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The picture that launched many entertaining descriptions.Back when I was working in a Japanese office and correcting student (correspondence-based) homework as part of my daily duties, there was a lesson in which students were presented with a drawing of... ...full story at So-Called Japanese Life

from So-Called Japanese Life on Thu, Jan 24 2008

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08 Dec 07 visit Schools tie up to help Japanese-Brazilians  »  Japan Times MAEBASHI, Gunma Pref. (Kyodo) A correspondence-based high school in Gunma Prefecture has decided to tie up with a school for Japanese-Brazilian students next year so the bilingual students can... Read more . . .
18 Sep 07 visit Goodbye, Student #1  »  So-Called Japanese Life On February 2, 2006, approximately 3 months after I quit my office job, I taught my first private lesson in about 10 years with student #1 from my referral agency. I went on to teach her 63 more times after that. I'll have my last lesson with her this...
24 Sep 08 visit Dream dictionary for TEFL teachers Part Two  »  TEFLtastic Did you know that what you dream about can tell you what will happen in your classes? Try reading the descriptions below and in Part One to find something you have dreamed about, and then write it in the aims section of your observed lesson’s lesson...
05 Mar 08 visit The Temporary Shuffle  »  So-Called Japanese Life When I first started working full-time at my former company (a Japanese office job that involved textbook making as well as teaching via correspondence), I was informed through indirect channels that the president had a policy with the foreign employees...
30 Aug 08 visit One in five students turning to correspondence courses  »  Japan Times Roughly one-fifth of students in public elementary and junior high schools were taking private correspondence courses as of last November, a slight increase from 14 years ago. An education ministry said one reason for the rising popularity of such...

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