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| This page contains excerpts from the feedback we have received since April 2005. These testimonials appear as they were written by the students; they have not been edited. |
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Why did you choose i-osmosis? |
I am very busy on business and don't have enough time to go to a private English school. Therefore I determined to take a course by internet and found i-osmosis. The points that I was attracted to the i-osmosis course were that we can step up the ability of conversation and listening through writing essays and that we can choose a suitable course to our ability. (Junichi Saito) 
When I found out i-osmosis's web site, I had wanted to learn a formal English writing. The service content of i-osmosis seemed to suite for me. (Hisashi Terasaki)
I had been seeking English writing course with reasonable prices. Essay categories and the price attracted me. (Miho Hirono)
We chose you because there was a course which was very concentrated. (Naoki Tane)
I was attracted by your writing courses of all English instructions and evaluations by Indian teachers because I had heard the very high quality of Indian English teachers. (Akio Matsuyoshi)
I was interested in the writing course for Eiken. (Yukiko Mikame)
I was looking for a course of writing instructed by a native with writing skill. The page of a sample of an assignment attracted me. (Proofreader)
The homepage was well-organized and easy to read. The evaluation example on the homepage seemed more refined to others' I also found on the net. (Junichi Takada)
I was looking for a course where you can train yourself in English writing at home after I had done poorly on the writing section in a TOEFL® test. First, I was attracted by the specimens of edited essays on your web site. They helped me judge how good training I could expect to receive in your courses. Second, it was the relatively low price compared to similar courses offered by other companies that made me decide to study with i-osmosis. (So Ota)
Attracted me to the cost of this course. (Psychologist)
The HR of my company made me have this course as part of English education program. (i-osmosis student)
By looking at an sample essay evaluation, I thought it was the most detailed of all the similar samples I found. (i-osmosis student)
Speaking and listening can be improved at a conversation school but since writing is mostly used in our employees’ duties, we were looking for a course to improve their writing skills and found your writing course. Your writing course was reasonable and most of all, the flexibility in the schedule was attractive because we can arrange the schedule depending on our employees’ business trips or vacations. (A company who took i-osmosis training program)
I'm studying at the master's course in the univeersity, and it requires assignments and papers in English. Therefore, I need to aquire academic writing skills. However, there are a few schools which offer appropriate courses near my house, or time schedules of academic writing schools were not available for me. ... I was interested in the evaluation of the assignment because the sample evaluation was in detail; hence, I supposed that I would be able to get advises detailed from instructors. (Naho Suzuki, Hitotsubashi University, 31 years old)
The reason why I decided to take this course was that this course includes correcting my writings. (M.H, 33 years old)
I took Eiken speech course before and found that i-osmosis would be also helpful for my preparation of the GRE exam. (i-osmosis student)
I wanted to improve my grammatical skill of English. (i-osmosis student)
It is necessary for my jobs to explain my idea briefly using Enlish. The needs attracted me to thecourse. My objective is writing a well organaized scientific paper. (i-osmosis student)
I hadn't ever taken any English writing course before, so i-osmosis course was new and challenging for me. (Service, 26 years old)
I thought it was good to chose some topics. (Toshie Naka)
I was looking for someone who corrected my Enlish for a long time. I have found i-osmosis online and the fee was reasonable, so I was attracted. (i-osmosis student) |
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How was the course experience? |
The course was good exercises structuring my thought in logical order by using clear expression. The most beneficial point is that I can get a direct response and feedback from the instructor on my assignment, which is the most distinct advantage of the on-line learning course. I think it is rather difficult for learners to develop the writing skill without any guidance, comparing other skills, like reading and listening. (Minako Sugawara)
I took General Writing 4 course. It was a shortest course, so naturally my objective was not achieved full well. (Junichi Sato)
Not only it met my objective but also it was enjoyable, indeed. (Hisashi Terasaki)
Somehow I felt my writing has been improved after the course. (Miho Hirono)
Taking your course has been an eye opening experience, bringing me into a broader world of English writing. (Akio Matsuyoshi)
Far more than what I expected. (Minako Sugawara)
