Teaching English as a Foreign Language is often both rewarding and frustrating, for the teacher and the students. Some days the learning can go so well, with key learning points being embedded and easily recalled by students. On these days the atmosphere is high and the engagement even higher! Yet in other days, the activities…
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Goodbyes (Again!)
In August 2018 Dan and I moved to Tokyo. We’ve both been privilidged to celebrate our 32nd birthdays here and and enjoy all of the city living a mega metropolis like Tokyo offers. Enabling this move has been my job; teaching English at a university in central Tokyo. My contract runs from term to term,…
New Job, New Self
About three weeks ago I started a new job in Tokyo. I’m now teaching as an English Intructor in a well known Japanese university. I get to plan my own classes and I’m responsible for my own time and each lesson. The schedule is taxing, but I’ve finally, after a very long gap, got my…
I was Skitting with Joy!
Recently I had the pleasure of watching my students take part in a skit (roleplay!). When I came up with the idea, I felt a little like a mad scientist. Getting my quiet and seemingly terrified academic students to conduct a mini play in English, seemed like an experiment destined to go terribly wrong…I can…