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Do you know the muffin man?: ESL Websites and Resources (Expanded)
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Do you know the muffin man? 私の明るい性格と日本での平和な生活についてです!My Japan Life. Monday, September 03, 2012. ESL Websites and Resources (Expanded). Nearly all of these websites focus on ESL learning and together form a useful database for English materials, such as flash cards, word puzzles, worksheets, and English based activities and games ready made for your convenience. 1 Eigo Note Blog. 3 Boggles World ESL. Http:/ eigobatake.x0.com/). Http:/ www.mpi-j.co.jp/). 10 Dave's ESL Cafe. 11 My Vocabulary.com. More pics o...
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Chuhi Chic: Koyasan; the sacred mountain & staying with monks in a temple
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Koyasan; the sacred mountain and staying with monks in a temple. Wow its amazing how much you can pack into a 3 day weekend! Soooo much to write about, I'll start with Koyasan. So on Saturday morning at 6.50am we took the gruelling but cheap 5 hour bus bound for Osaka from Kanazawa (its the old age, I used to be able to handle long bus trips! Nowadays, the Shi...
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Chuhi Chic: September 2009
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Wednesday, September 30, 2009. ALT Lesson Plans with Eigo Note. Lesson 6- I want to go to Italy. In Lesson 6 pupils learn how to talk about where they want to go and the reasons why. Believe me, I heard so many variations such as "where you do want to go? And "Where want you to go? Here are my lesson plans:. Grade 6 Lesson Eigo Note Lesson 6- (6.18) I want to go to Italy part 1. I dec...
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Chuhi Chic: October 2009
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Saturday, October 24, 2009. The Theatre: Hidden gem of a restaurant in Kanazawa. Me and Kari doing our best trying to look sophisticated. Met the girls tonight for a girly dinner and catch up. Standing about trying to decide where to go, Ayako told us about this restaurant that her and her hubby Dustin went to a few weeks ago. The menu (in Japanese I'm afraid peeps) advertised homemad...
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Chuhi Chic: July 2009
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Friday, July 31, 2009. Echigo Yuzawa: Alpine mountains, mist and orchids. The infamous shinkansen (bullet train). Anyway, today we set off for a long alpine walk. We took this huge gondola from near the centre of Echigo up to the first station up the mountain but it was completely clouded over. Note the amount of MINGING sweat on my t-shirt. After about 2 hours of descending the impos...
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Chuhi Chic: January 2010
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Wednesday, January 27, 2010. My British cookery lesson debut! Looking the professional chef as ever. Anyway, back in Japan and I'm brimming with confidence. The day before my cookery lesson I set out with a shopping list as long as my arm. I found a lot ingredients with no hiccups but where are the cake tins? Ahh of course not because they don't bake. Why? I also discovered on my `rap...
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Chuhi Chic: Making Japanese sweets (wagashi) in Kanazawa
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Friday, March 12, 2010. Making Japanese sweets (wagashi) in Kanazawa. Maylee and I, proudly showing off our masterpieces! So one thing I had read about in the list of things to do in Kanazawa is to make wagashi (和菓子), a traditional Japanese confectionary which is often served with tea and is almost considered an art form. The head chef, a big bloke who I think must teach the classes o...
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Chuhi Chic: March 2010
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Goodbye Kanazawa,onto the next adventure! Just a quick goodbye! I'm flying to Fukuoka tomorrow, then down to Kumamoto for 10 days working at a wood workshop and finally Okinawa to do some serious de-thawing! Will try and track progress on my brand spanking new blog http:/ sowtasty.wordpress.com/. Thanks for reading, wish me luck! Links to this post. We had r...
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Chuhi Chic: February 2010
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Wednesday, February 24, 2010. The wonderful Shirakawago in the winter. When mum and I decided to take a last minute trip to Shirakawago. Last summer we weren't expecting such a beautiful spot, see my other post. In the summer. The only thing we weren't able to do back then was to stay in one of the farmhouses aka " minshuku. So we set off on the bus from Kanazawa. A table with built i...
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Chuhi Chic: May 2009
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The journey of an ALT (assistant language teacher) in Kanazawa, Japan. NB Left Kanazawa April 2010 but feel free to read! Monday, May 25, 2009. Sports Day at Isurugi Elementary, Oyabe City. Last week was sports day (undo kai) at Isurgi Elementary. If I recall correctly our sports day was on the back lawn of Brampton Abbotts village hall, about 60 kids in total, all lining up to compete in egg and spoon, three legged and the sack race. Mum? Races ranged from the run of the mill 100m, tug of war (Japan nam...