今月はメンバーのご紹介で3名の日本人の方、お一人のイギリス人の方が初参加されました。とても有意義な時間を過ごされたとのこと、大変嬉しく存じます。今月のトピック「教育制度と外国語学習」も楽しんでいただけたようで幸いでござます。今後も様々なトピックで異文化理解を深めていただきたいと思います。本日は皆様の多大なるご協力、どうもありがとうございました。

Three Japanese people and one British person newly joined the speaking sessions in February. I am very pleased to hear that you all had a fruitful discussion and speaking practice with the native speakers. It was great that you all enjoyed the topic of 'Education system in your country & how to learn a language'. I hope you will deepen your further cultural exchange and mutual understanding for our peaceful globalisation!　Thank you very much for all your energy to support the events!

I hope you are surviving ok in these cold days. The topic of the month is 'education system in your country & your techniques in language learning'. I hope this event will provide a cross-cultural learning platform for you to exchange information, opinions and help your deeper understanding of different cultures with native speakers.
 
Date   :  17th of February 2018    (the 3rd Saturday)
Time   : Japanese Speaking Session   10:00 am – 10:55 am
            Break                                  10:55 am – 11:05 am
            English Speaking Session      11:05 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: Waterloo, London
Free of charge
 
Your contributions support these events– the box will be on a table during the events. It will be used to show courtesy (e.g. to purchase Japanese snacks) to native speakers who kindly attend for your practice. Surplus of the cost will be donated to the government organisation helping sufferers from natural disasters in Japan.

Your friends are welcome to join. Please give me their name and e-mail address in advance so that I can invite them directly with greeting.

I look forward to seeing you on 17th of February.
 
Warm wishes,
Mineko Arai
Managing Director
Arai Academy of Japanese Studies