The evaluation of a teacher was more than I expected. I could improve not only writing skill but also reading skill. (Makimi Seko)
The course was the best I have ever had. (Yukiko Mikame)
...adjustment of the schedule of assignments was flexible in deciding it before I started the course. Through the course, I could notice my habits of writing irrespective of their qualities. (Proofreader)
I have been feeling throughout the course that I am gradually improving, although there has always been much room left for improvement. (So Ota)
The first course improved grade from C to B. This course started from B. I wanted to get grade A at the end of this course surely but I think that it is difficult to improve grade from B to A. However, I acquired grade all B on this course. Therefore, my instructor helped me to make many progress. (Psychologist)
I could practice writing essays as much as possible over the course. (Akane Wachi)
Thanks to some modifications that you have made such as "showing model answers to the instructor's feedback", I am totally satisfied with your current services. Colloquial expressions and speech-specific terms introduced in the feedback form which I have to keep in mind were particularly informative to me. Careful usage of pronouns in speech pointed out in the second assignment was the typical example that I learned through this course. (K.K.,Pharmaceutical company, Quality Assurance reviewer
I have not met my objective yet. However, I learned many things about English e-mails. (i-osmosis student)
I could get correction and suggestion for my English writings. I could ask about colloquial English and also writing. I could have opportunity to interactive communication through writing. (i-osmosis student)
I was worried to use a internet because it sometimes bother me. But It was no problem. (M.S., Sales, 32 years old)
The probability not to provide enough services was my hesitation before joining the course. However the hesitation vanished soon after beginning the course. (Tera, IT company, 46 years old)
We are extremely satisfied in terms of speed and smoothness when starting the course, one to one interaction with our employee and your instructor and the price. (A company who took i-osmosis training program)
I wanted to learn how to write English compositions; hence, it was adequate for me. I liked all of the courses. I am content... I sign up the same course again because I wanted to keep studying, and I felt the course was very excellent.(Naho Suzuki, Hitotsubashi University, 31 years old)
My hesitation was whether I could communicate with teachers in English. Now, I don't feel this hesitation. (M.H, 33 years old)
I could get used to writing assignments than before. (i-osmosis student)
This was the second course for me. I am thinking to take another course sometime soon. (i-osmosis student)
I hope to sign up for another course if I need. (i-osmosis student)
I learn very much from the instruction. (i-osmosis student)
I thought that your site would help me improve my English essay writing skills. (Tomofumi So, 35 years old)
The course material resourses are very beneficial for me, although it was challenging to read through all pages written in English. (i-osmosis student)
It was very good. (i-osmosis student)
I found it very good. This is partly because interacting with my instructor let me enhance my motivation to the Eiken-test, and mainly because the suggestions by my instructor in every assignment how to write an essay were very clear and excellent. I am completely satisfied with this course. (i-osmosis student)
Although I think 4 weeks and 4 assignmets course was not enough to improve my English writing skill, I was motivated to write more in English through this course. (Service, 26 years old)
It contributes greatly to improving my English. (i-osmosis student) |
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What was the most beneficial part of the course? |
The first benefit was that I could realize the weakness of my writing clearly by getting exact and excellent evaluations to my essays in a thorough and kindly manner by my instructor. The second benefit was to get used to writing English through the small talk with my instructor in the forums. The third benefit was to be able to study English in a feeling of hospitality by one-on-one instructor system. (Junichi Sato)
The guidance was specific and easy to understand. (Makimi Seko)
The evaluation for assignments was almost satisfactory. (Pediatrician from Fukushima)
It was very helpful in terms of learning the formal style of English writing, including correct grammar, word choice, sentence order, etc. Plus, I learned a lot from the instructor about how to enhance clarity of essays. (So Ota)
The deadlines pushed me to write essays! I was also able to know what kind of mistakes I frequently make and how to avoid them. It was very useful not only for the GRE® essay but writing English in general. (Engineering Student)
Language Tips were useful because I could understand the grammatical bases of my mistakes. I wish there were a lot of them not just three. (i-osmosis student)
It was very nice to be able to ask as questions on the forum. I appreciated the interactiveness of the system. (i-osmosis student)
