Monday, April 19, 2010

Second Class

On this day the computer system was working! I tried to take attendance with it. Is it good, or is it better to talk face-to-face?

I talked about the results of last week's Note Card activity. Students come from a variety of places! Ibaraki (7), Saitama (7), Tokyo (4), Chiba (3), Hiroshima (3), Shizuoka (2), Tochigi (2), Tsukuba, Fukushima, Gumma, Iwate, Miyagi, Nagoya, Niigata, Oita, Saga, and Shimane were mentioned by those who wrote about their hometowns. Many students are interested in history (7), philosophy (7), and teaching (5). They mentioned teaching Japanese, history, or other subjects. Students also expressed interest in German, British culture, literature, music, folklore, religion, and cultural anthropology. Students are interested in improving their speaking and reading skills as well as their vocabulary and listening skills. Other interests were drawing, geography, the global community, travel.

Our main listening activity consisted of a song: A Whole New World. There were many high-frequency words and idioms in this song.

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