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
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🎧 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!
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🎧 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
14 Chapter 14 - Sports Day Preparation
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Kate is really impressed with here elementary school students as they prepare for their sports day. Kate realizes how different the Japanese sports days (undokai) and the Canadian sports days are. She is very excited about her first undokai.
Download PDF: SCRIPT & GLOSSARY - Chapter 14
Slow Eigo is an English learning project specially designed for comfortable, immersive learning, and built on the understanding that people learn best when they feel relaxed, connected, and motivated to try.
Your creator and host, Anne Roop-Takata, holds a Master’s degree in Education and has over 30 years of experience in teaching and curriculum development, including 20 years supporting Japanese students of all ages and learning goals.(See bio for more details)
Slow Eigoは、心地よく英語の世界に入り込みながら学べるように特別に設計された英語学習プロジェクトです。人は、リラックスし、つながりを感じ、やってみようという気持ちがあるときに最もよく学べるという考えに基づいています。
制作者兼ホストのアン・ループ・タカタは、教育学の修士号を持ち、30年以上にわたり英語教育とカリキュラム開発に携わってきました。そのうち20年間は、さまざまな年齢や学習目的を持つ日本人学習者をサポートしてきました。（詳しくはプロフィールをご覧ください）
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 14, sports Day Preparation. It was mid-September and there was a lot of excitement in the air at the elementary schools. The students were preparing for their sports day or Uno kai in Japanese in the week leading up to the sports day. We didn't have our regular English classes. Instead, we had a lot of fun learning and using practical English as they prepared and practiced for the big day. Pass the tape please. We need more rope. Who has the scissors? It was so rewarding to hear the children using words and phrases. We practiced, especially when they didn't know I could hear them. The students let me try out their activities and learn their dance routines. It was crazy hot, but it was super fun. What impressed me most though, was how well everyone worked together from the youngest students all the way to the principal. Everyone had a role. And everyone did their part. I've never seen anything like it, so it wasn't a surprise that I was given a role at each school, both elementary schools held their Uno kai on the same day, so I would be going to one in the morning and the other in the afternoon at one elementary school, Keita Kato Elementary. My job was to lead the count for the Tamati II game. I've never seen this game before, so I don't know what it would be called in English. It's kind of like a beanbag toss into a moving basketball net. At the other elementary school, Mina Micato Elementary, my role was with the older students. Their challenge was part of a fun relay race, and I was the judge at my station. They had to choose a random card and then read what was on the card. They were all tongue twisters, so it was a bit tricky. If they did a good job, I gave them a high five. And they ran to the next station. Here are some of the tongue twisters they had to read. She sells, she, sorry. She sells seashells by the sea shore. A big black bug bit, a big black bear. A proper copper coffee pot. When I was in elementary school in Canada, we had something we called Sports Day. But it was nothing like sports days in Japan. The teachers looked after the preparations. It happened on a regular school day and parents rarely came. The events were classic track and field events, like short and long running events, relays, long jump, high jump, et cetera. The best athletes won ribbons, but it wasn't much fun for the rest of us. I am really looking forward to my first Japanese Uno Kai.
