| Every couple of months, I get together with 5 mothers and professional women (40 to 50-ish) here in my Japanese city north of Tokyo. For for an hour and a half we speak English. We had a session today. A lot of fun and laughs. Today I introduced the English slang "flip side" as in a phonograph record. My age showed. Not one of them understood what an LP was :-) |
My third degree was an MA in TESL.
I have taught students from 16 different nations but my favourites have always been Japanese students, who have such social barriers to sounding strange and risk taking in language learning.
Once my Japanese students cultivated an English persona, they learned very quickly.
Flip side: Fripu Sidu
Yes, a lot of fun.
TRy knot tying with the knot instructions in ENglish verse. Thats a lot of fun.
eg.
Reef or Sqare knot.
Left over right
right over left.
Bowline knot:
There is a hole at the bottom of a tree,
A snake comes out of the hole , then goes around the tree and back down the hole.
ON line assist:
https://www.animatedknots.com/sheet-bend-knot
Sheet bend knot:
There is a drain hole in the tub.
A snake comes out of the hole ,
goes under the tub and then under itself.