Since most of the interaction in English is internal e-mails and our employees at our headquarters are non native speakers too, we do not really need to write formal e-mails but our employees say receiving the edited e-mails and comments are very useful. Although the comments are only 2 or 3 per assignment, interacting with the instructor on one to one and asking questions is a great system. (A company who took i-osmosis training program)
I was very happy with post (forum) because the instructor always responded me immediately and in detail. I felt very comfortable and easy to question. I liked the evaluations in detail and the ardent attitude as the instructor. I believe that those things are more wonderful than other courses and schools; hence, I hope that the company/course maintains this policy. (Naho Suzuki, Hitotsubashi University, 31 years old)
The forum, where the learners can contact and inquire the lectures about the assignments...assignments' feedbacks are detailed and informative, students also can ask queries about the assignments. (i-osmosis student)
In this term, I could know that I sometimes used awkward so that my vocabulary is poor. (i-osmosis student)
I'm very satisfied with the materials. (i-osmosis student)
The substance of prantical correcting my essay with word by word was very helpful. (i-osmosis student)
The sentence by sentence correction is very helpful. (i-osmosis student) |
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How was your instructor? |
I think her guidance was to the point. It always showed me my weak points and misunderstandings. (Hisashi Terasaki)
She encouraged me all time that helped me to keep motivation. (Miho Hirono)
The instructor corrected my essays very carefully and explained reasons in detail. (Naoki Tane)
Each instruction was specific, based on writing nature unique to the student. Usually I did not notice what type of writing style, error habits, and structural defects I took. My instructor correctly pointed them out, guiding me to a better form of writing. Her instructions in English themselves were good learning materials to me. (Akio Matsuyoshi)
All the advice was specific and easy to understand. (Yukiko Mikame)
Guidance for construction of essays was helpful. For example, how to compose the instruction of an essay, not to club more than one idea in one sentence and how to choose transitional words. (Proofreader)
The "word choice" was particularly useful for me. For learners like me, who need to improve their stylistics, this part is truly informative. Thanks to the guidance, I found out my weakness in writing English. (Ken-ichi Katayama)
She kept reminding me as the importance of the time limitation, and it helped me take a placement essay at college. She gave me advices to make my essays more interesting. (Junichi Takada)
My instructor helped when I could not manage to upload my essays. It was really helpful. Her evaluations were also easy to understand how to improve my skills. (Akane Wachi)
Evaluation system easy to understand good and bad points of an essay. Interacting with a teacher in English helps students to learn how to write an e-mail and letter, and give them experience in real communication with foreigners. Japanese people usually have to pay for e-mailing with English speakers. (Junichi Takada)
The comments I have received in the Q&A editing section have helped me to study the impartial viewpoints. This provided me with the chances to correct my one-sided perspectives and the chances how to develop to-the-point answers. (K.K.,Pharmaceutical company, Quality Assurance reviewer)
When I couldn't understand why my teacher corrected my sentence, she answered about it politely with examples. Those were very helpful for me. (i-osmosis student)
Yes, the teacher’s comment was very helpful. And I can write an assignment in free situation. That will become the good training in real business situation. (i-osmosis student)
My instructor helped when I could not manage to upload my essays. It was really helpful. Her evaluations were also easy to understand how to improve my skills. (A.W)
My instructor is given me more detail advice, and I could have more consciousness for English. I thought her advice is very polite. (Toshiko, Open Channel Solutions, Team Leader, 35 years old)
Each time she gave me Avoid and Better and they are very clear explanation. (Toshiko, Open Channel Solutions, Team Leader, 35 years old)
Instructor’s guidance was objective and detailed. I was realized my strong as well as weak points by the guidance. (i-osmosis student)
I could realize my weak points that I have not noticed; moreover, she always explained word definitons or gramatical points which I made mistakes. She always explained what I wanted to know….I hasitated at asking questions on the forum before starting the course, but I felt easier after I got a first mail from my instractor. The instructor wrote me that I do not have to worry about asking her; hence, now, I do not hesitate to ask questions. (Naho Suzuki, Hitotsubashi University, 31 years old)
She answerd my questions carefully….I was grad that she answerd my questions about not only this course but also general English problems. (M.H, 33 years old)
The guidance was always informative and helped solve my questions….recommendations of the ways to improve my weekness in writing. e.g. useful resources on net, reading material, or any strategies from instructors experiences. (i-osmosis student)
