Hello all. I’ve just uploaded my podcast for June. Thank you.
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This week’s podcast
Hello everyone, I’ve just uploaded my final Season 3 podcast (or mini-podcast) in which I talk about kakizome. Thank you all for listening and subscribing.
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”
Use of Puppets
When demonstrating the ‘Silent Way’ to my Japanese TEYL trainees, I often use a glove puppet to make the session a little more interesting. I’m not that fond of this methodology and think it’s better off as part of a lesson rather than a base for a whole lesson. However, it does give me theContinue reading “Use of Puppets”
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”
Happy 2021-Online English Services
Hello everyone, Happy New Year to you all. I hope that 2021 is better for all of us and that you all stay safe and well. I look forward to working with you all this year. Whether you would like to improve your English skills or if you need someone to proofread your work ifContinue reading “Happy 2021-Online English Services”
Konnichiwa
After many years experimenting with blogs, starting them, deleting them, starting them and then posting every day and then not posting for months and in some cases years, I thought I’d start again. I’ve been working in EFL for nearly 20 years teaching teenagers and adults in monolingual and multilingual classes. I’ve taught all theContinue reading “Konnichiwa”