このセクションでは、生徒たちがその月に実際に「使った英語」をご紹介しています。講師の後に続いたリピートではなく、生徒自身の口から自然に出てきた英語です。

言語学習の目的は「使えるようになること」。おおしろキッズ英語教室では、英語を実際のコミュニケーションとして使うことを大切にしています。このセクションを通して、お子さまたちの“使える力”をご確認いただけます。

「It doesn’t matter」「I’ll do it!」「Where do we put it?」といった自然な表現が、日常的に生徒たちの口から生まれています。

また、英語で自ら質問する姿も特徴的です。本来は中学生以降に学ぶ内容ですが、必要な場面で自分の言葉として使おうとする力が育っています。

「英語を使えるようになること」――その目標を体現しているのが、この第2セクションです。

[Monthly Reports ②]

The second section of our monthly reports highlights the English that students actually use throughout the month—language that comes directly from them, without simply repeating after the teacher.

Arguably, this is the most important part of our reports. After all, the goal of studying any language is to be able to use it. At Oshiro Kids, using English as a real means of communication is our top priority. This section allows parents to clearly see how their children are progressing in that regard. Based on my experience, Oshiro Kids may be the only English school in Japan that documents students’ spontaneous language use in this way.

I encourage parents to look closely at this section and consider it carefully. Pay attention to the kinds of English expressions that are emerging. Much of this language is natural and commonly used in real-life English-speaking environments, yet it rarely appears in school textbooks. Phrases such as “It doesn’t matter,” “I’ll do it!” and “Where do we put it?” are being used naturally by students every week.

It is also worth noting the number of questions students are asking. In many cases, the grammatical complexity required to form questions in English is not typically mastered until junior high school. However, our students are already demonstrating both the willingness and the ability to ask questions when the situation calls for it.

From an educator’s perspective, the ability to use English is the ultimate goal of English education. That is why this second section of our monthly reports is so important.