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      • The Japan News Quiz
        03/25/08
        In a week dominated with further falls in the world financial markets and a fair few frankly bizarre cases of random stabbings in the local news let us bring you some of the other stories happening in and around Japan.

        The Japan News Quiz 24 March (PDF 157KB)

      • The Japan News Quiz
        03/18/08
        The main story over the weekend centered about events happening on Wall Street and no doubt many of our students working in the financial sector here in Japan will have been keeping a close eye on the markets.
        So this week I've tried to keep the doom and gloom out of the quiz.
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      • Using Junior Scrabble with Young Learners
        03/14/08

        I've had a box of Scrabble Junior lying around the classroom for ages, but had struggled to use it in my classes. Various reasons..but even on the easiest game there didn't seem to be much educational value getting students to lay tiles over ready spelt words.
        Until today th

      • Japan News Quiz
        03/11/08
        Last week we had a few stories from London involving Japanese interests so I decided that we'd introduce a new section to the quiz called London Calling...great chance to get The Clash into the mix as well!
        So if you want to check if your students have been keeping up with current affa

      • How to Draw an Elephant
        03/10/08

        During my lesson planning for a class on Saturday I decided that we'd concentrate on the two adjectives 'long' and 'short'.
        I'd already decided to use play dough in the class so the kids could see who could roll out the longest sausage, who could make it

      • Japan News Quiz
        03/04/08
        Here's the news quiz for this week. Of course the main story has been the sinking of a fishing boat by an Ageis destroyer two weeks ago...and the subsequent accusations etc of those in the line of command. How long can Defence Minister Ishiba hold out before he's forced to resign is anybod

      • SuperSimpleSongs
        03/03/08

        Today we celebrate Hina Matsuri in Japan. Typically families with young daughters will display sets of (very) expensive dolls. They'll also have some kind of celebration meal...

        ...but enough of that, because I want to tell you about the 3 CD's pictured above. It all happe

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