Reading, writing, playing badminton, travelling, photography, cooking, dancing etc.
専 門 レ ッ ス ン 範 囲
英検・Eiken・Side by Side・初級向け・中級向け・上級向け
自 己 紹 介
Konichiwa! I am most honored to have you in my class!
I know, I do have a foreign sounding name. Most of my friends and foreign friends call me Melai, a full-time ESL teacher, and a part-time travel, culture, and lifestyle writer, also a freelance photographer.
I have been teaching in iTalk for 9 years straight. I am enjoying my current work set-up since I can teach from the comfort of my room while I travel different countries in Southeast Asia. However, when I am not traveling, you can catch me at the office.
Book my class and have an enjoyable learning experience with me.
I teach you from my house. I'm sorry I can't use some texts.If you like to use the specific text ,Please send me or iTalk support Tokyo during the day time.
自宅からのレッスンとなりますため一部テキストが使用できません。生徒様のお持ちのテキストを使い受講したい場合はスカイプで事前に送っていただきますと受講できます。Tokyo office へはまとめて送っていただくことも可能です。
Thank you so much, Fraxie.
It was a pleasant, tactful class as usual from the material based on the article "Singapore firms scramble to soften blow of soaring rent costs" you kindly chose.
As I mentioned in the lesson, even if I were a prosperous man, I would live in Tokyo, not Singapore, for the following reasons.
- Japan has a public medical insurance system.
Japanese citizens can have advanced medical cure at lower medical expenses.
- Japan has the lowest crime rate in the world..
A woman can go out even late at night. Of course, there are some danger areas, but I can avoid the areas.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking your next class.
Gaku さんのコメント
2023-05-09
Thank you so much, Fraxie.
It was a pleasant, tactful class as usual from the material based on the article "Four arrested after Rolex store heist in Tokyo's Ginza district" you kindly chose.
As I said in the lesson, I was surprised to hear the incident, because as you know, Japan has quite low crime rate these days.
I forgot tell you, some people who actually detected the culprits said "The scene looked like a drama or movie set."
I guess this affair exemplifies the current Japanese status.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking your next class.
Gaku さんのコメント
2023-05-05
Thank you so much, Fraxie.
It was a pleasant, tactful class as usual from the material based on the article "LDP resistance imperils passage of Japan LGBT law before G7 summit" you kindly chose.
It appears that the current LGBT laws and issues in Japan are being used for political purposes.
As I mentioned in the lesson, there are many issues that should be prioritized than LGBT issues.
Especially, regional disparities have remained unsolved for many decades in Japan.
In addition, LGBT activists must be prosperous people, because they can afford to do such an activity under the current sluggish economic conditions.
Therefore, I don’t agree with establishing the LGBT law at this moment.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking your next class.
KAZUMI さんのコメント
2023-04-30
Thank you verry much for your lesson!
Gaku さんのコメント
2023-04-29
Thank you so much, Fraxie .
It was a pleasant, tactful class as usual from the material based on the article "Japan's FY2022 jobless rate at 2.6%; improves for 2nd year in row" you kindly chose.
I presume that all Japanese industries won't be the same as they were before the pandemic.
As I said in the lesson, I seldom dine out after the pandemic, because I prepare dishes by myself it's more effective to save money. I watched YouTube videos that explain recipes. I believe that many people do the same activity like me.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking your next class.
Gaku さんのコメント
2023-04-22
Thank you so much, Fraxie.
It was a pleasant, tactful class as usual from the material based on the article "Japan to launch new visa track for skilled foreigners" you kindly chose.
I forgot to tell you, I don’t recommend that skilled foreigners come to Japan to work.
Executives, CEOs and owners of SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) in Japan tend to exploit the skilled foreigners with low wages, poor environment and few holidays. In addition, Japanese language, one of the most difficult languages is valid in only Japan. Thus, for the skilled foreigners, working in Japan would be more trouble than it is worth.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking your next class.
Gaku さんのコメント
2023-04-19
Thank you so much, Fraxie.
It was a pleasant, tactful class as usual from the material based on the article "Deepfakes" you kindly chose.
As I said in the lesson, I've watched several videos that were edited by the Deepfake technology. For now, I'm able to distinguish a real video from a faked video, because the latter one has bizarre, weird and unnatural effects.
However, technological advances will make it impossible to distinguish between a real video and a fake video in the near future.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking your next class.
Gaku さんのコメント
2023-04-13
Thank you so much, Fraxie.
It was a pleasant, tactful class as usual from the material based on the interesting article "Half of world population will be overweight by 2035" you kindly chose.
I forgot to tell you, I'm dubious about the hypothesis for the following reasons.
1) The world status will remain unstable for more decades and it may cause food shortages.
2) The population in the world is still rising despite the unstable global status.
I presume that people in certain regions becomes obese, while people in developing countries do not.
However, I expect that new technologies related to agriculture will allow us to harvest more crops.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking your next class.
Gaku さんのコメント
2023-04-08
Thank you so much, Fraxie.
It was a pleasant, tactful class as usual from the material based on the interesting article "Italy's government may punish the use of English" you kindly chose.
As I said in the lesson, many English words are prevailed as loan words in the current Japanese society, so Japanese citizens may have difficulties without understanding essential English words.
However, the Japanese government banned use of English in Japan during Second World War.
Of course, the Italy case is different from the past Japan's case, but Japanese should know original meaning of words to be translated into English to protect Japanese culture and tradition.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking your next class.
