Last weekend, I joined language teachers from all over Japan at Shizuoka for the annual International JALT conference. It felt…

Mr. Ito and I went on a wonderful trip to Kyushu in the middle of September. As we were riding…

The pandemic may be over, but teaching presentations on Zoom live on! I'll be giving a presentation at the Extensive…

For a very long time, I heard from other parents and teachers that it was "inevitable" that returnees would lose…

I hope everyone had a great Golden Week vacation. I think May is the most beautiful month of the year…

Mr. Ito and I took a quick trip to Kagoshima at the end of March, before the beginning of the…

I've been working very hard this winter on a new project for BIG BOW students. From now on, the spelling test paper will have a QR code on it.  This QR code will take you to a Padlet. You can listen to a recording of my voice dictating the spelling words for this month's test. I hope this makes practicing…

Two years ago, it looked like the pandemic was winding down. Only one or two cases were being reported in…

This year, my trip home to see my family in America was very special because my son joined me from…

In mid-November, I went to Tsukuba for the JALT International Conference. It was the first time in four years for…