今年の4月から私の日々のビッグボウのスケジュールにプラスαされたことがいろいろ始まりました。　まずは名古屋の椙山女学園大学で大学生に英語のリーデイングに特化したクラスを教える講師としての仕事が始まり、それと同時にイギリスのアストン大学の早期英語教育の修士号を取得するために遠距離学習者用の修士課程通信教育をはじめました。　今回は修士課程のひとつの課題として早期英語学習者の言語習得の現状の研究目的で、神戸にある「神戸バイリンガルスクール（KOBILS)」に行ってきました。こちらのインターナショナルスクールのオーナーで私の友人でもある　Janina　Tubbyさんには今回私の研究のために、いろいろと協力していただきました。 There have been many changes in my life since April. Not only did I begin teaching reading classes once a week at Sugiyama University, but I also started working on a distance learning master’s degree, an MSc in Teaching Young Learners from Aston University. As part of my studies, I had to observe an elementary English class.  A few…

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