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  花見時 Cherry Blossom Season

  March 31, 2012 / Blog

  In April, Japan will once again welcome the blossoming of “sakura” or cherry blossoms all around the country. The blossoms first bloom in west in Kyushu and gradually move eastward towards Kansai, Kanto, Tohoku and Hokkaido. Where are the best places to view the cherry blossoms in your area? Here are 5 sentences with “cherry blossom” in English. 日本では、今月の末から4月の初めにかけて桜が満開になるでしょう。 Cherry blossoms will be in full bloom from the end of this month to the beginning of April in Japan. 桜は開花してからわずか1週間くらいで散ってしまいます。 Once cherry blossoms are in [...]

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  TOEIC GAME SHOW Debut! 2.8.2012

  February 4, 2012 / Blog, Featured, TOEIC GAME SHOW

  Weblish’s newest video podcast TOEIC Game Show will debut on February 8, 2012. The purpose of this podcast is to make TOEIC study fun and encourage students to study more. All the questions from our show come from a very useful study service, and we hope you try it! Weblish is creating a new brand with this show, so TOEIC Game Show has it’s own page: http://toeicgamshow.com On this page, we will post useful information, videos, study tips, answers and [...]

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  Relax~ Online Lessons with John

  January 10, 2012 / Blog, What's New

  Do you want to speak English more? But have … No free time? Little money? Do you want to learn English at home? With your children? Late at night or very early in the morning? With a beer? A cigarette? In your pajamas on the sofa? Try out our online ASR (Automated Speech Recognition) lessons available with Qooco Japan. Qooco is a leader in this technology and has been very successful abroad. Weblish will feature the show “Reverse Engineering English” [...]

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  フラッシュカード! New flashcard sets added to「Vocabulary Generator｜単語工場」

  December 6, 2011 / Blog, What's New

  We’ve added flashcards to each lesson online to lessons to add more interactivity. The first show to add flashcards is 第94回 仕事の英語 3「Vocabulary Generator｜単語工場」 Try it here: >> http://weblish.co.jp/2011/05/vgtk94/ Here is what the page looks like. I hope this is a useful feature to the videos for students and fans. Please leave comments below. -John

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  The TOEIC Men meet!

  November 24, 2011 / Blog, TOEIC GAME SHOW, What's New

  Today, I met with Yamauchi-san, the top TOEIC instructor in Japan. He’s scored a perfect 990 on the TOEIC test every time he took it! He also scored a perfect 400 on the TOEIC SW Speaking&Writing test. He will be helping me with my Weblish show “TOEIC GAME SHOW,” especially with the TOEIC questions which he has created himself. The students who he helped are very happy and have improved their TOEIC scores a lot. It’s an important test for [...]

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  TEDxYouth@Tokyo 2011 John Daub Talk

  November 21, 2011 / Blog, Featured, What's New

  TEDxYouth@Tokyo talk with kids on 11/20/2011 at the Tokyo International School.

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  Weblish uses Brightcove Japan, the no.1 online video platform

  September 17, 2011 / Blog, Clients

  Weblish uses Brightcove, the no.1 online video platform in the world!

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  Google Mobile Ads and Me

  August 23, 2011 / Blog, Clients, What's New

  I worked with Google on their Google Mobile Ads project. Do you recognize the voice?

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  [Video] 第45回葛飾納涼花火大会 | Katsushika-ku Fireworks in Tokyo

  July 28, 2011 / Blog

  I took some video of the Katsushika fireworks display on July 26th. Check it out!

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  Weblish featured in ESL Magazine

  June 2, 2011 / Blog, Featured, What's New

  Weblish featured in ESL Magazine’s article “Finding the Funny Bony of ESL”

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  Destination KANSAI on NHK WORLD

  May 6, 2011 / Blog

  Destination KANSAI is a new show produced by JIBTV for NHK WORLD. This month, I report with Lindsay Sakamoto in Dotombori, Osaka and with Norma Cuervo in Akashi, Hyogo. The show highlights the amazing places to visit in the Kansai region of Japan. We had so much fun filming these shows. In this episode in Dotombori, Lindsay and I ate, tried Ukiyoe, took a cruise, explored the side streets, prayed at a very special temple, and had a lot of [...]

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  Body language + shirt and pants!

  May 6, 2011 / Blog

  As you see from this video, body language is very important when speaking. However, it might be a good idea to put on a pair of pants and a shirt before having a conversation. Haha~

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  Update: Weblish.co.jp site

  April 17, 2011 / Blog

  The Weblish site is currently being updated. Check back periodically as we update the site with photos, more information, and a better layout. We’re also creating a Japanese site to better reach out to clients and our audience. Thank you very much for being a part of Weblish and always supporting our shows on iTunes and the internet. To show our gratitude, we’ve some big announcements coming in the next couple months! When I say “big,” I mean BIG!! Contact [...]

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  Starting the Weblish blog

  April 9, 2011 / Blog

  Hello everyone! I’ve just spent the week re-creating the Weblish.co.jp website. I hope it is easier to find the shows you like, comment on, ask questions, and enjoy English with the new format. I will update this blog once a week and hope it is useful. The focus will be spotlighting idioms, questions from students, important events and my thoughts on things interesting to students and relevant to the show. Please send me email or contact me via Twitter anytime. [...]

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