Student speech recital + Building our castle
Yesterday was the first time I had overseen an English recital from start to finish. It was quite a challenge for the students when I...
CLIL - Bird brain dissection
My last post mentioned the recent publication of an article of mine in a local academic journal. The message may have given the wrong...
Kabuki
Today, I went with the 1st and 2nd grade junior high students from my school to see a kabuki performance. This was the view from my seat...
A day for talking
One description of the samurai has always stuck with me since the first time I heard it - few people are so dedicated to the daily...
My CLIL journey has begun
Today I took my first huge step into the world of C.L.I.L (Content and Language Integrated Learning, which I will now just call CLIL). ...
The petals have fallen
The cherry blossoms have nearly all fallen off the trees around the Kanto area of Japan, which means that the new school year is well and...
