Recent News from the school

Hi amigos! My name is Alejandra and I am proudly mexican. I came to NY to improve my english skills and to figure my future out. I’m planning to apply for a Masters Degree or an MBA but while I decide which one to choose I am
trying to enjoy my stay here. I truly believe that life is to learn, to grow and above all, to have fun. My dream is to travel around the world. Why? Because exploring the world, making new friends, discover new places and meeting people from all the globe make me happy. I love to enjoy the moment, and the little things in life that are free. I am looking forward to the Covid vaccine so we can finally start traveling safely again and visit new places around here and around the world.

Hello everyone! My name is Chisato. I’m from Japan.I go to a university in Japan, and I took one year off to come here.

What brings me here?I have many reasons, so I’ll tell you one. It is to want to be inspired. In my whole 22 years of life, I’ve always studied hard, played basketball, and done something as a normal girl in the peaceful countryside of Japan. I sometimes felt bored of my life. NYC has a lot of interesting things for me. First of all, I like walking around the city, going to museums and shopping. And also after coming here, I made many friends who are artists, they are totally different from me. I like talking with them. When I do these things, I feel another part of me is filled with new things.

The time to leave here is coming but I’d like to enjoy exploring and stay safe!!

Hi Everyone. I’m Kevin Gonzalez. I’m from Nicaragua, Central America. I came to New York 9 months ago. I started English class at NYEA in September of 2019. When I began studying English, I felt afraid of making mistakes but then, little by little, I gained trust in myself.

I know that means taking up a challenge every day. For me, it’s very important to speak the English language because I became a Franciscan friar, and it’s possible for me to minister in the United States, Canada or Italy.
For example, in the United States, it’s a very important condition that a candidate for the priesthood basically be bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish. In every church, there are English speaking and Spanish speaking people.I hope to speak English very well in order to offer my services to others.

Finally, New York is a beautiful city; it is a big city. I never thought I would live in NY. I knew NYC only through the movies. I enjoy every place in NY. I love taking pictures and NY offers many beautiful landscapes. I like New York City.

Last summer, I came to the United States at the invitation of my friends. This is my first visit to the United States. After coming here, I saw a lot of buildings and scenic spots that used to be on TV. Everything is so real, so I decided to stay in the United States for a period of time, I want to better understand and feel this country.

In February of this year, I came to NYEA, a language organization. If you want to understand the culture of a place, you must start with language. NYEA is not very big, but all the teachers are very friendly. There are students from all over the world, including African, Asian, South American and European. In class, we can often exchange different cultures, different opinions and  different cuisines.

Later, because of the COD-19 virus, we can only take classes online, but this does not affect our language learning. In just a few months, I feel that my English listening and speaking have improved a lot. Although my vocabulary is limited, it does not affect my study. The teacher will guide you patiently until you understand. Finally, I hope I  can go back to school early, so that we can have a pizza party together.

Hi There: I am Masa. I always look sleepy. I am from Tokyo, Japan and have been living in New York for
6 months so far. I used to work as a bartender at a bar called The Bar Piano in Shibuya, which is very
familiar to foreigners. At the bar, I met so many foreign celebrities such as Quentin Tarantino,
Leonardo Di Caprio, Lady Gaga, David Beckham, famous fashion designers and musicians. Of course, they talked to me in English.I felt bad for them because I couldn’t speak English at all.

One day, I felt a necessity to speak English. I memorized some phrases, and I tried using them to
speak English to native speakers. I finally could communicate with them; besides, I felt happy
doing so. I was so scared of making mistakes, but it didn’t matter. That was the first time I
enjoyed speaking a foreign language.Indeed this experience completely changed my life. I had
never imagined living in New York a few years ago.Finally, trying new things is wonderful.

I was a bit worried before moving to New York. It’s not only that I moved here. It’s also that I’m not planning on moving back to my country any time soon. So, I thought the best way to start reducing my stress was by focusing on enhancing my English as well as becoming well-prepared for university here.
In addition, after living here for awhile, I think that what I love the most in New York City and particularly at NYEA is the internationality. The variety of people, languages and cultures make the whole learning experience much more interesting and unique. Despite our differences, we’re still able to communicate with one another in the same language which emphasizes the importance of
knowing and understanding English.

I’m Kazuro and I’m from Japan. I came here just to study English after quitting my job. I was impressed that teachers speak native English and can help students with pronunciation. It’s so practical and not normal for me because basically, the Japanese don’t have the opportunity to meet people who speak English very much. My teacher always pays attention to each of us and encourages us to be confident. I really appreciate that. And finally, NYEA’s students come from all over the world, so I’ve met a lot of new people and they brought me new senses of values. All of these are lovely experiences.

Hi guys! We are American TESOL students from Japan. Half of us are college students who want to be English teachers, and the others are teaching English to Japanese students. We all have teaching experience and want to improve our teaching skills.American TESOL is the course where students learn how to teach English in the “communicative approach.”

We have a common hope to make a change or bring about something new for Japanese education. Kakeru has a dream to establish an English institution in Japan.
Through this course, he wants to know if teaching fits him.

Yoko is now teaching kids and adults, but sometimes she feels that Japanese students need new methods to improve their English. Keiko has her own business and teaches her students privately but she thinks that her knowledge is limited. Mayuko majors in English education and has a strong will to take some actions to English education. Kohei wants to learn pedagogical approaches different from ones applied in Japan.

We believe that the American TESOL program gives us inspiring ideas for our future  classes which will help our Japanese students improve their English.

My name is Ytzel and I’m 29 years old. I have been working as a flight attendant for the last 3 years. I studied administration and I’m also a contemporary dancer.

I have an ideology that by traveling and reading you can open your mind. I like the opportunities to know all about my country and a few more, for example, France, Italy, Colombia, Peru, Canada, Belgium, Guatemala and so on.

When I was 26 I started to work at Aviation World. I can tell you that it’s so amazing and I enjoy working there a lot. Nowadays English is so necessary. This has been my challenge since I started to fly because it is the kind of job for which you really have to practice it. I took classes in Mexico City for a few months then I got permission from my work to study the language and live here in New York.

My next goal is to be a pilot so I have to improve my English before starting school next year. I’m so excited to live that dream in my life.

My name is Suzuna Ikeda. I came to New York from Japan to study opera in graduate school. There are two reasons why I chose to move to NY, one is singing and one is English .

When I was 8 years old, I went to Australia for one month by myself. The new wonderful world gave me huge inspiration and obviously, to be able to speak English turned into one of my goals. On the other hand, when I had to choose one from them, I chose music, because I knew music is part of who I am. I started playing piano on my third birthday and then I changed my major to voice music after I won a contest when I was 16 years old. That was really unexpected, however, singing has became part of my life right now.

I graduated from Tokyo University of Arts last spring and this year has been the time to study English. I love my class, friends and teachers in NYEA. I can meet lots of new people from all over the world every day. Future is shaped by various experiences we have got. I want to be an attractive opera singer!