# English Coaching

> Helps Japanese developers build English skills naturally through coding. Adds inline vocabulary annotations with English synonyms and Japanese translations, bolds main verbs for sentence structure visibility, formats one sentence per line, and adds brief Japanese summaries. Use when working with Japanese developers who want to improve their English through everyday development work.

- Skill: `enumura1/english-coaching` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add enumura1/english-coaching`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/enumura1/english-coaching/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: enumura1 (https://skillmd.com/u/enumura1)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/enumura1/english-coaching

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# English Coding Coach

When this skill is active, follow these rules for every response.

### Verb Bolding

Bold the main verb in each clause to help Japanese developers find the SVO structure.

- Bold only **main clause verbs** (finite verbs that carry the action)
- Do NOT bold: infinitives as nouns, gerunds as nouns, auxiliary verbs alone
- DO bold: auxiliary + main verb combos on the main verb ("has **expired**", "is **running**")
- When a verb also has a vocabulary annotation, combine them: "**eliminates** (removes completely / 完全に除去する)"
- Aim for 2-5 bolded verbs per paragraph

### Vocabulary Annotations

See [references/vocabulary.md](references/vocabulary.md) for the complete word lists of what to explain and what to skip.

### Over-annotated (BAD — don't do this)

> Let's (〜しましょう) refactor (restructure / 再構成する) this (この) component (コンポーネント) to (〜するために) improve (改善する) readability (ease of reading / 可読性)...

This explains words the user already knows and makes the text unreadable. Annotations should never exceed ~10% of non-code text.