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This week's subject Time Hey everyone, It’s time to talk about time, this week in our lessons in Nishijin, Yakuin, Akasaka and of course ...
What we are doing in Kensington Expanding into the Testing (TOEFL) Hello everyone, A few months ago we decided to expand our services and...
Business English Business vocab Hey guys, Here are some really useful expressions for the workplace, and they’re all related to this week...
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Describing things Hey guys, As this week's lesson topic is ‘rules’, it got me thinking ab...
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country Laws in England Many countries still have some very odd laws, because laws take a very long time...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - ‘Bending the rules 規則を曲げる’
Everyday English ‘Bending the rules’ Hey guys, Today I have a really common expression that relates to this week’s topic: ‘rules’. Here a...
This week's subject Rules Hey guys! This week’s subject is ‘Rules’. In life there are many rules that we create or follow, be that at wor...
What we are doing in Kensington Summer School Hello everyone! Kensington’s first summer school came to a close this week. The event, whic...
Business English Catch up on (something) Our Bizspeak this week is “Catch up on (......)” It means to do something you haven’t had time t...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす 子供の様に学ぶ
Study Advice / How to make most of your lesson Like a child No, I’m not saying that you should act like a kid in a language class, but ch...
私の出身地、私自身~講師の自己紹介 初めてのことについて話そう
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country My first car! Hello there, how’s your weekend going? Sticking to this week’s theme (our past), l...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - 「古き良き時代」「懐かしい思い出」
Everyday English “ In the good old days” “A blast from the past” In our everyday English blog this week, let’s learn 2 idioms related to ...
This week's subject Talking about your past Hello everyone, How’re things going at work, home and with your English communication studies...
ケンジントンでのできごと - 各生徒さんへの講師からのコメント
What we are doing in Kensington Personalised teacher comments to students Hello there, are you enjoying the sunny summer days and the Oly...
ビジネス英会話 あなた専用のビジネス英会話コース - 販売テクニック Door to the face
Business English Door to the face There is a sales technique in English business that is called the “Door to the face”. The way it works ...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - 話すことをためらわないで
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Don’t Hesitate to Speak Sometimes, students hesitate to say what they want to say because...
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country From Self-Doubt to Certainty Hi, Denny here. Happy weekend. Many students who have met me have t...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - どうやってその結論に至ったのですか?
Everyday English “How did you come to that conclusion?” Heya, Denny here. Today’s English is sort of every day English, but extremely use...
This week's subject The News Hi, Denny here. If I am perfectly honest, I don’t actually read the news much in my free time. I focus a lot...
What we are doing in Kensington Long Term Planning Hi, Denny here. Recently, the team has been talking a lot about how to plan for the lo...
ビジネス英会話 あなた専用のビジネス英会話コース - back on track 軌道修正する
Business English back on track Hi there! Today’s English expression is “back on track”, which means to be back on schedule, or running sm...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - 成長を確認する
Study Advice Track your progress Hello there everyone! Last week I taught the learning English class, and one common theme I found from t...
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country An unusual experience A few years ago, I went back to the UK on holiday and it was the first tim...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - long in the tooth、歯が長い?
Everyday English long in the tooth Hi there everyone, This weekend's lesson topic is about different stages of life so I thought I’d intr...
This week's subject Life Stages Hello there everyone! This weekend in Akasaka, Yakuin, and Nishijin, we will be learning about life stage...
What we are doing in Kensington IELTS Lessons Hello there everyone, From this year we have started teaching private IELTS lessons in Kens...
Business English Being the “boss” Managing people can sometimes be a very hard job. We started Kensington around 7 years ago and that was...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - レッスンリクエストをしてみよう
Study Advice Request your own lessons Hi there everyone, Did you know that you can request your own subjects in Kensington? If there is a...
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country Happiness in life Our new class is finally ready and it’s called “Looking for something”. (If yo...
Everyday English turning over a new leaf Hey ya everyone! Since we are going to be talking about looking for things this weekend in our g...
今週のレッスントピック - Looking for something
This week's subject Looking for something Hi everyone, Exciting news, I just finished up making the latest Kensington class called “Looki...
What we are doing in Kensington Kensington’s Nyumon Course Hey everyone, Kensington’s Nyumon course has been around since maybe about 5 y...
Business English Reputations Reputations in business are a lot like stereotypes. Your reputation is what people think about your business...
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Describing things Hey guys, Not many of our students practice describing things in our cl...
私の出身地、私自身~講師の自己紹介 - イングランドのステレオタイプ
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country England stereotypes Ah England, stereotypical England. Bad food, worse teeth, and an unrelenting...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - ‘Tar with the same brush ~ 他人と同様の欠点がある’
Everyday English ‘Tar with the same brush’ Hey guys. If you ever feel like somebody is making negative assumptions about you, based on pe...
