Archive

May, 2012
· Obama becomes first U.S. president to back same-sex marriage (News)
· World's Most Bribery-Prone Businesses (News)
· Diet deliberates bill to support working mothers (News)
· Understanding Conversations (OTHERS)
· Why are Japanese bad at English? (News)
· Grammar: Types of Sentences (Level B)
· Business Idioms (Level B)
· Being Bilingual Boosts Brainpower (News)
April, 2012
· Litte Interaction Among Japanese And Foreign Residents (News)
· Why good Wi-Fi is so hard to find in Japan (News)
· Japan 'no longer a rich country' by 2050 (News)
· China slams Ishihara's Senkaku plan (News)
· Idiom: "Can of Worms" (OTHERS)
· Tokyo governor plots to buy disputed islands (News)
· DepEd to run Money 101 for Pinoy kids (News)
· Filipinos among 'least rude' in the world, says survey (News)
· Spitting may soon be a crime in PH (News)
· Sex-change women allowed to enter Miss Universe (OTHERS)
· Japan, Britain agree on joint arms development (News)
· Illegal baby names (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: Families and Time (Level B)
· Homework Has Few Benefits, Says Study (News)
· Iran tells Hatoyama it will not give up nuclear program (News)
· Fraud targets Android phones (News)
March, 2012
· Japan resumes capital punishment (News)
· Google ordered to delete terms from autocomplete (News)
· Sweden In Move To Cashless Economy (News)
· "Flick Slangs" (Level B)
· Israel’s skinny model ban (News)
· Japan's 10 most intractable problems (News)
· China's new rules for microblog users take effect (News)
· Are you guilty of Schadenfreude? (OTHERS)
· Get rid of 'amakudari' before hiking taxes (News)
· Brain Teaser: "The Intruder" (Kids B)
· Osaka Mayor Hashimoto's boldness and rudeness (News)
· Japan May Double Consumption Tax (News)
· Usage: "I'd rather" (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: "What's the Matter?" (Level A)
· China to soften its one-child policy slogans (News)
· New child care facilities to support working moms (News)
· Law enacted to cut national civil servants' pay (News)
· Child Poverty Grows As Cities Expand (News)
February, 2012
· Japan: Philippines A Good Payer (News)
· Safety of Travelers in the Philippines (OTHERS)
· Got Time? (OTHERS)
· Do Rich People Live Longer? (News)
· Tax and regulate sugar like alcohol and tobacco (News)
· Body Idioms (Level B)
· Girl in China forced to eat faeces by father (News)
· 'Talking place' helps teenagers gain self-confidence (News)
· Bill to help people get refunds (News)
· Birth Control: Could It Be Illegal Again? (News)
· Idioms: "Excuse me, but I'm pissed off!" (OTHERS)
· The end of an era for Japan (News)
January, 2012
· Reading Comprehension: "Lucky" (OTHERS)
· College Pastimes (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Bank Services (Level B)
· Internet Piracy Bill in Trouble (News)
· Culture Talk: Japan vs. Philippines (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: If a Runner Runs, Does a Sweater Sweat? (Level B)
· The "Friendliest" Countries in the World (News)
· Quake victims to lose unemployment aid (News)
· Slang: "Call Something Off" (OTHERS)
· Congress approves anti-bullying bill (News)
· Free English tests for students (News)
· Idioms: "Emotions" (Level B)
· In 2012: I will/I will not (Kids A)
· Japan developing 'good virus' vs cyberattackers (News)
· These Words Are Now Banned from English (OTHERS)
· 2012 To Be Better Than 2011 (News)
December, 2011
· Japan picks 'kizuna' as kanji character of 2011 (News)
· UN assembly holds "minute" of silence for Kim Jong-il (News)
· More loving wives for husbands who take active role (News)
· North Korea's military to share power with Kim's heir (News)
· S Korea urges "courage" from Japan on sex slaves (News)
· Overseas reactions to "cold shutdown" (News)
· Speaking: Too Hot To Handle? (OTHERS)
· Confusing Words (OTHERS)
· New in Town (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Let's Speak! (Communicating Verbs) (OTHERS)
· House OKs bill banning hospitals from making nurses pay (News)
· 82% of Japanese Have Friendly Feelings Towards US (News)
· Japan looks to giant washer to clean Fukushima debris (News)
· Americans Give Up $34 Billion of Vacation (News)
· English for the Holiday Season (OTHERS)
· Organic vs. Non-organic Food (OTHERS)
· "Merry Christmas" a no-no at airport (News)
· English for Weddings (OTHERS)
· Usage: Superlatives + Ever + Present Perfect (OTHERS)
· Central gov't to keep eye on Hashimoto's reforms for Osaka (News)
· Tech Firm Implements Employee ‘Zero Email’ Policy (News)
November, 2011
· Reinforcing Topic: How To Give Directions (Level B)
· Reinforcing Topic: I do not know how... (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: What Type Of Person Are You? (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Idioms Relating to Ambition & Determination (OTHERS)
· Welfare System Under Strain (News)
· A Letter From Colombia (OTHERS)
· Washington Post to attract youth online (News)
· How to ask and respond to personal questions (OTHERS)
· Noda: TPP decision depends on nat'l interests (News)
· Can I Please Borrow Your Car? (OTHERS)
· Using Tag Questions (OTHERS)
· Anti-TPP groups, lawmakers step up pressure on Noda (News)
· ‘Anti-epal’ bill: No more self-praise on posters (News)
· Usage: Die, Dead, Death (Level B)
October, 2011
· Easy Ways to Add 20 Years to Your Life (OTHERS)
· Saudi women to be given right to vote (News)
· Reading Comprehension: History of Halloween (OTHERS)
· Thriller by Michael Jackson (OTHERS)
· A Greek Myth: Pandora's Box (OTHERS)
· Over 100 politicians rally against TPP (News)
· Gaddafi Death a "Lesson to Tyrants" (News)
· The Rich and the Poor (OTHERS)
· Usage: If vs. Whether (Level B)
· Child Sacrifice in Uganda Increasing (News)
· Hundreds turn out to 'Occupy Tokyo' (News)
· Will Japan Give Free Airfare to 10,000 Foreign Tourists? (News)
· What Are You Wearing Today? (Kids A)
· TEPCO demands only 50% disclosure of manuals (News)
· Impose death penalty vs. corruption, Filipinos suggest (News)
