Re: はじめまして！！

〉Hi!
Oh! Hello Clarissa. You made it!!
This is emmie, 'shall we tadoku'.
Nice talking to you here in Extensive reading site.

〉I hope it's OK if I write in English. I'm learning Japanese, but I'm still very bad at it. (Actually, I'm using 多読 to study Japanese, but I'm still a beginner!)

Don't be shy, Clarissa.
People coming to this site are all language learners and they know well how hard it is to use a second or third language.
Try some Japanese next time, will you?

〉I'm an English teacher. I live in the USA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. I work as a private instructor. Most of my students are adults from Japan.

〉I really support SSS/多読/"extensive reading." I learned about extensive reading during my master's degree program. Dr. Stephen Krashen's book _The Power of Reading_ really impressed me. I'm also on the Extensive Reading mailing list.

I think there are some who are familiar with Dr.Krashen's approach in this site.
Tadoku shares some clitical points with his idea.

〉I have two blogs right now. One is for English teachers (www.talktotheclouds.com) and the other one is for English learners (www.readableblog.com). Soon I'm going to start a new, easy blog for Japanese people who are learning English.

Your site is really helpful for me.
I'm really looking forward to the brand new blog.

〉Anyway, it's nice to meet you!

〉P. S. I'm on Mixi -- just look for "wintersweet" (nickname). You're welcome to add me!

Now I know, You! are the "wintersweet".
Thanks for leaving a message then.
I'm going to see if I can reach you in Mixi sometime.
Take care & Come again!