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hi. I would recommend getting a penpal exchange going with student of a similar age from another country. I just started to do this and it seems to be working well. good luck!

Hi. I'm teaching about 25 Junior high school students in Tokyo aged between 12 and 13. I'm looking for good old fashioned penpals. Anyone interested. The kids are really keen on the idea and eager to start.
thanks.

hi. i have about 25 students in Japan but they can't email how about regular post?

Hi. I'm in Japan and teaching about 25 students ranging from 12 to 13 years old. Looking for penpals. Sorry can't do email. They love to write and would like to get started as soon as possible. Thanks.

thanks. I will definately try that.

hi. I'm teaching English conversation at a Junior High school in Japan. I was wondering if anyone could share a good warm up activity to get the brain fluid moving in these young kids. Any help appreciated. thanks.

I'm desperately looking for some advice on what to do with an 8 year old student whom I'm giving private lessons 3 times a week. He's a real beginner with limited vocabulary. Today was my first lesson with him and while he knows some basic vocabulary (days, months, colors, a couple of animals) that...

I'm currently working with a large eikaiwa in the evenings doing telephone and video lessons at night. I found the software they use pretty crappy and unstable. Anyway I would like to get some of my privates up and running via video lessons but I'm looking for software that can handle 3 or 4 student...

I would have said Japan about 8 years ago. Now I would have to change my mind. Although if you teach in a good private junior/high school it could be excellent.

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just started teaching a bunch myself here in Tokyo. I find that making fun of yourself works. for me anyway. Also I'm working on a routine I do every lesson in first 10 minutes which quickly goes over previous lessons and helps to warm up and build confidence for the kids. So i definately think bein...

Hi. Here is a site blog that i use to communicate with my students in Tokyo Japan I use both English and Japanese. I teach about 10, 4 to 5 year olds on Saturdays here. Kind of fun. Made the site for the mums. Unfortunately they don't interact too much. I juse a script called wordpress which is extr...

yeah it seems they prefer it. think they think it is easier to understand and in junior high schools most if not all texts are written in American English.

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Hi. I'm considering starting up an English school by using video conference. Could anyone recommend good software? I have only ever used msn. Advantage is most people already have this.

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Hi. im interested in stock trading myself. think my biz students might like it too. does anyone know of an interactive site where you can buy dummy stock in japan and make a kind of portfolio?

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yeah. just go to costco in makuhari chiba and u can buy region free dvd players for around 10,000 yen

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