Really helpful. The instructor gave me comments for my gramattical errors, corrected my misconception and offered me another ideas for each essay. (i-osmosis student)
The modification of the instructor is very kind. (i-osmosis student)
My instructors' writing advice was constructive and sincere. Also, her suggestions were very practical...her writing support was great enough. I am really satisfied with it. (i-osmosis student)
The instructor gave me appropriate advise everytime. (i-osmosis student)
I couldn't be satisfied more, because it was the best. (i-osmosis student)
Her editing and tips were quite critical and stirred me to learn more! (Service, 26 years old)
Instructor's quality is better than those in Japan. (i-osmosis student)
She did not only correct my mistakes but to explain why it does not work in order to give me the better understanding. (Toshie Naka)
The instructot is teaching me natural English by correcting my Japanaized English. (i-osmosis student)
The instructor is friendly and helpful. Thank you very much. (Motoko Torii, Office clerk, 37 years old)
Excellent. The instructor has sent sample expressions. These are very useful for me to learn English. (i-osmosis student) |
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Would you recommend your course to others? |
I recommend the course. Because we can get the improvement of English writing ability, moreover get the logical thinking that is the weakness of Japanese. (Junichi Sato)
Although many English learning opportunities are in Japan, I think that there are few which really contribute to improve one's English skill such as i-osmosis. (Hisashi Terasaki)
I think it is effective way to learn English writing at neutral position. (Miho Hirono)
I would (recommend the course). Because, your course is trustworthy. (Naoki Tane)
In addition to the substantial advantages, it is the great benefit for learners who are busy with their duties or have difficulties to go to language schools regularly to be able to study with their own pace at home. This on-line course matches the practical needs of these learners. (Minako Sugawara)
I think that the best way to learn English writing is to write essays at first hand. You can't learn it no matter how many books you read. So this course was just what I was looking for. (Pediatrician from Fukushima)
I will because it worth much if you think about cost and time. (Makimi Seko)
Because My English skill is getting better before. (Application Engineer)
I would if I had a friend who wants to learn about English writing. Why? Because I have had a good experience with i-osmosis and therefore I can expect the friend to have as well. (So Ota)
I recommend because the staffs are very nice. They have a good attitude. (Akane Wachi)
I think there are no comparable GRE® essay courses on the Internet. (Engineering Student)
Yes, (I would recommend this course). Because My English skill is gettng better before. (i-osmosis student)
I think this system is good for business person who do not have enough English skills. (i-osmosis student)
Actually, I have tried both i-osmosis and that company and found i-osmosis's evaluation system was definitely worth its fee. (i-osmosis student)
We can not say about other companies as we are not sure of the kind of training they do but at least we are recommending this course to any of our employees who consult to HR about improving their English skills. (i-osmosis student)
the evaluations are very good, and the instructor was nice, too. I believe that it is very difficult to find out other schools/courses of which instructors check sentences and compositions in detail as you do. (Naho Suzuki, Hitotsubashi University, 31 years old)
In this course, teachers correct my writing well. (M.H, 33 years old)
I would like to recommend your course, because I strongly believe that the instructor's feedbacks and comments as well as the course materials will be of the greatest help for the learner to polish his/her writing skills even after the course is over. (i-osmosis student)
The course has my English skills develop and also I can enjoy interacting with a teacher. (i-osmosis student)
I recommend. Instractor is not only exellent but also kind. She gave me good advices with fair and softly. The system is also well established. Thus, user can access his/her page easely and concentrate on studying. (i-osmosis student)
I already recommended it to my friend. (i-osmosis student)
In Japanese school, we don't study the manner and the structure of essay, in English nor Japanese. We have to write compositions in Japanese classes only in elementary school, but there also teachers tell the students just write and express freely whatever they feel. In this case, only very talented children can write good compositions, but most of the students stop writing without understanding how to write. Thus, I'd like to recommend Japanese students to study writing methods and regulations with i-osmosis course so that they can be more comfortable with expressing their feelings. (Service, 26 years old)
I recommend your course. For Japanese learners, it is very good service. (i-osmosis
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