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At the time of Meiji’s education, English was far from the most important language to the Japanese. Most of the new Meiji-era nobility instead found German or French to be the most romantic and exotic tongues to practice. The Meiji-era court and nobility system was shifted to better emulate the Western-style monarchies of Europe. This meant knowled...
Emperor Taisho was the sickly and oft-forgotten son of Emperor Meiji. Taisho had no aptitude for math or science. Perpetually in poor health and often accused of having a mental disability, he did quite poorly in school and was pulled out of the imperial classroom by middle school. One area that Taisho did show promise was foreign studies. He excel...
It is likely that Hirohito studied a bit of two or three foreign languages. Likely Chinese and French or German. Later in his life he would have ample exposure to English, but not much is known about whether he took any formal classes. Hirohito was the first emperor to have actively traveled out of the country. He took a six-month long trip to tour...
The Imperial Household collaborated with the American Occupying Forces to find a suitable teacher from the U.S. for the elementary school-aged prince. The commission appointed Elizabeth Vining from the University of North Carolina as Prince Akihito’s official foreign language educator. As his English teacher, she was adamant not to cave into Japane...
Whether or not Akihito’s English skills persisted into adulthood and his silver years is not quite as important as the fact that the Western education clearly had a profound effect on him. It was perhaps this love for his American English teacher and nostalgia for her classes that encouraged Akihito in the Western education of his own son, the form...
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English Speaking Topics (PDF Download) In this post, you will find range of easy and engaging topics for practicing English conversation. Each one comes with simple questions to kick-start your discussions, so you don’t need to worry about complex vocabulary or tricky grammar. We’ve organized the conversation topics into Beginner ...
- Ways to Say Hello & Goodbye. To Say Hello. To Say Goodbye. Hi! Goodbye! Hello! Bye! Hey! See you later! Good morning! Take care! Good afternoon! Farewell! Good evening!
- Informal Ways to Say Yes and No. Yes. No. Yeah. Yup. Nah. Sure. Not really. Absolutely. Nope. Of course. I don’t think so. Definitely. I’m afraid not. You bet! Negative. Affirmative.
- Ways to Ask How Someone Is – Easy English Phrases. How are you? How’s it going? How are you doing? What’s up? How have you been? How have you been doing? What’s going on?
- Ways to Say How You Are. I’m good. I’m not bad. I’m fine. I’m so-so. I’m great. I’m okay. I’m doing well. I’m not too good. I’m excellent. I’m feeling down. I’m on top of the world.
Naruhito succeeds his father, 85-year-old Akihito, who abdicated citing his age and failing health.
Today we’ll begin the final section of the Everyday English Speaking Course – it’s called functional English, and it focuses on practical phrases that you can use in a variety of situations and contexts. We’ll start this section by learning how to talk about information.