This week's subject Stereotypes Hey guys! This week’s subject is ‘Stereotypes’. If you have an opinion about me as a person, e.g. “I thin...
ケンジントンでのできごと - 雙葉小学校のオープンスクール!
What we are doing in Kensington Futaba open day! Hello everyone! This week some of our students are attending open days in Futaba Element...
Business English Learn the ropes/show someone the ropes In our bizspeak this week, let’s stick to the “learning” theme and learn how to u...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - 学んだ表現を実生活に結びつけてみよう
Study Advice / How to make most of your lesson Connect the expressions learned in each lesson to real life situations or experiences My s...
私の出身地、私自身~講師の自己紹介 - ウガンダでの英語学習
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country English learning and usage in Uganda My home country Uganda, is one of the 23 countries in Afric...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - Doing your homework 宿題をする?!
Everyday English “ Doing your homework” Our everyday English expression/idiom is “doing one’s homework” This expression can be used to me...
This week's subject Learning English Hello everyone, how’s the going at work, home and with your English language study? Speaking of Engl...
ケンジントンでのできごと - レッスンクオリティを上げるために
What we are doing in Kensington Improving quality of our lessons Hello there, how’re you doing? Hope you and your loved ones are doing al...
ビジネス英会話 - “I’ll make a note of it” はどんな意味?
Business English “I’ll make a note of it” Hey-ho, Denny here. In Business English, when someone instructs you to do something, you can re...
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country Learn to Play! Heya, Denny here. As many students know, I’m very energetic and have a million di...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - ミラーリングをしてみよう!
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Mirror Your Teacher Heya, Denny here. Happy Sunday. A good form of learning language and ...
Everyday English The magic of “about” Heya, Denny here. In English, the usage of the word “about” is extremely powerful and can be utiliz...
This week's subject Famous People and Celebrities Hi everyone, Denny here. This week’s topic is about famous people and celebrities. Have...
What we are doing in Kensington New Ideas and New Projects Hey everyone, Denny here! At Kensington we’re often talking about lots of new ...
ケンジントン英会話ニュース 7月/8月の休校日のお知らせ 皆さまこんにちは。 いつもレッスンにご参加頂きありがとうございます。 【7月】 22日(木) / 23日(金) 【8月】 9日(月)~15日(日) 上記の日程は、祝日と夏休みのため休校となります。 ご不便をお掛け...
Business English Your Business English Course Hi everyone, In a usual English school when you say that you want to study business English...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - チュートリアルページをチェック!
Study Advice Check our Tutorial page! Hey everyone, We have finally made a tutorial page for how to use our original Kensington lesson ma...
私の出身地、私自身~講師の自己紹介 - ケンジントンの最高思い出と最悪の思い出
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country My worst and best memories from Kensington Our subject for this week is memories and there are s...
Everyday English a trip down memory lane As we are going to be talking about memories this week in Kensington, it’s a good chance to intr...
This week's subject Memories Time for a trip down memory lane this week in Kensington as we are going to be talking about Memories. Some ...
What we are doing in Kensington Preparing for Summer School Hey all, This summer we are going to organise our first summer school at our ...
ビジネス英会話 ビジネスシーンで使うなら、 ”going forward”
Business English going forward Hello there everyone, This is a phrase that I actually hate! I started hearing it using it about 10 years ...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - できるだけ英語を使おう
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Use as Much English as Possible Hello there everyone, This may seem like quite strange ad...
私の出身地、私自身~講師の自己紹介 - 私のもうひとつの誕生日
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country My Other Birthday Hello there everyone, did you know that the Queen of England has 2 birthdays? ...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - It’s on the houseの意味は、 お店からのサービスです!?
Everyday English It’s on the house Hi there, Since we are talking about home and neighbourhood this weekend and we have also discussed Br...
This week's subject Home and Neighbourhood Hello again! This weekend’s topic at our Akasaka, Nishijin, and Yakuin classrooms is “Home and...
ケンジントンでのできごと - 教室のインテリアコーディネイト
What we are doing in Kensington Sprucing up the Classrooms Hello there everyone, I’m sad to say that we had to close the Meinohama school...
Business English Sick day and sick leave If you’re ever sick, and in need of time off to recover, then in English-speaking countries you’...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - 推測する力
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Prediction Hey guys, today I’d like to highlight the power of ‘prediction’, especially wh...
私の出身地、私自身~講師の自己紹介 - エドワード・ジェンナーとワクチン
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country Edward Jenner and Vaccinations There is a lot of talk about vaccines, all over the world right n...
Everyday English ‘I’m/you’re in the wars’ I have an idiom for you guys today that is relevant to this week’s topic ‘Health’. Jaimie: ‘I’v...
