Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Trip down memory lane

Today's lesson was a refreshing mix-up for the students and myself. We started out with a review of last weeks ones point as usual. These students all took my lesson last week so they came back with the same one point. We had fun going through each of the students' examples in detail and practicing in turn.

After that we launched into a full review of all basic routines from the Smith's School of English curriculum. Each student took turns going through using only the hint bar. I was pleased that they remembered most of the material very well. Review is of he utmost importance when it comes to English conversation.

Once we finished the review we began practicing the next step in the basic routines, routine 2. The initial stretch of this routine can be a bit challenging for students as it deals with the difference between "get on" and "ride" in English. Since these two words are commonly expressed using only a single word in Japanese the students had questions about usage. I provided some more contextual examples and let them come up with some of their own to account for comprehension. We finished off with a new one point and that ends another enjoyable lesson!

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