英会話プライベートレッスン

Hi there! My name is Anand Mohan and I am one of the teachers at Awesome English. I thought I would use my first blog to introduce myself, so here I am!

I just finished a half marathon. How am I smiling?

First, I have a challenge for you. Try and guess where I am from! If you don’t look at my profile, it’s pretty hard! Maybe you guessed India. Good guess, because my father is from South India. In fact, my name means “Happiness” in Sanskrit, which is an old Indian language. If you guessed the Caribbean, you are close, but still not there. My mother is from Trinidad and Tobago, which is famous for steel drum music and for producing very fast sprinters (I am not one of them.) Still have no clue? Don’t worry, I’ll tell you.

I’m from Canada!

More specifically, I was born in a city called Edmonton in the province of Alberta. Later on, I moved to Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Finally when I was in around the third grade I moved to Brampton, which is where my family lives now. Brampton is close to Toronto, which is the biggest city in Canada. Since Toronto is close to the US, our English sounds almost the same. But sometimes we pronounce and spell words the English way, like colour, or doughnuts. I actually studied English in university, so I am really interested in these kinds of things. I love to talk to Japanese people in English and Japanese, and luckily most Japanese people find my English easy to understand.

I love Japan, and I have lived here for five years (wow…) During that time I taught English in public schools at the elementary and junior high school level. I also ran a small English conversation circle for adults in the community. First, I worked in a suburb called Yotsukaido in Chiba, and then moved to Katsuura City, also in Chiba but further south. Katsuura is a small beach and fishing city. It was nothing like Yokohama for sure! It didn’t even have a McDonalds! Now I must get used to my new life in the big city. If you have any tips on fun places to go or new things to try, let me know.

I am terrible at sports, but I love being active. Since I can’t catch or throw a ball, I like to run, swim and ride my bicycle. When I lived in Katsuura, I used to run road races in costume. My students loved it!

I also like reading books and studying Japanese! I want to get better and better but sometimes it’s difficult. I think it’s the same way with English. But it’s always good to have some help! I hope I can help you get better at English, so let’s work together!

Hope to see you soon!

Anand Mohan