Today’s 2 Fukuoka schools were also cool, but in a different kind of way to yesterday. In the morning I had a 3 hour workshop and it was like yesterday morning, a great bunch of teachers who have to teach on their own without an ALT and wanted help. As they actually have to teach…

Today’s 2 schools couldn’t have been more different. The 3 hours this morning was really great, the teachers were genki from the start and were really into wanting to learn about how to teach English. They had a great time, really got into the activities, asked loads of great questions and by the end of…

“A task always expands to the time allotted to it” is certainly a true quote! Today was the first time I had a three hour presentation in an elementary school. Usually I only have a 90 minute slot, or if it’s 3 hours it’s usually at a Conference where the teachers have already gone through…

Today was finally the day when the free DVDs for elementary schools finished! It was a huge challenge to fund this project, and in the end it’s sort of had mixed results. The idea initially was for teachers who were really, really nervous about teaching English could just use the DVD as a virtual ALT…

It’s a public holiday today, when all the beaches open for the season. But as I took my day off on Saturday I couldn’t really take any time off today. But it was OK as it wasn’t actually that sunny. What I had to do today was to start the planning stages of CD5. This…

I was quite tired today so caught up with my emails and bits of bobs of admin. I also had a look at a new order form, as the Card Game packs aren’t compatible with the current form! And speaking of which, along with a case of beer that I got sent as a “Summer…