· Denmark Starts World's First Food Fat Tax (News)
· Vintage Clothes (OTHERS)
· Usage: Fun vs. Funny (Level B)
September, 2011
· Anti-nuclear demonstrators demand plant in Tokyo (News)
· Song: True Colors (OTHERS)
· DOST campaign hopes to redefine 'Filipino Time' (News)
· Funny is Fun! (OTHERS)
· Changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech (OTHERS)
· Obama’s New Tax for the Mega-Rich (News)
· What couldn't you live without? (OTHERS)
· A Drink At A Bar (OTHERS)
· North Korea calls for people to donate cash to state (News)
· Easy Ways to Burn Calories (OTHERS)
· Gov't eyes tax hikes for reconstruction (News)
· PM Noda's office launches blog (News)
· Modals with “Not”: Must not, Do not have to (Level B)
· Japan’s Trade Minister Jokes About Radiation (News)
· Tourism flatlines as visitors avoid Japan (News)
· Reading Comprehension: My Bestfriend (OTHERS)
· Finite and Non-Finite Verbs (Level B)
· Weird Amnesia (OTHERS)
· Different Uses of "Like" (Level B)
· Japanese support for US bases grows (News)
· Japan's ex-PM Kan feared 'uninhabitable Tokyo' (News)
· Quoted Speech: "Did He Really Say That?" (Level B)
· PM Noda Received Illegal Political Campaign Contributions (News)
· PM Yoshihiko Noda: Extreme Right-Wing Nationalist? (News)
· Quit Smoking and Other Idioms (OTHERS)
August, 2011
· Quake-prone Japan looks at geothermal energy (News)
· 5 Presidential Race Kicks Off (News)
· Usage: Would (Level B)
· Listening Practice: Work Ethics (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Head and Mind Idioms (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Mistakes Idioms (OTHERS)
· Numbers: Larger and Smaller (Kids A)
· Honest Japanese (OTHERS)
· Japanese Return $78m Lost Tsunami Cash (News)
· Romantic Road Rage (Level C)
· Slang: Road Rage (Level B)
· Pet Passports (OTHERS)
· A Noisy Neighbor (Level B)
· Fix it or Trash it? (OTHERS)
· Tick-tock-tick-tock (Kids A)
· Japanese Schoolchildren: What The World Doesn't Need? (News)
· Politicians Holiday During Financial Crisis (News)
· Plain Rubbish? (OTHERS)
· Japan to mull emergency backup capital city (News)
· Amazing Animals (OTHERS)
· Types of Compound Words (OTHERS)
· Quantifiers: A bottle of wine (Level B)
· Foreign trainee program "like human trafficking" (News)
· Air-Conditioned Clothes a Hit in Japan (Level B)
· Connecting Adverbs (OTHERS)
· Japanese Lawmakers Not Allowed to Visit South Korea (News)
· Indefinite Articles: A vs. An (Level B)
· Grammar: Articles (Level B)
July, 2011
· The Internet Is Changing Our Memory (News)
· Anti-corruption websites pop up in China (News)
· Do you speak British or American English? (OTHERS)
· Usage: Lend or Borrow? (Level B)
· Grammar: Interjections (Level B)
· Norway Shooter Admired “Monocultural” Japan (News)
· Color-coding China's hackers (News)
· Court Interpreters Lack Necessary Language Skills (News)
· Reading Comprehension: Job Descriptions (OTHERS)
· Life Experiences: Using Present Perfect Tense (Level B)
· Reading and Vocabulary: Student Budgets (OTHERS)
· How do you say it? (Level B)
· Red Cross Charity Donation Vending Machine (News)
· Frugality is key to cutting food waste (OTHERS)
· Who is it? (Kids A)
· Prepositions + Noun Pattern (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Describing People (Level B)
· New "win a baby" game draws fire (News)
· South Korea to Swap Textbooks for Tablets (News)
· What's In Your Lunchbox? (Kids A)
· Slang: Let's face it (OTHERS)
· The Water Hyacinth (Level B)
· Fashion No-nos (OTHERS)
· Chinese companies 'rent' white foreigners (News)
· Japan and energy: What's the alternative? (News)
· In The Kitchen (Level B)
· The Pyramid of Giza (OTHERS)
· The Hardest Language (OTHERS)
June, 2011
· TODAY'S WEATHER IS.... (Kids A)
· Let's Make a Toast (Level B)
· Ishihara wants Japan to militarize (News)
· Senator asks Palace to reward whistle-blowers (News)
· Reading Comprehension: Wimbledon Tennis (OTHERS)
· Universities must tell students which subjects to study (News)
· Expressing Agreement with "too" and "so" (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: Kicking it abroad Korean-style (OTHERS)
· I DON'T HAVE A PENCIL! (Kids A)
· Time Expressions: Using Before, After, While and When (Level B)
· Booking a Doctor's Appointment (Level B)
· Informal Contractions (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Commuting (OTHERS)
· Real Happiness (OTHERS)
· I LOVE VEGETABLES! (Kids A)
· Vocabulary: Number Idioms and Expressions (OTHERS)
· Father, Son and a Sparrow (OTHERS)
· Small Talk: Who, What, Where, When, Why? (OTHERS)
· Sleeping helps you learn! (OTHERS)
· How do you sleep? (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Weather Idioms (Level B)
· Caffeine (OTHERS)
· Forgiveness (OTHERS)
· MMDA to MMFF producers: No smoking scenes please (News)
· PH only country in Asia still with 10-year basic education (News)
· Edwina's Train Journey (OTHERS)
· The 7 Types of Listeners (OTHERS)
· All Work And No Play (OTHERS)
May, 2011
· Gov't to grant multiple-entry visas to Chinese tourists (News)
· Plan drafted to provide compensation for radiation rumors (News)
· Different uses of the verb "Get" (Level B)
· Adjective: Comparative Form (Level A)
· Doing Volunteer Work Abroad (Level B)
· Gov't submits bill to raise number of cabinet members (News)
· DVD Piracy in Japan (News)
· 25 Manners Every Kid Should Know By Age 9 (OTHERS)
· A Japanese Restaurant (Level C)
· Prepositional Verbs (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: What is the right time? (Level B)
· How to use "Unless" and "As long as" (Level B)
· Majority agree with Obama decision on bin Laden photos (News)
· Bin Laden's death prompts questions about legality (News)
· Reading Comprehension: Conspiracy Theories (OTHERS)
· In Pictures: "Everyday Problems" (Level B)
· Usage: Make, Let, Allow (Level B)
· How to use an English Dictionary (Level B)
· Civil servants could face 10% pay cut (News)
· Tokyo elects first openly gay politician (News)
April, 2011