This week's subject Health Hey guys! This week’s subject is ‘Health’. In our level 1 classes we’ll be describing sickness (I have a fever...
What we are doing in Kensington Kego K1! Hello everyone! Some of our newest students this month are also our youngest, as our K1 Kego cla...
Business English “Up for review” Heya, Denny here. Today’s Business English advice is using phrases such as “up for review” and “performa...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - 完璧を目指さないでいい
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Don’t Aim For Perfect Heya, Denny here. Happy Sunday. Something that I notice many people...
私の出身地、私自身~講師の自己紹介 失敗作が成功へと繋がる!
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country Successful Painting Mistakes! Heya, Denny here. I’m a very ambitious person as some of my studen...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - 「オープンクエスチョン 自由型質問」とは
Everyday English The Open Question Heya, Denny here. In language, there are two specific types of questions that you can ask: open and cl...
This week's subject Sport Hi everyone, Denny here. Do you play sports? Do you watch them? Are there any famous people you really admire i...
What we are doing in Kensington Helping Students Speak More Hey everyone, Denny here! At Kensington, a major goal for us is to maximize y...
Business English Not in the same League Not in the same league means nowhere near in terms of ability. For example Barcelona and Avispa F...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - レッスン日時を固定する事のメリット
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Fix the lesson time and day Many times building routines is very useful, especially when ...
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country My trip to Ojikajima The first few months of the year were especially busy for me so my family a...
日常でつかえる英語表現 使いこなそう「what’s something or someone like?」
Everyday English what’s something or someone like I’d like to introduce you to a very useful expression to use when you want to ask for m...
This week's subject Food This weekend you’ll have the chance to experience history, Kensington history that is. Food is the first Kensing...
ケンジントンでのできごと- 大忙しの期間を(一時的に)終えて
What we are doing in Kensington The hectic times are over (temporarily) January to the end of April were some seriously busy times in Ken...
ケンジントン英会話ニュース - 6月1日と2日のグループレッスンは休校です
ケンジントン英会話ニュース No group classes on June 1st and June 2nd Hi everyone, June has 5 Tuesdays and 5 Wednesdays and as such we’ll be closing do...
ビジネス英会話 - PPC or Pay Per Clickってどんな意味?
Business English PPC or Pay Per Click Are you in Marketing, advertising or sales? Then this internet related expression is for you. Pay P...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - 趣味と英語を結びつけよう!
Study Advice / How to make most of your lesson Tie English to your passions! The language study advice I’d like to share with you (share ...
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country “Mobile Money” Have you ever heard of Mobile Money? Well, it’s a technology that allows people t...
Everyday English Troll Sticking to the internet theme this week, our everyday English word/phrase is troll Troll can be a noun a troll an...
今週のレッスントピック - インターネットについて英語で話そう!
This week's subject Let’s talk about the Internet Hello everyone, how’re things going at work, home or wherever you’re? You’re reading th...
ケンジントンでのできごと - レッスンクオリティを上げるために
What we are doing in Kensington Improving quality of our lessons Hello there, mother nature has started painting the world in green, prep...
ビジネス英会話 - USP (Unique selling point/proposition) ってなんのこと?
Business English USP Hey guys! This week’s business term is USP (Unique selling point/proposition). This term refers to a unique part of ...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - 予習、練習そして復習
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Prepare, practice, review At Kensington we provide lots of materials to prepare for class...
私の出身地、私自身~講師の自己紹介 - 私の出身地、Chelmsford
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country Chelmsford I am from the city of Chelmsford. I have told this to many students and it’s often me...
Everyday English Describing nature Many students like to say things like: ‘the scenery is beautiful in Hokkaido’ ‘there is a lot of natur...
This week's subject The BEST English Lesson! Hey guys, This week’s topic is ‘The Best English Lesson’. We’ll be covering two big parts of...
What we are doing in Kensington Junior High! Hello everyone! We have a new Junior High class in Kensington! It’s a fantastic class that’s...
ビジネス英会話 - 交流関係を築く touch base と reach out
Business English “Touch Base” and “Reach Out” Hey everyone, Denny here. Happy Monday! Today’s two Business English phrases are “touch bas...
学習アドバイス / 最大限にレッスンを活かす - 強く短い呼吸法
Study Advice / How to make most of your lessons Sharp Breath In! Hey everyone, Denny here. Hope you’re having a great Sunday. Today’s stu...
Talk about myself/my hometown/my country Writing as a passion Hey everyone, Denny here, hope you’re all having a wonderful weekend. One o...
日常でつかえる英語表現 - 「もう少し詳しく説明して頂けますか?」
Everyday English “Could you expand on that for me?” Happy Friday everyone, Denny here. Today’s English phrase that can be applied every d...
This week's subject Being Japanese Hey everyone, Denny here. I hope you’re all having a great and productive week. This week's subject at...
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