Hiroko Yakuwa
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Hiroko Yakuwa
Name: Hiroko Yakuwa
Born: Japan
Locations: Manawatu - Wanganui
Discipline: English Language
Hiroko Yakuwa from Japan - Teacher for 30 years
Everybody, come to ETC and enjoy learning English
I was so happy that I could learn English at ETC. Before I came here, I had been told to get six points in the IELTS test so I could be accepted as a full time student at Bible College. I didn't know what the IELTS test was like, and I went to British Council in Osaka where I like to get the materials for the IELTS test. I realised how far it was that I could score 6 points in the test. I almost felt like giving up to sit for the test. Then I felt a faint voice whispering, "Don't abandon your desire before trying to challenge".
To tell the truth, it shocked me to know that I had to admit that my English is insufficient though I taught English to junior high students privately for thirty years. My teaching method of English was based on basic grammar, reading and composition.
ETC is much better in every aspect such as the staff, teaching methods and student's motivations than I expected. 'Seeing is believing'. My teacher, Marie seems to be a tutor by nature. she knows each of us well, and spares no effort to bring our potential abilities out. I realised that all the staff are well qualified and can give each of us how to overcome our weak points. The principal, John seems to be thinking of the students and his staff all the time. I want to emphasize that anyone surely makes dramatic progress in English as long as a person has a will to follow what teachers say. I am an eye-witness for it. 'Seeing is believing". I can learn many things from ETC, and I feel happy with the thought that I could take the IELTS test with less anxiety. The students here are all polite and eartnest in learn English. It's easy for us to make friends from different countries at ETC. Whenever we meet, we say "Hello or Hi" and we exchange useful information each other. I strongly recommend you to come to ETC if you are wavering where to go to learn English. I'm sixty years old, but my mental age is the same with the students in their late teens or early twenties.
Everybody, come to ETC and enjoy learning English
I was so happy that I could learn English at ETC. Before I came here, I had been told to get six points in the IELTS test so I could be accepted as a full time student at Bible College. I didn't know what the IELTS test was like, and I went to British Council in Osaka where I like to get the materials for the IELTS test. I realised how far it was that I could score 6 points in the test. I almost felt like giving up to sit for the test. Then I felt a faint voice whispering, "Don't abandon your desire before trying to challenge".
To tell the truth, it shocked me to know that I had to admit that my English is insufficient though I taught English to junior high students privately for thirty years. My teaching method of English was based on basic grammar, reading and composition.
ETC is much better in every aspect such as the staff, teaching methods and student's motivations than I expected. 'Seeing is believing'. My teacher, Marie seems to be a tutor by nature. she knows each of us well, and spares no effort to bring our potential abilities out. I realised that all the staff are well qualified and can give each of us how to overcome our weak points. The principal, John seems to be thinking of the students and his staff all the time. I want to emphasize that anyone surely makes dramatic progress in English as long as a person has a will to follow what teachers say. I am an eye-witness for it. 'Seeing is believing". I can learn many things from ETC, and I feel happy with the thought that I could take the IELTS test with less anxiety. The students here are all polite and eartnest in learn English. It's easy for us to make friends from different countries at ETC. Whenever we meet, we say "Hello or Hi" and we exchange useful information each other. I strongly recommend you to come to ETC if you are wavering where to go to learn English. I'm sixty years old, but my mental age is the same with the students in their late teens or early twenties.
Manawatu - Wanganui
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