· Cafeteria Serves Fukushima Vegetables to Bureaucrats (News)
· Phrasal Verbs with "Up" & "Off" (Level B)
· 6 natural remedies for seasonal allergies (OTHERS)
· SUBSTITUTING USING AUXILIARIES (Level B)
· 'Hikikomori' disorder could complicate Japan quake recovery (News)
· Apple Suing Samsung for Copying (News)
· Should rumor spreading be a prosecutable offense? (News)
· Vocabulary: Extreme Adjectives (Level B)
· Nations fret over plant's water dump (News)
· Ishihara Re-Elected Tokyo Governor (News)
· Vocabulary: New Words (OTHERS)
· Japan asks foreign media to report objectively (News)
· Gov't wants to curb household power use in summer (News)
· Philippine Senate bill seeks to ban plastic bags (News)
· WEDLOCK (OTHERS)
· A Bun In The Oven (OTHERS)
· Nation of Whingers (OTHERS)
· YOUR FIVE SENSES (Kids A)
· GLOBE-ISH (OTHERS)
· Furniture Idioms (OTHERS)
· My Daily Schedule (Kids A)
· HUB OF FAMILY LIFE (OTHERS)
· Activities and Stuff (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: Born to Laugh (Level B)
· I Know That Place! (Kids A)
March, 2011
· Grammar Focus: Personal Pronouns (Level B)
· Relationship Idioms (OTHERS)
· Gov't to push for solar energy (News)
· To download or not to? (OTHERS)
· That's Tasty! (Kids A)
· OMG, LOL, FYI Now in Oxford English Dictionary (News)
· Does Japan Need Daylight Saving Time? (News)
· The Bookworm and Couch Potato (OTHERS)
· In Need of Friends (OTHERS)
· Modern Family (OTHERS)
· Nuclear Power (OTHERS)
· Americans Seek to Adopt Japanese Earthquake Orphans (News)
· More than 2,500 foreign residents seeking re-entry permits (News)
· Sentence Stress (OTHERS)
· Public distrust in Kan's gov't growing day by day (News)
· Age Matters (OTHERS)
· Budget Food (OTHERS)
· Why Do They Dress-up Like Workmen After Natural Disasters? (News)
· Japan will struggle with power crunch after quake (News)
· Stressing the Auxiliary "Do" (Level B)
· HOW CAN I HELP YOU? (OTHERS)
· Idioms from Shakespeare (Level C)
· Rebuilding northeast Japan to take years, billions (News)
· Cold Feet and Other Idioms (OTHERS)
· Guess Who! and Other Idioms (Level B)
· Japan & Nuclear Radiation: Fear Mongering vs. Facts (News)
· Reading Comprehension: 72-Hour Emergency Kit (OTHERS)
· The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Nuclear Meltdown (News)
· Paul Watson: Tsunami Was Divine Punishment (News)
· Understanding Time Expressions (Level B)
· Left or Right Handed Animals (Level C)
· Making Complaints (OTHERS)
· Phrasal Verbs with "Put" (OTHERS)
· Two Great Men of Science (Level B)
· On time or In time (Level B)
· Japan Will Not Punish Protester Burned Russian Flag (News)
· What do you THINK? (OTHERS)
· Computer Vocabulary (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Crazy Spaghetti and Cooking (Level B)
· Cheaters flummox educators (News)
· In-Laws (OTHERS)
· Taking a Road Trip (OTHERS)
February, 2011
· A Woman's Life (OTHERS)
· A Man's Life (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Language used in Meetings (OTHERS)
· Speaking 2 languages may delay getting Alzheimer's (News)
· Suspended teacher defends critical blog (News)
· Reading Comprehension: "Disney World" (OTHERS)
· Dreamhouse (OTHERS)
· Disabled workers in farm sector push (News)
· Japan’s Worst Prime Ministers (News)
· Listening Practice: Pizza Delivery! (OTHERS)
· Listening Practice: Party Invitations (OTHERS)
· Slang: "Pick someone's brain" (OTHERS)
· Japan welcomes China becoming world's No. 2 economy (News)
· Women file suit to keep their surnames after they marry (News)
· Politicians look to online media (News)
· Plant and Flower Idioms (OTHERS)
· Passive Voice Review (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: Medical Advice -- "What's the Matter?" (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: "A Japanese Bath" (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: Just a Hair Cut, Please! (OTHERS)
· How to use: Can, Could, Be able to (Level B)
· How does it taste? -- Food Adjectives (OTHERS)
· Etiquette (OTHERS)
· Talking to Strangers (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: Love Letters (Level B)
· Vocabulary: "Way" Phrases (OTHERS)
January, 2011
· Does going to college make you smarter—or poorer? (OTHERS)
· The 7 Wonders of the World (OTHERS)
· Working Out (OTHERS)
· Mandatory SIM registration pushed after bus blast (News)
· Gov't to set up citizen-numbering system in February (News)
· Govt outlines plan to make new preschool model (News)
· The Word “Dear” Disappearing in E-mails (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: Preparing for journey (Level B)
· Sports Idioms (OTHERS)
· Ministry seeks right to sue local govts (News)
· Nursing homes to be required to refund advance fees (News)
· BBC Apologizes for A-Bomb Jokes (News)
· Japan protests over treatment of 'double A-bomb survivor' (News)
· Justice minister to study pros and cons of death penalty (News)
· Walking Fast a Sign of Longer Life (Level B)
· 9 bil. yen in state property unused (News)
· 'Naoto Date' sparks natl outpouring of goodwill (News)
· Facebook in Japan (OTHERS)
· Keio Univ. to stop using standardized entrance exam (News)
· Making shopping possible (News)
· Jobs on minds of exam-takers (News)
· 34% Approval rating for Kan's reshuffled cabinet (News)
· Retiring local govt heads to face higher taxes (News)
· How to write essays (OTHERS)
· Govt looks to accept hep B deal (News)
· Understanding News: U.K. Students in University Fees Protest (News)
· DepEd to increase kindergarten teachers' pay (News)
· Honesty Coffee Shop (OTHERS)
· Groupon Deal: Too Good to Be True (News)
· Listening and Comprehension: English Accents (OTHERS)
· Twists ahead on road to civil service reform (News)
· Modifiers: "Tall-High-Long and Others" (Level B)
· Exams seek students' opinions (News)
· Most favor English study mandatory for 5th & 6th graders (News)
· WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? (Kids A)
· In 2011... (Kids B)
December, 2010
· Prepositions for Time: "Relating When" (Level B)
· Quantifiers and Agreement Pointers (Level B)
