SLOW Eigo with Anne-sensei | Audio: Reader Series: Stories from an ALT in Japan
🎧 Easy English listening practice (A2–B1) using clear and natural English. Each episode is a chapter in an ongoing story about a Canadian living and working in Japan. Designed for Japanese speakers. All learners are welcome.
🎧 日本語話者のために作られた、やさしく自然な英語リスニング（A2–B1）です。各エピソードは、日本で暮らし働くカナダ人の物語の一章になっています。どなたでも学習にご活用いただけます。
The SLOW Eigo series is created and hosted by experienced ESL teacher, Anne Roop-Takata (see Bio) |
SLOW Eigoシリーズは、経験豊かなESL教師アン・ループ・タカタが制作・配信しています。（プロフィールはこちら）
SLOW Eigo with Anne-sensei: Learning English Through Life Stories | 人生の物語を通して学ぶ
Book 1: Stories from an ALT in Japan
Follow the story of Kate, a young Canadian living and working in rural Japan. Two new episodes are released each week.
第1巻：日本でALTとして働くケイトの物語
カナダ出身の若い女性ケイトが、日本の田舎での暮らしと仕事を描いた物語です。
毎週2本の新しいエピソードを配信しています
- - - - - - - -
🎧 SLOW Eigo Audio is part of the Slow Eigo Learning Project. It is created and hosted by Anne Roop-Takata, an English teacher with over 25 years of teaching experience in Japan and Canada. She holds a Master’s degree in Education (MScEd TESOL). You can learn more in Anne's profile.
SLOW Eigo Audio Reader Series is the listening companion to SLOW Eigo Readers. The first series is called Stories from an ALT in Japan. The stories use natural, easy English for high-beginner and low-intermediate (A2–B1) learners. Each chapter has a written script and a glossary to help you read along and check new words. Relax and enjoy!
- - - - - - - -
🎧 SLOW 英語 Audio は、Slow Eigo Learning Project の一環として制作されている音声シリーズです。本シリーズは、日本とカナダで25年以上にわたり英語教育に携わってきた英語講師、アン・ループ・タカタが企画・制作・ホストを務めています。アンは、教育学修士号（MScEd TESOL）を取得しています。
詳しくはアンのプロフィールをご覧ください。
SLOW 英語 Audio Reader Series は、SLOW 英語 Readers の音声教材です。
第1シリーズは Stories from an ALT in Japan（日本でALTとして働く日々の物語）です。ストーリーは、英語初級後半から中級前半（A2–B1）レベルの学習者の方が無理なく理解できるよう、自然でやさしい英語で書かれています。
各チャプターには、音声に対応したスクリプトと語彙リスト（グロッサリー）が用意されており、聞きながら読んだり、新しい単語を確認したりすることができます。
どうぞリラックスしてお楽しみください。
SLOW Eigo with Anne-sensei | Audio: Reader Series: Stories from an ALT in Japan
12 Chapter 12 - Summer Homework
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
After the summer break, Kate discovers that students in Japan have a lot of summer homework. She also learns that the school year starts in April, which changes how she thinks about summer vacation.
Download PDF: Chapter 12 SCRIPT & GLOSSARY
The SLOW Eigo series is created and hosted by experienced ESL teacher Anne Roop-Takata. (See Bio for more information.)
SLOW Eigoシリーズは、経験豊かなESL教師アン・ループ・タカタが制作・配信しています。（プロフィールはこちら
Connect with Anne-sensei | アン先生にメッセージを送る
Thank you for hanging out with us at Slow Eigo. Keep listening, keep learning.
Podcast Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2355349
Slow Ego Audio reader. Book one stories from an A LT in Japan, part two, settling in chapter 12. Summer Homework on the first day at school after the summer break. The students were let off early and went home before lunch, but it was a full day for the teachers. After the students left, Modi Sensei returned to the teacher's room with a huge stack of papers. She plopped them on my desk. What are these? I asked? Summer homework. Mortis, sensei replied, summer homework. I repeated eyeing the mountain of papers. Yes. The students are kept busy over the break. We don't want them to lose momentum. They have homework for most subjects. You can help me correct the English homework. Wow. I thought to myself that is a lot of homework for the students and a lot of correcting for the teachers. In Canada, we are encouraged to read a book or two during the summer break, but other than that, we don't typically have homework. This might be because our school year starts in the fall, so the summer is like a clean break between grades. I was surprised to learn that in Japan. The school year starts in April, so the summer vacation is a break in the middle of the school year. It makes sense that teachers want to keep up the momentum. It's funny how I just assumed that September was the start of a new school year. Everywhere. Living in another country makes you notice things. That you never thought about before? Every day in Japan, I was learning something new.
