February 25, 2023
Bright and Dark side of Yokohama
February 22/23/24, 2023
Some thoughts from Wednesday
Shuma's work
1. Listening exercise from EIKEN
2. Listening exercise from TOEFL
3. Saturday: Library work with IELTS Reading exercise
meet at Motomoachi Chukagakai, MinatoMirai Line at Motomachi side exit
at 3 pm Saturday, February 25
February 18, 2023
CLIL presentation at Sophia University
I did it
and followed by 大阪教育大学付属天王寺高校生たち
very impressive
It seems that English teaching is drastically shifting to CLIL
Next month we will have CLIL workshop at開成,
that shows we are moving that way.
I started my Institute with teaching Progress, now it is CLIL.
Prepare to have the first CLIL Juku in April, 2023
February 13, 2023
Shuma's Monday work
1. Newspaper Reading
2. Speed Reading Lesson 9 and 10
3. Explaining: IELTS
4. Summary of News
5. Tomorrow start of Temple U.
February 8 , 2023
Shuma's English:
1. Cambridge First Certificate, Unit 4
2. Speed Reading about Studying in the USA as a foreign student,
quite old account , before TOEFL (1967)'s days, must be in 1950's
3. IELTS listening, very good account, realize why IELTS is a good test
February 6, 2023
Shuma's Monday work
1. Did very well Wednesday with EIKEN Jun ikkyuu listening
2. Reading of English Weekly News
3. Speed Reading exercise on Students from abroad
4. EILTS exercise
5. checking on Japanese comprehension
6. Homework: summarize news daily.
February 2/3, 2023
Visitation of schools for presentation at Sophia University
on February 18th about "international schools in Japan"
This week I visited SOMOS International School in Meguro with 55 students
a nursery school with 8 teachers and 4 have the license and it is under my acquaintance, Kurihara Gakuen
I visited yesterday a very friendly and growing school (according to Nishimachi Director of Development) the British School in Tokyo.
They are run by the British system and it is growing; moving to Toranomon Azabudai building in September. It is not only the building, it is the system of 22 students per class with a teacher and an adult assistant, plus the principal is very nice man.
Today I visited the first article school and long time acquaintance, Gyosei International School Nagareyama