· Teachers suffering stress hits highest level in 2009 (News)
· Servants (OTHERS)
· New Year Traditions (OTHERS)
· Budget for condoms in Philippines: From $19m to zero (News)
· 'Whatever' voted most irritating word (OTHERS)
· 89% of Filipinos expect things to get better in 2011 (OTHERS)
· Group Nouns: Referring To Items Collectively (Level B)
· Number Modifiers: Using Numbers As Adjectives (Level B)
· Assembly Passes Bill Restricting Sale of “Harmful” Manga (News)
· Comparisons: Describing similarities and differences (OTHERS)
· Gov't to allow unlicensed use of copyrighted works (News)
· Spontaneous or Planner? (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: "What You Can Say" (OTHERS)
· Using Series of Adjectives (Level B)
· Leaked files: North Korea over by 2018 (News)
· Tokyo Tries to Ban “Harmful” Anime & Manga (News)
· What are the chances that... (OTHERS)
· Common Phrases and Expressions in English (OTHERS)
· 10 Obsessions of 2010 (OTHERS)
· Caroling (OTHERS)
November, 2010
· Better tech for Pinoy farmers via Japan aid (News)
· Asian rights group calls PHL 'broken and lawless nation' (OTHERS)
· Cooking (OTHERS)
· Salt (OTHERS)
· CNN Received a Copy of Boat Collision Tape Before Leak (News)
· MNL asks JP to receive Filipinos from SK in emergency (News)
· Justice Minister Doesn’t Care About Public Accountability (News)
· Gov't proposes ending spousal tax to promote equality (News)
· In Pictures: Filipino Odd Jobs (OTHERS)
· In Pictures: "Only in the Philippines" (OTHERS)
· Reinforcing Topic: "Tell the Difference" (OTHERS)
· 'Pilipinas Kay Ganda' logo lifted from Poland logo? (OTHERS)
· News Feature: Newly-weds know each other best (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: Caroline's Family (Level B)
· In Pictures: Food Idioms (Level B)
· Count Noun or Non-Count Noun? (Kids A)
· The Truth About Health Myths (OTHERS)
· Gov't to launch survey on school bullying (News)
· Off the sofa! UK gets tough on welfare (News)
· Japanese-Filipino youth call for Japan gov't recognition (News)
· Coast Guard member won't be arrested over video leak (News)
· What's the Difference? (OTHERS)
· How to order a coffee in UK (OTHERS)
· Aquino to seek compromise on WWII sex slaves (News)
· Japan probes leaked China collision video (News)
· Obama Will Not Attend No-Nukes Meeting in Hiroshima (News)
· Distrust of China Soars: 87% Consider China Untrustworthy (News)
· China says leaked video 'cannot change the truth' (News)
· Gov't shaken by leak of video footage (News)
· Grounding the JETs (News)
· Reading Practice: Letter to Mom and Dad (Level B)
· Past Simple Tense - Find all the mistakes (Level B)
· How To Make Tacos (Level B)
· Only in the Philippines (OTHERS)
· Colonial Mentality (OTHERS)
· HOW TO: "PLAY CONKERS" (OTHERS)
October, 2010
· Japan faces dilemma over civilian nuke pact with India (News)
· Japan entering the age of living alone (News)
· Do It Yourself! (OTHERS)
· Saving Money (OTHERS)
· Older people go back to school to learn new skills (News)
· N Korea seeks flexible approach from Japan (News)
· Will the Public Ever See the Senkaku Video? (News)
· How to: "Give Advice" (OTHERS)
· Tension over Senkakus sends wake-up call to world (News)
· Too much katakana contributing to Japan's malaise (News)
· Reading Comprehension: Sally's Shopping List (Level B)
· Politician slammed for saying women like being at home (News)
· Easy Ways to Exit Awkward Situations (OTHERS)
· Health-Related Idioms and Expressions (OTHERS)
· Face Talk! (Level C)
· Aquino signs proclamation giving amnesty to 'mutineers' (News)
· Dalai Lama urges China to enhance transparency (News)
· S Korea urges N Korea to address nuclear issue (News)
· Surprising Origins of Everyday Phrases (OTHERS)
· Food makers to be asked to disclose trans fat content (News)
· Are you a pessimist or an optimist? (OTHERS)
· How to use: "Enough" (With Adjectives & Nouns) (Level B)
· Catch a thief from your armchair and win cash (News)
· Anthem crooners told not to do it their way (News)
· Courtship in Philippine Culture (Level C)
· Personalities: Positive or Negative? (Level A)
· Taking Risks (OTHERS)
· U.S. takes neutral stand over Senkaku Islands (News)
· Japan PM urges China to act responsibly (News)
· How to use: "Just in case" (Level B)
· Costumer to Customer Conversation (OTHERS)
September, 2010
· Debate: Cats or Dogs? (Level A)
· Reinforcing Topic: Let's Speak Up! (OTHERS)
· Animal Similes (OTHERS)
· How to use: "As long as" (OTHERS)
· Reinforcing Topic: So, what's your side? (OTHERS)
· Chocolate, Christmas & Chef (Level B)
· Debate: Which is better? (Level B)
· Reinforcing Topic: Let's Deliberate... (OTHERS)
· "Go" Collocations (Level B)
· That's Redundant! (Level B)
· How Much Do you Know about Europe? (OTHERS)
· New anti-smoking ordinance a bane on businesses (News)
· High School Lessons (OTHERS)
· 2 out of 3 JP businesspeople don't want to work abroad (OTHERS)
· Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank (OTHERS)
· Color Idioms (Level B)
· Time Idioms and Expressions (OTHERS)
· Kan or Ozawa for PM: DPJ set for leadership vote (News)
· Music Vocabulary (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Choosing the Correct Definition (Level B)
· Japanese audiences tire of subtitles (News)
· FOR SALE vs. ON SALE (Level B)
· Pausing Language (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary Activity: "Choose the meaning" (Level B)
· Whale meat menus increasingly back for school lunches (News)
· Japanese women stand low on corporate ladder (News)
· Food expiration dates: What do they really mean? (OTHERS)
· Taste of London! (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Sounds used in English (Level A)
· Ozawa should not be Japan's prime minister (News)
August, 2010
· Vocabulary: Which sounds right? (OTHERS)
· When do I use The? (Level B)
· 3 students to be charged over classmate's suicide (News)
· Song: Hand in my pocket - Adjectives (OTHERS)
· POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE? (Kids A)
