How to study English on a remote island
I would like to continue studying languages while living in a remote island surrounded by nature.
My English ability does not improve from the junior high school level, but I try to study as fun.
Here are two ways to do it even on remote islands.
Use English at work or in town
The job in Yaeyama is flourishing in tourism, and we have the opportunity to use English.
Now, to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, an emergency situation is continuing to be declared, and there are few tourists, but usually there are many large cruise ships, such as from Taiwan and other Asian countries, from Europe and America.
There is not a days when we do not see foreign.
For tourists who don’t speak Japanese, speak in English.
If you talk a little bit more about Yaeyama’s life and its history and culture that are not mentioned in the guidebook, people with a high level of education and intellectually curious will be pleased.
It is recommended that you make your own stock so that you can explain in English the topics that may be of interest to foreigners.
Listen to NHK Radio Program; Business Communication in Action
If you live in a remote island of Yaeyama, you can’t take the TOEIC test (Ishigaki Island doesn’t have a venue) and it’s hard to go to an English conversation school by boat.
We recommend online learning that you can continue without feeling the handicap of living on a remote island.
As a reading material, I subscribe to the textbook of “Business Communication in Action” from the NHK Radio Program.
We can’t buy it at the bookstore in Ishigaki Island always, so at that time I order the electronic book version.
I rarely do on-time listening, but since I can listen to on-demand for one week at a time, I can listen to it many times when I have time.
→ Business Communication in Action
It’s a good break out of living on an island where you can get acquainted with business topics that are common throughout the world.
① Wellness Tourism 2019.05
②Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere 2019.07
③ Overtourism 2019.08
④ Working remotely 2019.11
⑤ Reducing Food Waste 2020.05
Indeed, it is fun to read the problems and topics that are happening around us from another perspective.
By the way, children also listen to basic English, enjoy simple English, and French lessons freely and whimsically.
Basic English and English conversation programs are convenient because they can be listened to on demand from the first time in April.
→ Learn English at home NHK Gogaku
Reasons for children to learn English
I encourage children to think that “the world will be fun when they can speak English.” In the future, my goal is to get them to the extent that they don’t have the complex of not being able to speak English at work.
However, I don’t quite improve from junior high school English level.
Although it is not in the English-speaking world, it may be quite easy for two born overseas to be overtaken by their English abilities. .. ..
