November 2026 archive

Nov 02

EL本棚紹介(109) National Geographic Global Issues: Globalization, by Andrew Milson

[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.] _______ The English Lounge has several different textbooks and Extensive Reading (多読) book series by National Geographic. This series was written for native-speaker elementary school students. It is like a whole textbook in just 30 pages. National Geographic always has great photographs …

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Nov 02

EL Game Series (10): “Between Two Cities” ふたつの街の物語

[Welcome to the EL game series. These posts are all short introductions to games you can play in the EL. Because learning to play games in English can take a long time, some posts will explain how to play simple versions of games. Other posts tell you why you should use games to practice English. You can also use the tags to find other posts you might be interested in.] （ELゲーム連載へようこそ。このコラムはELで遊べるボードゲームやカードゲームを紹介する。本来のやり方通りにやってしまうと、遊ぶまでの時間が大変かかるかもしれないので、ある投稿では簡単な遊びの工夫が紹介される。ほかの投稿ではなぜゲームで英語を勉強するのがよいかが説明される。投稿のタグを使ってほかに興味ありそうなポストを見つけられる。） _______ “Between Two Cities” is like a puzzle game in which players try to make the best city by combining parks, restaurants, shops, factories, offices, and houses. What makes the game interesting is that instead of building one city, …

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