· Mayhem in Manila: 9 killed on hijacked tourist bus (News)
· Kan to set up job creation team for young (News)
· Life Choices (OTHERS)
· Idioms and Expressions with "Get" (Level B)
· Brands Discussion (Level C)
· ANIMAL RIDDLES (Level A)
· What's the Opposite? (Kids A)
· Reading Comprehension: Get the phone (Level A)
· Pentagon: China's military power growing (News)
· Organ transplants under new law (News)
· N Koreans demand compensation from Japan (News)
· Japan and China have negative impression on each other (News)
· Dream and Sleep Idioms (Level B)
· FOOD RIDDLES (Kids A)
· Functional Language: Remembering and Forgetting (Level C)
· Communication Beliefs (Level B)
· Is There An Elephant In Your Living Room? (Kids A)
· Vocabulary: Sense Words (Level B)
· Kin agree to donate brain-dead man's organs (News)
· Kan says nuclear deterrence necessary for Japan (News)
· Court interpreters struggling in lay judge trials (News)
· My Dream Birthday Party (Kids A)
· Reading Comprehension: A Tale of Two Girls (Level A)
· Vocabulary: "Food and Eating" (OTHERS)
July, 2010
· Vocabulary: "Place Names" (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Emotions (Level B)
· Elderly living alone increasingly dying the same way (News)
· South Korea Punishes People For Ancestors’ Crimes (News)
· Japanese seen as 'critical' in U.S. language program (News)
· Japan ranks poorly in global 'quality of death' index (News)
· aLL aBouT kiDS! (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: Creepy Film (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: Chores (Level B)
· THE VOWEL SOUNDS AE and AH (Level B)
· Characteristic of a Noun: Person (Level B)
· 10% consumption tax will destroy Japan (News)
· 1st full-body scanning begins on trial basis at Narita (News)
· Disciplining Kids (OTHERS)
· Listening Exercise: The New Apartment (Level B)
· Vocabulary Lesson: "I am Negative" (Level B)
· Japan eases visa conditions for Chinese tourists (News)
· A Letter from Caroline (Level B)
· Travel Tips (OTHERS)
June, 2010
· Japan weighs up about giving foreign residents the vote (News)
· E Timor president suggests Japan eat fruit, not whales (News)
· China says "concerned" about South Korea (News)
· Philippines' aerial banana spraying slammed (News)
· 7 Ways to Improve Your Listening Skills (OTHERS)
· U.N. committee recommends Japan review history textbooks (News)
· By vs. Until (Level B)
· Teachers (OTHERS)
· Travel Videos (OTHERS)
· Japan’s Vote Buying at the IWC (News)
· Ex-smoker Obama offers tips on how to kick habit (News)
· Survey: Japan No. 3 most-peaceful nation; Iraq worst (News)
· 17 Again (OTHERS)
· City or Country? (OTHERS)
· Where should I go? (Level A)
· Japan's Prime Minister and First Lady Are First Cousins (News)
· New Prime Minister Kan to 'rebuild trust' (News)
· Reading Comprehension: Effects of Stress (OTHERS)
· Imperatives (Level A)
· Hatoyama has decided to step down (News)
· Regional areas face shortage of doctors (News)
· Hatoyama backs Seoul's U.N. bid to punish N Korea (News)
May, 2010
· Violent video games touted as learning tool (News)
· Mental health checkups at firms to prevent suicides (News)
· 15 babies left at a baby hatch in fiscal 2009 (News)
· Phrasal Verbs about Money (Level B)
· Travel: "What If I Lose My Passport?" (OTHERS)
· LDP says Japan needs Marines of its own (News)
· Summer Camp (OTHERS)
· Panel questions benefits of lottery programs (News)
· In rapidly modernising India, caste fatally lurks (News)
· "It" and "There" (Level A)
· Making Questions (Level A)
· How to: "Avoid making mistakes in English" (OTHERS)
· Bad English (OTHERS)
· Only Child (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: "The Vain Emperor" (Kids B)
April, 2010
· True or False Quiz (Level B)
· THE FIVE SENSES (Kids B)
· Song: "CAN DO KID" (Kids A)
· The downside of twittering (News)
· Idioms in News (OTHERS)
· American Idioms (Level B)
· A man's request for child allowance got rejected (News)
· Filipinos should dispose garbage properly (News)
· Types of Hotel Accomodation (OTHERS)
· NK urges Japan to include Korean schools in tuition aid (News)
· Hotels With The Most Beautiful Views (OTHERS)
· Everybody In This Room Speaks English (Level B)
· Good or Bad Suggestion? (Level B)
· Huckabee likens gay marriage to incest, polygamy (News)
· Doctor shortage? 28 states may expand nurses' role (News)
· Hard or Hardly? (Level A)
· DPJ wavers on maiden names law (News)
· Rampant cheating hurts China's research ambitions (News)
· Gov't announces new highway tariff (News)
· Sightseers to be barred from Tsukiji for a month (News)
· New political party to be named 'Tachiagare Nippon' (News)
· Japan hoping the new catchphrase attracts tourists (News)
· New containers help consumers keep food costs down (News)
· Song: Part of that World (from "The Little Mermaid") (Kids A)
· Education Idioms (Level B)
· Say or Tell? (Level B)
March, 2010
· Talking about a Movie (Extended Speaking) (Level C)
· Between vs. Among (Level A)
· 3 foreigners pass national nurse exam in Japan (News)
· PUP president says 2000-percent tuition hike "necessary" (News)
· What is the Main Idea? (Level A)
· Citizens told to brush up on etiquette (News)
· Gov't guideline calls for 2-week vacation for workers (News)
· Cartoonists oppose new regulation in comics (News)
· OT board considers allowing transplants between strangers (News)
· Single female workers want future husband to share values (News)
· Staycation (OTHERS)
· High School Reunions (OTHERS)
· Cruise Vacations (OTHERS)
· Backpacking Overseas (OTHERS)
· Hitchhiking (OTHERS)
· Lack of health insurance blamed for 33 deaths in 2009 (News)
· Do vs. Does (Level A)
· Principal fails in cover-up (News)
· Adverbs of Manner (Level A)
· Princess Aiko unable to go to school after being bullied (News)
· Mobile Phone English (OTHERS)
· What are Euphemisms? (Level B)
· Japan will not comply with tuna trade ban (News)
· Culture Meetings (OTHERS)
· The Holiday (Level B)
· Philippines' Top Tourist Spots (OTHERS)
