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鬼滅の刃 (Kimetsu-no-Yaiba) aka Demon Slayer
If the picture means nothing to you, then count yourself lucky. Since the release of the animated movie, 鬼滅の刃 (Kimetsu-no-Yaiba) aka Demon Slayer, at the end of October I've heard the names Tanjiro, Nezuko, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Tomioka and Sabito (pictured) multiple times a day, from our very youngest students all the way through to Junior High School! Sometimes it seems to be the only thing they are talking about, and when they are not talking about Kimetsu, they are drawing the characters on the whiteboard, in the corner of their worksheets or, as in this case, on a scrap of paper.
Having no desire to sit through a screening of the movie, I have no idea what it's all about but it ceratinly seems to have struck a chord children of all age groups, and unlike the Frozen boom of a few years ago, it's equally popular with both boys and girls.
Avocado Baby
Do you like avocados? Well here's a story about a baby who loved eating avocados. See the effect it has on him, and the benefits for his family!
Here's Paul reading Avocado Baby, written and illustrated by John Burningham. Enjoy!
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Halloween at englishpool
A bit of Halloween fun for you tonight.
Enjoy, have fun and be safe.
Happy Halloween!
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QuizKnock English Riddles
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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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