英会話ぺれぺれへの道
今日、アメリカから帰国し、ノバのニュースを読みました。基本的に、日本人しか読まない物を、テキストを作成するので無いのに、英語で書く事は、しないのですが、まだ、英語モードですので、たぶん、最初にして最後かと思いますが、英語でブログを書きました。Isn’t this about time to awake?Dear students attending English classes at large:One of the largest English schools in Japan finally went bankrupt and some 300,000 students lost their places to study and their prepaid tuitions. (NO refund) Over 3,000 teachers and 1,000 staff members lost their place of work employment and their means for making a living.I am neither a businessman running a language school nor a financial analyst, so I am neither criticizing nor commenting anything on NOVA’s misfortune regarding why and how.But this much I can say. Any fraudulent business strategy where the participants are deceived with rosy pictures and sweet music will .in the beginning ,produce a rapid growth in numbers. To continue running the business there has to be more and more people joining or else there won’t be enough support to keep the whole program from collapsing. NOVA’s case is a natural consequence. NOVA would go bankrupt sooner or later even without the government interference.No one in their right mind would even dream of becoming a good speaker of English by just attending once a week an English class taught by a native speaker, which lasts for merely 40 minutes. Just think of the total amount of time you spend for your English study per year. 40 minutes times 50 lessens equals only 2,000 minutes, which comes up with only 33hours a year.This number of hours is the equivalent of spending only 2 days with a native speaker. Do you believe that if you go to America and be with your host family for only 2 days that you can speak English pretty good? Please refer to my “Free page “ and you will understand how much time you should spend and effort you should make for your study if you should want to be a good speaker of English.Wake up forks! You don’t need to learn English after all. My mother died at the age of 90 and she did not need to speak even a word of English.If you should need to learn English, please commit yourself to your studies at least 1,000 hours for 2 to 3 years. If you cannot make that commitment, don’t even think of it and buy any advertisement soliciting you that you can be a good speaker of English just in a matter of time. This is a complete baloney.