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CHANGE

This year, I have now had three opportunities of expressing my ideas or practices outside of school. 今年、現時点で、3度学校外でアイデアや実践を発表する機会をいただいています。 One is what I raised my hand to output my practice about “inte…

HELLO 2018

A Happy New Year! あけましておめでとうございます! How have you been so far?Today I want to write about the importance of reflection, and the idea to implement a better reflection.みなさまお元気でしょうか。今日は「ふりかえり」の大切さにつ…

REFRECTIVE TEACHER

"What on earth have I been doing?!" 「あぁなにをやってるんや…」 I would often think so after class when I was teaching at Horikawa as a freshman teacher.堀川で教え始めて1年目のとき、授業後によく思いました。 I would reflect myself just afte…

GROWTH MINDSET

Do you know a word “Growth mindset” ? グロウス・マインドセットという言葉をご存知ですか? This is a word defined by Professor Carol Dweck. キャロルドゥエック氏によって定義づけられたものです。 She explains: Growth mindset is based on the bel…

INQUIRING MIND

This month, I went to Kyoto to see the ex-coworkers.I felt weird to realize that it's been almost two months since I left the previous school.Today I want to write about something important reminded when I saw them.今月、前の職場の同僚と会…

EVALUATION

Writing a new article in a while. I get very busy every February.I quit writing last year because I got much more busier in March, but somehow I can cotinue this year.久しぶりのブログです。昨年度同様に仕事で激動の2月、昨年度はここでやめち…

LOANWORD

Do you know Japanese words which became into English?みなさんは英語になっている日本語を知っていますか? They're called "loanword", which means a word taken into one language from another (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Fifth E…

SKILLS

In English educational context, we often say it is important to improve students' four SKILLS (Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing), not only declarative grammar knowledge.英語教育界では、文法の宣言的知識のみではなく、4技能の育成が必要だ…

ENGLISH SUBJECT

One of the things that has been surrounding English eduction is the debate about that the English is the subject of liberal arts or skill-oriented.英語教育をとりまく話の中に、英語という教科は教養教科か、技能教科か、という話があります。I th…

REVISING

One of my jobs is so called "public relations". 僕の仕事のひとつに、いわゆる「広報」というものがあります。One thing I have to do is to ask students to write a kind of essay about their activities of some paticular events and to touch up, r…

QUESTION

I got an idea during class yesterday, so I want to share it.It's about a way of feedback after students' talk.昨日授業中、ぜひシェアしたいなぁと思うことを閃きました。生徒の会話活動後のフィードバックの方法に関してです。I often set an activi…

QUOTE

Quote is one of the things which encourages us when we get tired or are struggling. 僕らが疲れた時やもがいている時、名言は元気をくれると思います。One day I got an idea that students can learn not only English but also a life through a quot…

GOALS (OUT OF CLASS)

I got The English Teachers' Magazine as a circular today.今日、英語教育1月号が回覧で回ってきた。The theme is about "preparations for the coming new term".テーマは「これからの準備」。This has inspires me, so I want to note what kind of goal…