Free Style Class is Cooking!!

Tomorrow is the first day of September and do you know what that means...? No, I'm afraid it doesn't mean that it will be cooler outside. But it does mean that this month's free style topic has changed. For the month of September we will be cooking in the classroom!!! If you are interested in taking this exciting opportunity to cook in English, then please stop by or call the school to reserve your spot today!

Grammar Nazi

This video is from a British comedy program.

It is about grammar.

But be warned it is a bit violent,

so if you are sensitive about seeing blood I recommend you don't watch it.

WARNING CONTAINS VIOLENCE

Drum roll please...

Well the results for last weeks poll are in.

The Question was,

"What colour are traffic lights?"

And the most popular answers were as follows,

Red 100%

Green 80%

Yellow 80%

Blue 20%
Orange 20%

So it seems everyone knows red lights are red (derrrrr)

and in English speaking countries we say green light not blue.

Interesting vote for yellow

because although I say yellow light,

I've heard many people say "amber"

Thanks to everyone who voted.

Don't forget to have a look at this weeks poll!

On the weekend I.....

... watched a really great movie!!!

On Sunday night I rented the Blind Side. It was such a good movie! It is based on a true story about the American football player Michael Ore. If you are looking for a good movie to watch, I highly recommend this one!!

Common Enlgish Mistake

bite, biting, bites, bitten, bit

Which word to use?

These bug words are commonly misused by second language English speakers.

Bite: (bit; bitten) a verb for delivering a sting to a person or animal.
Bite: a noun for a painful wound resulting from an insect's stinger thrust into the skin.

Ways to use the different forms of bite:
1.) plural noun: I got a lot of bug bites in the woods.
2.) present tense: The bugs love to bite me.
3.) present continuous: AAH! The bugs are biting me.
4.) simple past verb: A bug bit me last weekend.
5.) past perfect verb: I have been bitten many times in my life.

Hilarious photo of the week!!!!

So this is a bucket seat! hahahaha

Tongue Twister of the Week!

This is a very famous summer tongue twister!
I even found the Japanese translation!!!
Your welcome.

She sells sea shells by the seashore.
（彼女は海岸で海の貝殻を売っている。）
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
（彼女が売っている貝殻は、きっと海の貝殻だ。）
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
（だから彼女がもし海岸で海の貝殻を売っているのなら、）
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
（貝殻はきっと海岸の貝殻だ。）

Just a reminder that the Kids Summer Carnival is this Monday, August 31st and the sign up deadline is tomorrow!!! Please call us to sign your kid up for the super awesome afternoon of activities!!!

I'm back!!

Hello everyone!! I have arrived safely back from my trip home to Canada. I'm back in the school today for classes and very excited to catch-up with everyone!! I'll post some photos of my trip as soon as I can :) See you soon.
~Rachel

Drum roll please...

And the most popular answer to this weeks

POLL QUESTION

"What is the worst thin about summer?" was...

BUGS!!!

With 50%

Yeah I agree. I hate cockroaches and mosquitoes.

My friends have told me some scary stories about GEJI GEJI.

Do you have any HORROR stories about bugs?

Hot Hot Hot

It's HOT so here are some IDIOMS that use the word hot.

Can you match them with the correct meaning?

IDIOMS

1. "Hot under the collar"

2. "In hot water"

3. "Strike while the iron is hot"

4. "Sell like hot cakes"

5. "Full of hot air"

MEANINGS

A. To talks nonsense/tell lies.

B. To take action quickly before an opportunity is lost.

C. To get angry very quickly/easily.

D. To sell very quickly.

E. To be in trouble.

HMMMmmm.....???

OK time for another RIDDLE...

What word is pronounced differently

when the first letter is capitalized?

Drum roll please...

Our POLL question last week was

"What is your favorite summer time food?"

and the winner is ...

SHAVED ICE

with a whopping 57%

(If you have any ideas for poll questions please let us know)

Thanks to everyone who voted

and don't forget to check out this weeks poll!

WELCOME BACK!!!

Hello Everyone!

Well the school is open again.

We missed you all during the break.

Did you enjoy your Obon vacation?

I was really busy,

I went to Awajishima,

the Summer Sonic music festival in Osaka

& my band BLUE HERON FIRE had a live show.

Thanks a lot to the people who came to see us

(Masa, Tomoko & Yoshiko,

you guys are AWESOME!!!)

What did you do during Obon?

Please tell us in the comments section below.

And if you have any photos from your holiday

we would love to see them

please e-mail them to rachel@rle.co.jp

See you soon!

:Phil

Oh Canada....

here I come!!!

Good-bye RLE I hope you all have a great holiday next week.
I will be taking a summer holiday to go back home to Canada the week following obon.
Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused with changing some classes around.
Everything will be back to normal when I return on August 25th.
See you soon,
~Rachel xo

Obon Vacation!

Hey everybody!
Don't forget, next week is obon vacation, so there is NO class!

We hope that you all have a wonderful obon vacation!
See you all in 1 week!

LIVE MUSIC

Don't forget

to come and see Phil's band

"BLUE HERON FIRE"

play live this Sunday at 7:00pm

at AFTERBEAT in Kyoto

for a map visit http://afterbeat.jp

Last weekend I .....

...went to Niigata to see the two day firework festival!!

Tongue Twister of the Week!

The big black bug's blood ran blue.

I dunno...

This question has no real answer...

I was just wondering what your opinion was.

Why do we say "Night Falls" & "Day Breaks"?

For example

"I hope we get home before nightfall"

&

"We must wake up at daybreak."

I guess you could just say

"Dusk" and "Dawn"

but they don't sound as beautiful.....

Pidgin English 101

Waaaassssuuupppp! Howzit? Mahalos fo checkin out anothah pidgin lesson cuz. I guess you all akamai now ah? Shoots cuz we go get stahted on dis lesson!

Hey what's up? How are you all? Thank you for checking out our next pidgin lesson. Have any of you started using any of the words? Well here is another example of pidgin English and "normal" English.


Pidgin English: You no can trick Kimo. Da buggah stay akamai.

Normal English: Kimo is a difficult person to deceive. He is much too smart for that.



Today's words is akamai. It means smart, intelligent, or sharp. This word is very useful and can be used in many situations. So if you all like be akamai, den come down to RLE fo learn some English. Shoots den! Take it easy! See you at the next lesson!