In my August podcast, I talk about the cafe in the park near to my old workplace. Luckily, I live nearby so can still visit occasionally. The podcast also has a listening comprehension quiz if you want to practise your English listening skills
Tag Archives: Teaching Japanese students.
New Podcast
Hello all. I’ve just uploaded my podcast for June. Thank you.
Seasons of mist…
Wow, term begins again. I have recently uploaded a podcast. Thanks to those who listen and subscribe 😁
Podcasts Season 3
Tempus fugit
A very kind person on LinkedIn wished me a happy work anniversary. So much has been going on in the past year or so, I didn’t realise it’s been more than 365 days since Lennet English Language Services came into existence. Hope to be more on the ball next year. Thank you to everyone inContinue reading “Tempus fugit”
Twenty Years in EFL-Part 5
In August 2015, I secured a part-time teaching job in a Japanese school in a local Jacobean manor house. For years I’d seen Japanese students on my way home and wondered where they studied as it would be good to work nearer home. After nearly forty years of commuting by train in and out ofContinue reading “Twenty Years in EFL-Part 5”
Kakizome
One of my main teaching aims is to train Japanese students to teach English to young Japanese learners. At the start of January young Japanese learners have calligraphy lessons for practising kanji characters. The adults in my school also participated. It was called ‘Kakizome’. I’m left-handed, so I found it quite difficult sometimes. I stillContinue reading “Kakizome”
Influenced by other sources.
Browsing through ‘Writing Successful Textbooks’ by Anthony Haynes (A and C Black, 2001, London), the writer advises potential authors to ‘free write’. That is, to write for a set period each day (15/30 minutes perhaps) and to just write without thinking about punctuation, structure etc during that time. Just write. The fine tuning can beContinue reading “Influenced by other sources.”