[Machine Translation] *Level B1 Understand familiar topics in social life and explain your intentions and reasons in simple terms. / 5 minutes per story, about 500 words. Students will learn English by reading and listening to a lot of plain level English. ( Thursday's ( Folktales and Fairy Tales from Around the World ) is the selection for 2016. ) [Monday] Original Short Story: Health Checkup/Ryoma/Offside/Emigration [Tuesday] Marie's Diary: Why do we waste so much money? Are there ants that don't like to work? Why is moss dying in Kyoto? Why are birds in tropical regions so colorful? [Wednesday]Biographies of the World's Great Persons Louis Braille / Margaret Thatcher Tetsu Nakamura / Harriet Tubman [Thursday]Folktales and Fairy Tales of the World The Little Duckling - Andersen's fairy tale - London Bridge - English folktale - Masha and the Bear - Russian folktale - The Conceited Crow - Aesop's Fable [Friday] The World of Sherlock Holmes The Red-Haired League ~ Part 1 ~ The Red-Haired League ~ Part 2 ~ The Groom's Disappearance ~ Part 1 ~ The Groom's Disappearance ~ Part 2 ~ ... etc.