2006 October 27 Friday.
Another cold and sunny morning. I need to get into a taxi and head on over to the Dokan Nursing school for an English class with 18 second year students. Everyone showed up for class today, and we rehearsed a one page dialogue about checking in at a hotel, where the guest had already made reservations. The guest wanted to check in at 13:00, but check in time doesn't start until 15:00, so the check in staff at the hotel take care of the guests luggage until check in, so that the guest can walk around the city and have some lunch before check in time. Most of the students were able to memorize the dialogue and perform it quite well. After that class was finished at 10:30, I walked on over to the MidoriGaOka shopping center to buy some water color felt-tipped pens at the 100 yen shop. You can get a pack of 18 colors for only 100 yen, so I bought 6 sets. I plan to use them in my classroom during children's' classes. In the past, I have used colored pencils to draw simple pictures together with the kids, who already know the names of the colors. We draw mostly natural scenery, and then learn how to write the words for such things as SKY, BIRD, TREE, FLOWER etc. The kids enjoy it, and so do I. I have always used color pencils for this is the past, and they work very well except for the fact that the pencil lead often breaks, and the students spend a lot of time at the electric pencil sharpener, grinding away on the pencils. Felt-tipped pens will prevent this problem, but the pictures will not have such a soft appearance. When I was finished shopping, I got into a taxi and rode back to my classroom to get ready for straight classes from 13:30 until 20:00. Tomorrow I have no classes to teach. Time to teach myself more about the internet and the Korean writing system.
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