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The other day I did an adjective lesson at a school I teach at. It`s great because I just reinforce the social hierarchy of the class. The seven adjectives studied are tall, short, big, small, strong, young and old.

The question my company wants us to teach here is, “Who is ____?”or, “Who has _____?”

Who is big?
Who is small?
Who has big hands?

As you can imagine, the small kids aren`t exactly ecstatic about being the smallest, neither the young kids the youngest. We did a “Who is strong?” question where each team nominated somebody to do an arm wrestling contest.

Interestingly a white face is something to be proud of in Japan what with the need to wear a t-shirt for 8 months of the year and the tendency to have a scorched face after a couple of minutes out in the August sun. A fat kid with a white shirt on won that event. What I`d call outside help if nothing else.

Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English, Teaching