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Preceptee???
Being located between two large Tokyo hospitals Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital,and National Center for Global Health and Medicine we have welcomed many nurses and doctors as students over the years. Teaching medical professionals in Japan it quickly becomes apparent that many of the loan words used in Japanese hospitals are German in origin, so we get Karte (カルテ) for Medical Record, Rentogen (レントゲン) for X-ray, Gips (ギプス) for plaster-cast etc.but this week I encountered the word 'Preceptee.'
My student explained to me that a 'preceptee' was a new member of the nursing team, and my first thought was that it was a Japanese-English word and therefore confined to Japan. Curiosity, and a sense of completeness, got the better of me and it turns out that student nurses can, or must, participate in a Preceptorship, guided by an experienced practitioner, known as a Preceptor, therefore making the nurses undergoing a period of Preceptorship, Preceptees.
Please note it is only, as far as I am aware, used with newly qualified nurses gaining practical experience in a hospital setting.
As they say, you learn something new everyday!
久しぶりスクラブル
We had fun in our junior High School class tonight with a game of Scrabble, creating words using as many letters as possible (after checking it's valid!) and then challenging them to use the word in a sentence.
But the best was yet to come, my High School student saw the game on the table and asked if he could play, as he hadn't played for three years. With his expanded vocabulary, and excellent spelling skills, it soon turned into real battle between us, that left me struggling to keep up with him. At the end of the game we were both surprised to have filled the board, and used up nearly all the tiles, as seen in the photo.
Usually Junior High School games end when too many short words, squashed into a corner, make it impossible to progress any further. So it was a real treat to see how much my High School student had improved!
AGO Q&A Level 1.5
As a big fan of the AGO series of card games, we have been enjoying playing the latest AGO Q&A release in our children's classes.
In this video, Paul reviews AGO level 1.5, as well as sharing some of his favourite cards.
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Using Story-telling dice in the efl/esl classroom.
Just before the summer break I used this set of Flying Tiger Story Telling dice to great effect in a few of my elementary classes. Watch my video, on YouTube, as I briely explain how the dice work, and then share three stories created by three groups of students.
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Flood! (Oxford Reading Tree, Stage 8)
Paul reads Flood! from the Oxford Reading Tree series. Join him as Biff, Chip, Kipper and all, watch the rising flood waters creep slowly towards the Robinson's home.
(Bonus Point: Can you find the easyJet reference in the pictures?)
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8月/9日~8月/24日 夏休み
Just a quick reminder that this year our summer holiday will run from August 9 to August 24.
So, lessons as usual next week!
Guess the missing letter.
Last month, in our Junior High School class, we went on a virtual tour of Liverpool using Google Maps.
The main thrust of the lesson was to give directions and identify different types of shops, or other places of interest. Starting at Lime Street Station, and taking in St.George's Hall, we moved towards Church Street passing the St.John's shopping centre (they found the Beacon surprisingly fascinating!) Just before we got to Church Street they spotted this shop, missing a letter from its' signage. So a great opportunity for them to discuss what kind of shop it was, and what the missing letter might be!
Thanks Mobi e Hut!
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5/25(月)に緊急事態宣言が延長解除されました。
学校も始まり、徐々に前へ進み始めた感じがします。
イングリッシュプールの対応としましては、大人クラス・中高生クラスは教室でのレッスンを始めます。キッズクラスは学校の分散登校が終わり、通常授業が始まるまではこのままオンラインでのレッスンを続けたいと思います。7月からは教室で顔をそろえられると良いですね☆彡
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Can I have a 't' please
Sometimes I think my upper-elementary school aged students know more English than they let on.
During today's online session, we were playing hangman on the shared virtual whiteboard (big thanks to Whiteboard Fox by the way) when we had this combination of incorrect guesses...
...and the next letter they asked for....
....a 't',
...which was also incorrect!
Riddle No. 3
What has a face and two hands but no eyes, ears, mouth body or legs?
Elementary school aged students who joined my online classes should have no problem solving this one!