Meet my students
February 22nd, 2006 by quaisiIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Meet my students. Meet Keita. A nice lad of 13. He likes playing baseball and dislikes English yet his parents send him to an evening school for two hours of lessons a week. Ask him a question, hell ask anyone under 17 a question and they`ll answer, “So so”
-How are you?
-So so.
-Do you like baseball?
-So so.
-How old are you?
-So so.
The only time he won`t say so so is when he doesn`t understand what you`ve asked him whereupon instead of asking for help he will sit there in silence inwardly struggling with fear until you rephrase the question or ask a new one which necessitates a so so answer.
Meet my Friday and Wednesday class. In these classes there is a Junya, a Shunya, a Shinpei, a Takanori, a Tomoki and a Teruyuki. I often (justifiably) mix up their names and when they laugh at me I crush their faces.
Meet Seina. She is 11 but thanks to her pushy parents can easily complete listening tests designed for High School students. If you ask her a question however she`ll answer monosyllabically, not at all or worse -So so.
Meet Yuki. She is 20 and speaks English quite well (as do most Japanese under the age of 30.) She has a irritating habit of saying -Mayb instead of -Maybe even when repeatedly corrected. This frustrates me.
Meet Nao. She is seven and a joy to teach. When she is not trying to kancho me.
Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English, ESL, Teaching, TEFL, Kancho
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February 24th, 2006 at 2:08 am
“he will sit their in silence”
*cringe*
“They sit there, on their chairs.”
I’m a grammar nazi, I know.
February 25th, 2006 at 8:55 am
You are joking, aren’t you?
If not, you might want to teach them something new.
oh yeah! The best way to get you kids to stop trying to “kancho” you is to get them first.
But make sure the parents ain’t around,
NYD.