· Japan struggling to address int'l child custody issues (News)
· S Korean land purchase stirs security concerns (News)
February, 2010
· Travel Sayings (OTHERS)
· Slang in Movies (Level B)
· Movie Slangs (Level A)
· The dumbing down of Japanese students (News)
· Express and Identify (Level B)
· DREAMS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS (OTHERS)
· Free tuition fee for Korean Schools? (News)
· Australia sets Nov deadline for Japan to end whaling (News)
· Office Life (OTHERS)
· Let's exercise our tongue! (Level B)
· I hate to eat and run (Level B)
· How to: "Talk to anyone" (OTHERS)
· Child pornography cases hits record high in Japan in 2009 (News)
· Hatoyama backs use of separate surnames (News)
· Sex-change husband urges minister to register son (News)
· HR group urges Japan to disclose data on cluster bombs (News)
· Boy with gender disorder allowed to go to school as girl (News)
· Child allowances cover low-income single-father families (News)
· Has gone to vs. Has been to (Level A)
· The Mosquito (OTHERS)
· Law is a serious matter. Or is it? (OTHERS)
· Speaking Practice (Level B)
· Infinitive or -ing? (Level A)
· Because I Said So! (OTHERS)
· EVEN and ONLY (Level B)
· Getting Idiomatic (OTHERS)
· Teachers lose compensation over national anthem issue (OTHERS)
· Vice minister says full-scale child allowances difficult (OTHERS)
January, 2010
· Which is more polite? (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Personality Flaws (Level B)
· Nothing beats the first time! (OTHERS)
· Giving Advice: Using Past Modals (OTHERS)
· Reading a Map (Level A)
· Using Past Modals (Level A)
· Comfort Food (Level B)
· In the news: Haiti Earthquake (OTHERS)
· HAVE YOUR SAY... (Level C)
· Fewer or Less? (Level A)
· Farmers markets gathering consumers' attention in Tokyo (News)
· Quiet please! Noise irks Japan's commuters the most (News)
· Gov't to address language barrier of foreign nurses (News)
· Using Past Simple (Level A)
· Why is Japan so... (OTHERS)
· Planned Futenma relocation "insult" to Japan (News)
· English lifeline helping out both foreigners, Japanese (News)
· Gov't to submit bill to give foreigners local suffrage (News)
· PM Hatoyama Starts Using Twitter (News)
· Movie Review: Anna and the King (OTHERS)
· Asking Questions: Reversing Auxiliary Verbs (Level A)
· Hawaiian Holiday (OTHERS)
· Holiday Travel (OTHERS)
· Adjective endings: "-ed" and "-ing" (Level A)
· Using Have and Has (Level A)
December, 2009
· Filipino Odd Jobs (OTHERS)
· People who.... (OTHERS)
· In 2010... (Kids B)
· Vocabulary: "Ouch, it hurts!" (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Two-word phrases (Level B)
· No, None and Not (Level A)
· Litter Bug (Kids B)
· Dear Santa (Kids A)
· Three-Word Phrases (Level B)
· Japanized English (Level B)
· Vitamins and Minerals (OTHERS)
· Seasick (OTHERS)
· My Christmas Spelling List (Kids B)
· Vocabulary: Higher Education (OTHERS)
· Travel Resources (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Getting an Apartment (Level B)
· Japanese views of China becoming more positive (News)
· Scrap lay judge system: lay judge (News)
· Hatoyama pledges science support (News)
· People Who Live the Longest (Level C)
· Who's Your Hero? (Kids B)
· What's in a name? (Level B)
· OTHER MODAL CONSTRUCTIONS (Level A)
· Reading Practice: Understanding Written Text (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: The Job Interview (Level A)
November, 2009
· Reading Comprehension: "Are you a good friend?" (Level B)
· Quote That! (Level B)
· Reinforcing Text: "Flick Slangs" (Level A)
· Airport Security (OTHERS)
· Reading Comprehension: "The Postcard" (Level A)
· Adjective + Preposition Pattern (Level B)
· Adjective endings - Cape Town is excited...or exciting? (Level B)
· No voting rights for North Korean citizens in Japan? Good. (News)
· Short Answers (Level A)
· Reading Comprehension: Old Friends (Level B)
· Making Apple Pie (Level A)
· Somewhere, Nowhere (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: "The Roommates" (Level B)
· Talking about "Outdoors" (Level A)
· Both or Either? Neither! (Level A)
· Unusual Hotels of the World (OTHERS)
October, 2009
· Reading Exercise: "Dear Jane" (Level A)
· Just Married (Level B)
· Reported Questions (Level A)
· Relative Adverbs (Level A)
· Reading Comprehension: "Ladies First" (Level C)
· Planned or Spur-of-the-moment? (OTHERS)
· Dialogue: "Traditions" (Level B)
· Who's or Whose? (Level A)
· Using Past Simple: "Tom's Day Yesterday" (Level A)
· Role Playing: "Borrowing Money" (Level B)
· Clues, clues, and more clues! (Level B)
· Measure Words (Level B)
· Hostels (OTHERS)
· Three Questions (Level A)
· Question Words (Level A)
· Your Ideal Age (Level B)
· Useful Expression: "I bet that must have been scary" (Level B)
· Sweden celebrates 30 years without spanking (News)
September, 2009
· THE QUANTIFIERS: A few and few, a little and little (Level A)
· One-in-five U.S. drivers admit to texting: survey (News)
· Man sues BofA for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars" (News)
· Fun with the Alphabet! (Kids A)
· Housekeeping Vocabulary (Level B)
· CIA interrogations informed by bad science (News)
· Vocabulary: Teen Slang (Level B)
· Expressions for Agreeing and Disagreeing (Level B)
· Vocabulary & Pronunciation: Similar Sounds (Level B)
· Danish tourism ad pulled from Web for promiscuity (News)
· Vocabulary & Pronunciation: Confusing Words (Level B)
· Luxury guesthouses said worth the expense (News)
· Kids send Marcus the lamb to slaughter (News)
· Disney Pixar's -- "UP" (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: Pain that Comes and Goes (Level B)
· Movie Review: "UP" (Kids B)
· Zhang ZiYi (OTHERS)
· Travel Stuff: "Making Lists" (OTHERS)
· Phrasal Verbs: "Food and Eating" (Level B)
· How to: "Bargain" (Level B)
August, 2009
· Demonstrative pronouns (Level A)
· There is and There are (Level A)
· Holiday unlikely to be restful for President Obama (News)
· Word Game: "I Will Pack My Suitcase... (Kids A)
