e-learning

"Practice makes perfect!" - As this saying implies, to master a language cannot be completed only through classroom lessons. You need to practice reading English phrases aloud almost every day! According to a student's goal, GI provides them with an e-learning program that is available anywhere as long as you can access the Internet, even in your home.

Lanstar Phonics

Revolution in your English pronunciation learning!
English sounds are composed of 42 types of pronunciations represented by 26 letters of alphabet. English language pronunciation is considered one of the more difficult. There is a revolutionary way of mastering English pronunciations called "Lanstar Phonics," and GI has completed the Japanese version of Lanstar Phonics in collaboration with the original developer Lanstar Corporation. In using this system, for instance, a 12 year-old boy who just finished learning Roma-ji can pronounce English words correctly without difficulty. What's more, with this program, you can learn speaking, listening and reading skills at the same time through pronunciation practice.

【Example 1】
A letter has several different sounds.

【Example 2】
Different spellings have the same sound.

【Example 3】
You do not pronounce some letters in a word.

Very simple! You just have to remember five rules!
Every English pronunciation is represented with Number, Color and Underline. In this system, everybody can master correct English pronunciations.

• This program is composed of two modules.
• Two modules include 42 lessons and 5,000 exercises. (Module 1: 22 lessons/1,500 exercises, Module 2: 20 lessons/3,500 exercises)
• There are 800 sample sentences in order to focus on grammar and conversation learning.
• There is a list of 2,800 words that are most frequently used in everyday conversations.(Module 1: 800 words, Module 2: 2,000 words)
• There are tests to review every 5 lessons.
• One lesson is divided into two parts: an explanation part lasts for 10-15 minutes, and an exercise part 20-45 minutes.

On the tabs at the sides of screen, there are 8 Lanstar tools that are always available to you and are designed to facilitate your learning with greater ease.


1. Sound Panel

• On the screen, you can always check 23 vowels and 27 consonants for yourself and this makes self-learning possible.
• The video provides you with the front view of a native English speaker's mouth movements and the animation does the side view of the tongue movements, the level of strength, the movement of breath.

2. Mirror Camera

• You can compare a recorded mouth movement of yours with a model movement in Sound Panel so that you can understand and master how to pronounce correctly.
  ※You need a web camera to use this tool.

3. Audio Recorder

• You can compare a recorded speech of yours with a model sound in Sound Panel so that your English pronunciation becomes closer to a native speaker.
• You can use this tool with Mirror Camera at the same time in order to learn English pronunciation more effectively.
  ※You need a microphone to use this tool.

4. Reference

• In Reference, you can see the outline of a lesson and the points to learn. It can be useful in various ways. Reference may help you know about a lesson beforehand or it allows you to make sure what to learn if you lost the points of learning during a lesson.

5. Phonetic Symbol Dictionary

• When you come across a word you have no idea how to pronounce, you can push a button to show phonetic symbols based on Lanstar Phonics code. You can check the correct pronunciations of English words anytime.

6. Sound Search Engine

• Through this system, you can search words that contain the same sound in a word you are studying. Repeating a sound that appears in various words firmly places the correct pronunciations in your brain.
• This is a very important, effective tool, and there is a Tutorial page on our website with a detailed explanation.

7. Useful Tool for Instructors

• When you copy and paste an English word or phrase onto this tool, it automatically converts them into phonetic symbols based on Lanstar Phonics code. It is very useful when you make pronunciation questions to your students.

8. Useful Tool for Learners

• During your study, you can copy and paste an English word or phrase onto this tool, and it automatically converts them into phonetic symbols based on Lanstar Phonics code.

The saying "Easy come, easy go" is well fitted to language learning. You cannot expect to reach a mastery level of a foreign language that lasts for all of your life (especially higher language skills that are needed for professional people) without practice and use. Like Olympic athletes, you have to train every day so that you can retain the strong skills of a language. This training lasts for 20 weeks in a row except for Saturdays and Sundays, which amounts to 100 days. It is just like physical training, when you go to a gym and build up your body into an ideal shape!
Participants will do the following training. (1) recitation (2) repeating (3) overlapping (4) shadowing (5) interpreting