Author Archives: Richard Graham

Off to Tokyo

It’s that time of year again where teachers start fighting over dates in August. Luckily things are working out quite well, and today I was invited to some great workshops that I’m very much looking forward to. Shogakkou teachers are some of the genkiest people you could possible imagine and it’s great to be able…

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Kobe Conference

The Kobe JET re-contracting conference is always a high point of the year and this year was no exception. Although I was only there one day this year, the two presentations I did worked really well, and everyone was very genki. This year I had a projector so had all the main points on the…

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The High Life

Flying business class to Tokyo then being put up in one of the best hotels in Kobe. Not bad, and a bit of a contrast to the last few weeks sat around working from home! The flight across was free with the miles I’ve accumulated, and as it was full they upgraded me to business…

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Movies, Extras & TPR

Today is a funny day, it was supposed to be packed with family arriving from the States. But their plane got cancelled, and I now have a whole free day! Which is bad, but means I have a whole day free – ooo. Been updating lots on the site this week, all the themes now…

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What’s cool in Japan

Without the discussion board I’ve no where to put up cool links that I find, so I’ll put them up here! This is a great site run by the Japanese Government for kids abroad to learn about Japan. One of the best sections is one on “What’s cool in Japan?” which has recent additions on…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/whats-cool-in-japan/

Episode III

Yes it is a good as all the hype! Can’t wait to see it again. And now I want to get back to Japan to play the Star Wars game!!! I think I’ll try it out in Tokyo.

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/episode-iii/