· Agree or Disagree? (OTHERS)
· Handy Expressions (Level B)
· English Fixed Expressions (Part 2) (Level B)
· Idioms: "School Talk" (Level B)
· English Fixed Expressions (Level B)
· Paper Airplanes (Kids B)
· Unusual Last Wishes and Final Testaments (Level B)
· Grammar: Fixed Plural Nouns (Level A)
· Take a Look! (Kids A)
· Guess Who? (Level A)
· Grammar: Compound Words (Level C)
· Jobless US graduate sues college for 70,000 dollars (News)
· Making logical comparisons (Level B)
· Similar, Different and Same (Level B)
· Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants (News)
· There is vs. There are (Kids A)
July, 2009
· Reading Comprehension - Staying Safe in the Summer (Level B)
· Travel agents offer sunshine insurance (News)
· Single spelling mistake can derail job application (News)
· Making and Keeping Friends (Level B)
· Have got vs. Has got (Kids A)
· Studying English (Level B)
· Change (Level B)
· "What should I call you?" (Level B)
· Listening Practice: Beautiful (Level B)
· Would you pledge your soul as loan collateral? (News)
· NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduation (News)
· In, At, On + Time or Date (Level A)
· Tag Questions (Level B)
· Man had boss killed to save job? (News)
June, 2009
· Surprising number of teens think they'll die young (News)
· Study finds widening generation gap in US (News)
· "Have you ever" Questions (OTHERS)
· WHEN DO YOU SAY THIS? (Level B)
· Gimme a beer, imbecile! (News)
· Men-only train cars sought in groping fears (News)
· Simple Future: Will vs. Going to (Level B)
· The Power of Love (Level B)
· Slam Book Fever (Level B)
· Figures of Speech (Level B)
· U.S. job-seekers try new tricks to get employers' eye (News)
· Just Asking (OTHERS)
· Adverbs of Frequency: How Often Do You? (Kids A)
· Brain Teasers (OTHERS)
· Adverbs of Frequency (Level B)
· Malaysia to blow the whistle on litterbugs (News)
· Temp work helps mask joblessness among Americans (News)
· Personal Pronouns (Kids A)
· A POEM (OTHERS)
· Extreme Adjectives (Level B)
May, 2009
· Home Is Where The Heart Is (OTHERS)
· Telephone English (Level B)
· Telephone English - Leaving Messages (Level B)
· What is strange in these pictures? (OTHERS)
· Vacations are the new work headache (News)
· What's Wrong?? (Level B)
· Do You Talk Too Much? (OTHERS)
· Quotable Quotes (Tuesdays with Morrie) (OTHERS)
· Employee Rules and Regulations (OTHERS)
· The E-mail Craze (Level C)
· What's Your Favourite English Word? (Level C)
· Blood Type-B (Level C)
· Losers! (OTHERS)
· 10 Things I Love About Mom (Kids B)
· Saudi Arabia clamps down on unlicensed female gyms (News)
· Reading in English is a Waste of Time! (Level B)
· Culture Lesson: Golden Week in Japan (Level B)
April, 2009
· Listening: Talking about childhood and being a parent (Level B)
· Japan's 'exam hell' now reaches into preschool (News)
· Pronunciation: Random Stuff (OTHERS)
· Pronunciation: Let me Hear You Say... (OTHERS)
· "What is it" Questions? (Level B)
· Jackie Chan: 'We Chinese need to be controlled' (News)
· Pronunciation: P vs. F sounds (OTHERS)
· Making Topical Questions (OTHERS)
· Comparing Quantity (Level A)
· In the news: Facebook saved his life! (OTHERS)
· Young and Old (OTHERS)
· Big Families (Level B)
· I vs. Me (Level A)
· Expressing Preferences (Level B)
· Filipinos protest HK writer's "nation of servants" column (News)
· Pronunciation: Random Words (Level B)
· What love is? (OTHERS)
March, 2009
· Family Matters (Level A)
· Linking Words (Level B)
· Taboo or Not Taboo? (That is the f**cking question!) (OTHERS)
· Random Questions (OTHERS)
· What's the difference? I like chicken / I like chickens (Level B)
· Video Lesson: Amitabh Crazy (OTHERS)
· Dr. Phil's Test (OTHERS)
· In the news: World's Cheapest Car (Level B)
· How to use Myself and Yourself (Level A)
· Late-starting schools in US let teens sleep longer (News)
· Social websites harm childrens' brains (News)
· A Personality Test (OTHERS)
· Researchers see big boost in stem cell research (News)
· Austrian village offers free land to boost population (News)
· Stereotypes (OTHERS)
· Math too hard? Pay French homework website to do it (News)
· World's Worst Cultural Mistakes (OTHERS)
· In the news: 13-year-old father (OTHERS)
· Prepositions in Phrasal Verbs (Level B)
February, 2009
· Describing Graphs, Tables and Charts (OTHERS)
· A 60-second pitch presentation (OTHERS)
· Introducing Yourself (Level A)
· Listening Practice (Level B)
· Useful Terms and Tips for Business Presentations (OTHERS)
· Qualifications (OTHERS)
· For or Against? (OTHERS)
· "How to" Statements (OTHERS)
· Making a Question Starting with "What" (Level B)
· What Do You Say? (OTHERS)
· Where is the Love? (OTHERS)
· Road to driver's exam not easy street for S.Korean (News)
· Using Adjectives and Adverbs (Level B)
· The Lion and the Mouse (Kids B)
· Vocabulary: Let's get informal! (Level C)
· Cold Weather Helps Catch Escaped Inmate (News)
· Firefighter Suspended From Band Over Nod To Obama (News)
· What are they for? (Level B)
January, 2009
· Topic Sentence and Others (Level B)
· Possessives vs. Contractions (Level A)
· Tokyo fish market overwhelmed by tourists (News)
· Unreturned library book leads to woman's arrest (News)
· Star Sign - Capricorn: Personality Adjectives (Level B)
· How to use "over" (Level B)
· Japan learns English from Obama speech textbook (News)
· That's a lot of balloons (News)
· Mind your workplace manners -- it pays (News)
· Role Play: "Seeking for Good Advice" (Level B)
· Song: Part of that World (OTHERS)
· Focus Discussion: Academic Dishonesty (OTHERS)
· Word Forms: Noun and Verb the Same (Level B)
· Map Reading Exercise (Level A)
· Gender of Nouns (Level A)
· Bikers wear fruit shells to avoid helmet law (News)
· Improving your spelling (Level B)
· Correcting Double Negatives (Level B)
· Acronyms and Abbreviations (Level B)
· News: AirTran apologizes for removing Muslim passengers (News)
December, 2008
· Modal Verbs: Expressing Past Possibilities (Level B)
· Asking Questions (Level B)
