New Job

I met Noriko outside Cambridge House after class today, and she drove me to a community hall in some town closeby. I taught four classes of an hour each, with most classes having about six children (the last class had only two). The first class was the youngest (4-6 years old) and the last class were 11 years old with the middle two somewhere in between.

She had written a lesson plan for each class, which I had to follow, and she provided all the flash cards and other resources for me to use. It took me a while to get the hang of it, and she kept whispering instructions to me. She also did some translation for them when they didn't understand. By the last class, I had just about got the hang of what I was meant to be teaching. Some of the kids were quite cute though (the younger, well-behaved ones) which made the time go quickly.

Afterwards, I bumped into Rushen at the reception in Cambridge House. Yuu was also there, and we all went to play pool. Yuu taught us how to play Japanese-style (i.e. American-style), and we somehow managed to have three players in one match. Nozomi also turned up halfway through with her usual forwardness, so we all talked some Nihon-glish whilst playing. I like practicing my Japanese on them, though mostly I can only say what we've been taught. Still, saying "what time did you work from?" can make for quite a good conversation.