Trivia of the Week: Buttercup
A buttercup is a small yellow flower. The name sounds cute and delicious, but actually, they are poisonous. Cows and horses sometimes get sick from eating them if they have nothing else to eat....
Idiom of the Week: Take it on the chin
“The committee criticized his paper, but he took it on the chin.” Imagine being punched in the face. If you stand there and accept the punch, you “take it on the chin”. We use this to mean accepting something bad, such as an attack or misfortune, without...
Word of the Week: Rise
"The sun rises over the horizon." "The plane rose into the sky." When you make something else get higher, you raise it. When it gets higher by itself, it rises. There are many ways to use "rise": "Let the dough rise." "The price has risen since last time."...
Picture of the Week: Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemums come from Asia and northeastern Europe. The English name comes from the Greek words for “gold” and “flower”. They are mostly used for decoration but sometimes also used in cooking in Japan, Korea and China. ...
