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Japan TEFL Glossary

admin — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:31:49 +0000

Japan TEFL.Com Glossary I’ve been here seemingly forever now, and I often reference people and places that I have described in the past. Not everyone here has been with me since the beginning, so I think it’s high time I posted a “Glossary” of all the things, people, and places I discuss in the Japantefl.com blog. [...]

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Exchange Students: The Video

admin — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:05:23 +0000

OK, maybe I got carried away, but I’ve got some new software and these were the only photos I have handy. What the heck, it’s fun! Exchange Students: The Video is a post from: Brian's Japan Adventure No related posts.

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Exchange Students: Epilogue

admin — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:27:12 +0000

OK they’re gone. Over and out! Or so I thought. As soon as I got home, there was an additional surprise. Before they left, a few of them had little gifts. One gave me a little Japanese towel with writing of something on it. It’s nice, and I’ll try to translate it later. But they [...]

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Exchange Students: Day Sixteen

admin — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:17:47 +0000

The final day for the Japanese students. I arrived at school around 8:15 to find two of the students and the advisor eating breakfast in a hurry. They told me they hadn’t finished packing yet. The bus was supposed to leave at 9:00. No hurry! No stress! 45 whole minutes! I walk over to their apartment, and [...]

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Exchange Students: Day Fifteen

admin — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:55:05 +0000

The last full day for the students was the big “fun day” at King’s Island amusement park. I didn’t take my camera for a couple of reasons; it was 99 degrees and I just didn’t want to lug it around in the huge place. Let me get right to the point, I don’t like heights, and [...]

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Exchange Students: Day Fourteen

admin — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:40:27 +0000

Today was the last day of class. After an hour or so of review, we had a graduation ceremony for the students. The first photo is of Catherine, the other teacher involved. She handled most of the planning for the whole trip, as well as the majority of the classroom teaching. She’s great at this, and [...]

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A Political Observation

admin — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:40:27 +0000

And another thing that involves our trip to the Air Force museum… I thought it was interesting to note what the students did and did not know. As I just said in the earlier post, they knew ALL ABOUT the nuclear bombs, but when we passed the Pearl Harbor exhibit, they didn’t look twice. Most [...]

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Exchange Students: Day Thirteen

admin — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:57:20 +0000

It’s amazing how easy it is to let blog postings get behind when you’re busy! OK, Tuesday was once again my turn to teach in the classroom. We worked on pronunciation for the letters “R” and “L,” two sounds that are notoriously difficult for Asians. We started off with a “Word Chain Game.” I showed a card [...]

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Exchange Students: Day Twelve

admin — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:37:59 +0000

Wow! Things had been going so well until today. Oh well, if this is as bad as it gets, everyone will still leave happy. The original plan was simple enough; after English class we would go to the Dayton Art Institute for a few hours and then go see the local baseball team, the Dayton Dragons, [...]

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Exchange Students: Day Nine

admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:10:13 +0000

Today was about as easy for me as it’s going to get. I arrived after the English class and lunch and took the students to the nearby shopping mall. They were buying whatever they needed for their weekend homestays. Each student is going to spend the weekend with some volunteer and stay in their homes and [...]

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