· Capitalization and Punctuation (Level A)
· Have you been naughty or nice? (Kids A)
· Pet lovers protest cats on the menu in China (News)
· Describe it! (OTHERS)
· Ages of Man (Level B)
· What do most people work hard for? (OTHERS)
· Sarcasm finds medical use in dementia detection (News)
· Role Playing Activity (OTHERS)
· Word Play: Christmas Tree (Level B)
· I am Honest (OTHERS)
· Believe it or Not? (OTHERS)
· Winter Heating (Level B)
· Top 10 most disliked words & phrases! (OTHERS)
· USING A FEW, FEW, LITTLE AND A LITTLE (Level B)
· Blonde and Blue Eyes (Level C)
· Best Hang out Place: Coffee Shop (Level C)
· Will you make a change? (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: "Was-Were Story" (Level A)
· WOULD YOU RATHER..... (OTHERS)
· Build your vocabulary! (Level B)
November, 2008
· Two Sides of the Coin (Level B)
· Types of Intelligence (OTHERS)
· Perfect! (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: Birthdays (Level B)
· The position of phrasal verbs (Level B)
· Usage: For, Since and Ago (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Unique Personalities (Level B)
· Vocabulary: One Word Slangs (Level B)
· What's your side? (OTHERS)
· Credit-Crisis: How to talk about the economy (OTHERS)
· Visit Malta: Reading and Vocabulary Practice (Level B)
· Word Game: Fortunately and Unfortunately (OTHERS)
· Word Association (OTHERS)
· Pronunciation - Ed (OTHERS)
· Surprising Information (Level B)
· Using Parallel Verbs (Level B)
· How to Make Reported Speech (Level A)
· News: Japanese defense officials punished over war essay (OTHERS)
· Using Too, Not and Very (Level B)
October, 2008
· Four Seasons (Level B)
· A Chinese Story (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Natural Disasters (Level B)
· Phrasal Verbs with "Hang" (Level B)
· Reading and Vocabulary: Movie Talk (Level B)
· Assignment: "Change the World" (OTHERS)
· Listening: Blue Sky (OTHERS)
· Questions in Pair (Level B)
· Holiday from Hell (Level B)
· Reading Information on Signs (Level B)
· Room 101 (OTHERS)
· Personality Adjectives: What is she like? (Level B)
· Reading: Wedding the Brit Way (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Idioms using nationalities and countries (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: Trip to Rome (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Cooking verbs (Level A)
· Vocabulary: What are "Connotations"? (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: An Email (Level B)
· Confusing Words: A lot of / lots of / a lot (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Shopping Expressions (Level B)
· Pronunciation Exercise: A Crazy Poem (OTHERS)
· Music and Behavior (OTHERS)
· Usage: Used to (Level B)
· Hide and Seek, Anyone? (OTHERS)
· Usage: During, While, and For (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: Stone Money (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: Table Customs in Thailand (Level B)
September, 2008
· Usage: If or When? (Level B)
· Using Some and Any (Level B)
· Using "I'd rather..." (Level B)
· Using "When" (Level A)
· Using And, But, or Or (Level B)
· What's Cooking? (Level A)
· Where in Japan? (OTHERS)
· New YouTube Guidelines (News)
· Usage: "Though vs. However" (Level B)
· Crawford Is A Good Nighter (Kids B)
· Easy or Difficult? (OTHERS)
· Will (Other Uses) (Level A)
· Reading Comprehension: "Coast-to-Coast" (Level B)
· Adjective Intensifiers (Level A)
· Do You Exercise? (Kids B)
· 7 Things and Geography (Kids B)
· Too vs. Very (Level A)
· Friends with Your Ex (OTHERS)
· Come or Go? (Level B)
· Do you mind? vs. Is it ok? (Level A)
· A Situation: Resume Follow-up (Level B)
· Hang up and Drive (Level B)
· One vs. Ones (Level A)
· HERE COMES THE....TRANSFORMERS (Kids B)
· PG-13: TRANSFORMERS (OTHERS)
· POSTAL SERVICE (Level B)
· AN INCIDENT (Level B)
· Expressions: Happy, Sad and Satisfied (Level B)
August, 2008
· Movie Review: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: "Leave and Holidays" (Level B)
· Give me a break vs. Give it a Rest (Level B)
· Reading Comprehension: Trip to the ER (Level B)
· Parts of the Day (Level A)
· Crawford Puts His Toys Away (Kids A)
· Want a Ride? (OTHERS)
· Queen of Filipino Desserts (OTHERS)
· Forgive and Forget (OTHERS)
· Passive Wonders (Level A)
· News: Filipinos unlikely to substitute rice with bread (OTHERS)
· Pairs of Adjectives (Level B)
· Crawford's Good Table Manners (Level A)
· Will or Going to? (Level A)
· Reading Comprehension: Why do we say thank you? (Level B)
· Blog: "Call of Duty" (Level C)
· Vocabulary: "No-No!" (Level B)
· Practice Makes Perfect (Kids A)
· Itadakimasu (Level C)
· "Thank You" and "Please" (Kids A)
· I Love Dorayaki! (Kids A)
· ONE OF + PLURAL NOUN (Pattern) (Level B)
· Movie Trailers (OTHERS)
· Simple Arithmetic in English (Level A)
· Interesting Talk (Level B)
· She chose it vs. It's her choice (Level B)
· Vocabulary: Collocations with Heavy (Level B)
· What's the mystery word? (Level B)
· Vocabulary: "I got very wet, absolutely drenched" (Level B)
· I bet you did! (Level B)
· Hard vs. Hardly (Level B)
· Sticky Situations (OTHERS)
· Maxims, Sayings, Phrases (Level C)
· What is the right thing to do? (Level B)
· Life without money (OTHERS)
· Story of Humpty Dumpty (Kids A)
· Online Slang (Level B)
· GUILTY-LICIOUS! (OTHERS)
July, 2008
· It's on me vs. It's my treat (Level B)
· Summer Vacation: Holiday Checklist - What to Do and When (OTHERS)
· First and Last! (Kids A)
· Song: Cry (OTHERS)
· I used to believe.. (OTHERS)
· I love yah tomorrow? (OTHERS)
· Kind - kind of - a kind of (Level B)
· At the Airport (Level B)
· ANALOGIES (Level B)
· Sesame Street - Over, Under, Around and Through (Kids A)
· Describe me (Kids A)
· Yummy? or Not? (OTHERS)
· What's your lifestyle? (OTHERS)
· Holidays (OTHERS)
· Physical Beauty (OTHERS)
· IN or OUT and NEAR or FAR (Kids A)
· Usage: "So am I" (Level B)
· Polite Speech (Level A)
· Sequencing Ideas (Level B)
· Reading Test (Level B)

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