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  Hello everyone, The weather's turned cold this week. I've been battling a small throat infection and my voice got really low and gravelly. Some students were a little surprised when I spoke to them. I've been trying to maintain good etiquette so as not to spread my throat infection onto … 
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Hello everyone,The Hario Speech Contest 2014 is just around the corner this Saturday. The staff and students alike are all busy preparing to put on a great show. I can't think of a better way to spend a cold Saturday afternoon than at the buzzing excitement of our contest at LaHall, can you? There… 
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Hello everyone, How are you doing? It's just over a week until the speech contest and we're busy making final preparations. I look forward to seeing everyone on the big day. I got a haircut earlier this week. A few students commented about this. A frequent mistake in English is to say, 'Oh! Did y… 
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PLS seminar PLS研修会

カテゴリー:English Diary



 Hello everyone,On Sunday Kevin and I attended a PLS seminar in Tokyo to have a look at the new revised PLS system. They have made many improvements on the existing system. The original foundations and methods of teaching remain the same, with most of the materials and activities that we already k… 
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Hello everyone, Last week I took part in the Nagaizumi Road Race near Mishima, running 10km. I used to run lots and do marathons but I hadn't raced for two years so I thought I'd test myself and see whether I'm slowing down in my thirties. It was a fun day. The weather was a little cloudy so you… 
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  Hello everyone, Happy Halloween everyone! It's been a fun week seeing the students and staff in their Halloween costumes. So far this week I've had Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Paaman, many Frozen characters, witches, wizards, ghosts, devils, bats, pirates, and many more in my class… 
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Trick or treat!

カテゴリー:English Diary



Hello everyone, Happy Halloween! It`s the scariest week of the year all over the world. This week at Hario you`re in for a fright! You won`t recognise our staff members in our terrifying costumes. We have a grim reaper, (he`s after your soul), a jack-o-lantern, a scary witch, and a monster wearin… 
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Hello everyone, How are you doing? Next week is Halloween week. Is your costume ready? Please check back next week to see some photos! Earlier this week, Alan, Sachiyo, and I chose the finalists for this year's speech contest. It was a difficult decision as always. We can only choose the best 35 o… 
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Hello everyone,Halloween is coming next week! So it’s time to get your costume ready. I hope to be terrified by our student’s creepy costumes this year, and in turn I promise to scare everyone myself. I feel that it’s my duty seeing as Halloween originated in Ireland about 400 years ago. It was a … 
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