A party with Japanese university students

 

We had the monthly event the other day.

It was the last activity in this term.

I'm sorry for taking time to update the blog every time.

The event was awesome.

I myself really enjoyed it,though it's meant to entertain students,not teachers.

Teachers need to have fun,too!! I mean, to enjoy it with students.Don't you think so:-D?

There were some Japanese students introduced by a vocational school,Japan electronics college http://www.jec.ac.jp/ and others were people who directly contacted us to join  the party.

I don't have a chance to talk to Japanese university students nowadays,

so I got a little nervous to have a chat with them.

During the party, we introduced ourselves first.

We did it in a unique way to make it fun.

The students wrote down three things about themselves and we put the paper on a whiteboard

to ask them who wrote which one.

 

It was so easy to find our students' ones, but Japanese students made it very difficult and fun.

'I'm D.J.' ' I'm working for a convenient store called Seven-Eleven.'

'I'm muscular.' 'I was hungover yesterday.'I'm a pretty university student.'

I couldn't stop laughing.

 

↑Sawako-san and Shoji-san mimicing D.J.

After introducing ourselves, we had games.

The gesture game was the funniest!

  Marcel-san and Yuta-san were the best partners!
 Listnening to an instruction about a game.
 It may be just a game, but it's still important!!!
 Meri-san talking to our students
 Hi-san's gesture

Unhyung-san watching very closely

Winners!!!!

Shoji-san,Bogyeong-san,Ujjwal-san,Maiko-san,Sawako-san and Hi-san,congraturations!

Thank you for coming!

Our students have never talked such a lot with Japanese university students.
They seemed to have a lot of fun.

It was also good for them to keep talking in Japanese with someone apart from teachers.

I hope that we can have this kind of party regularly.

 

September 29th,2011

After the end-of-term test

The breeze in the morning and evening is cool and I feel a little of autum.

It was the day of the harvest moon yesterday.

I could see the full moon clearly.

In Japan and Korea, we see rabits pounding mochi in the full moon.

I heard that people see a person walking in that in Western countries.

Each county has each way of view.

It's very hot these days.The late summer heat is again severe this year.

It was 34 degree centigrade today in Tokyo.

When I was little, it was already cool in the middle of September, but it's getting hotter and hotter every year.

We had an end-of-term exam on September 9th.

The results were.. well , I don't mention it now.

Our students are already thinking about the autum breaks.

The bulletin board in front of the school is full of autum, too.

I made it Shiritori, a word game, but some of them are not quite autum words.

I'm thinking very hard to make and decorate this bulletin board every time.

The other day, I used pictures to introduce the expression'~to omoimasu' in the class.
Can you tell what they are?
They are all something you daily use.

1.    2.

3.    4.

5.   6.

I'll tell you the answers next time^^

September 13th,2011

Events

最近、学校関係でいろいろな講演や講習に行っています
先日9月1日は、池上彰さんコーディネーターで
「笑いと平和　~世界の小話（笑いのツボはこんなにちがう！？）」
という講演を聞きました
I've attended several events recently.
On September 1st, I went to a lecture ' Laugh and peace' by none other than Akira Ikegami.
He is a very famous jarnalist in Japan.

It was very interesting to hear some stories about people from other countries.
Some were social, had black humor and others were just simply fun.
I personally liked the one about Chinggis Khan.
It was like this.
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There was a child who does nothing but play all the time.
The father of the child said 'Why don't you stop playing and do something!?When Chinggis Khan was
about your age, he was already ruling this country!'
Then the child said 'Then when he was about your age, he was ruling about the half of the world!'

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I was thrilled by the child's counterattack:-D
All the stories were very fun.
I was also surprised at them speaking Japanese fluently.

And on September 4th, I went to a Wadaiko, Japanese drum, lesson for Japanese teachers.

I enjoyed it very much since I love festivals and had been interested in playing Japanese drums.
When the instructor played it, I could feel the vibration and rhythm through my body.
I wanted to shout 'Seiya!!!' like Japanese drummer usually say, but all I could do was just following
the rhythm.
My whole body is aching today:-(

September 5th, 2011

New teachers

We are recruting new teachers now.
The new term is starting from October and more fresh students are coming.
There will be more classes,too:-)
I can't wait to see our new students:-D
Their dream of coming to Japan has come true!
I want to welcome them warmly, but be also strict for them.
We, teachers are so excited to see new students,
 and our current students are looking forward to seeing new teachers and students!

 A plant in the lounge
I hope the school and people grow like new buds flourish:-)

Redecoration

We redecorated our school a little.
There was nothing in the lounge before and the library looked a bit too serious.
 Now it looks more cozy, I hope.
 And in the library, you can feel the warmth of wood!!

Shu-san is relaxing in the new lounge. Behind him are the brochures of schools.
We are going to change the decoration little by little.
I get along better with my work when the environment changes.
I'll try not to be a teacher who's always redecorating somewhere;;

We have end-of-term examination soon, on Sep 9th, so I need to make our students
to concentrate on their study more!

How to spend the summer

Everyone has each way to enjoy the summer.
It's not that hot this year and much more comfortable than usual.
Students are thinking about what they will do during vacation.
Some of them already went to some festivals.

Our Korean students joined a festival in Koenji the other day.
They were surprised at the Japanese people begin dancing in the same way when the music started.
Most of Japanese people know how to dance' Bon-odori'.
I don't know exactly why I know it. I think it's similar to 'folk dance' for Eastern people.

And I went to watch a baseball game!

It was a cool night and I was outside watching baseball with beer and Edamame in my hands...

  They set off fireworks.
I had a great time and I hope I can have more nice memory for this summer.

August 4th, 2011

Summer Program 2011

It's been a while since I last wrote somethhing here.

The summer program has started!

I expected the weather to be very hot and thought I would have a hard time taking students around.

But.. I didn't know it can be such cool in summer here. Well, 'cool' might be too exaggerated, but

still it's much better than last year.

 Our students asking  a police officer for directions

 In front of a crepe shop

 Disney Sea!!

She's holding a ticket case.

They bought a lot of things which can be purchased only in Disney.

To see the parade of this summer, you definitely needed a towel.
They threw water on spectators A LOT.
 They are going to ride on something scarylol

 Tea ceremony
 Ujjwal-san from Nepal. He's saying 'My right hand hurts.'

and Yukata.

 
They have sweet smile on their faces, but actually they were saying some complaints, too:-)
' It's difficult to walk.' ' Too tight to eat something..'
I hope they still liked Yukata:-D

 We also went to Fujikyu-Highland.
They were telling me they were not scared, but I doubt so.
They were shouting 'NOOOOOOO' , ' I'M SOOOORRYYY' or something like that.
I had a cold at that time and my voice was hoarse, but I still made some shouts while riding.
I guess now I know why my voice doesn't get better.
Our students for summer program seem to be having a good time.
That's all that matters to me:-)

August 2nd,2011