Comments on: On the CELTA, Japan, and very small learners http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/asia/japan/celta-japan-very-small-learners/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/asia/japan/celta-japan-very-small-learners/comment-page-1/#comment-8242 Alex Case Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:24:17 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=4337#comment-8242 I must say I didn't have too much difficulty adjusting to kids' classes after the CELTA, but it could've been because they were quite well disciplined kids and our school taught us ten or fifteen basic kids' games and had plenty of things like songs and flashcards. In fact, I found CELTA less use with middle aged Turkish local civil servants who didn't get any kind of pairwork and language games at all! Why Japanese kids find kanchou funny is perhaps the greatest of many mysteries about Japan. Apparently some manga made it popular, but there's a big difference between seeing it on the page and wanting to do it! I must say I didn’t have too much difficulty adjusting to kids’ classes after the CELTA, but it could’ve been because they were quite well disciplined kids and our school taught us ten or fifteen basic kids’ games and had plenty of things like songs and flashcards. In fact, I found CELTA less use with middle aged Turkish local civil servants who didn’t get any kind of pairwork and language games at all!

Why Japanese kids find kanchou funny is perhaps the greatest of many mysteries about Japan. Apparently some manga made it popular, but there’s a big difference between seeing it on the page and wanting to do it!

]]> By: Sputnik http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/asia/japan/celta-japan-very-small-learners/comment-page-1/#comment-8241 Sputnik Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:45:37 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=4337#comment-8241 Very interesting - I thought my CELTA was of little use in preparing me to teach kids - hence the 'A' - but maybe that's because I prefer teaching adults. There's the whole aspect of crowd control which just isn't necessary with adults. Can you explain why they try to stick both index fingers up your arse? Do you have something special up there? Very interesting – I thought my CELTA was of little use in preparing me to teach kids – hence the ‘A’ – but maybe that’s because I prefer teaching adults. There’s the whole aspect of crowd control which just isn’t necessary with adults.
Can you explain why they try to stick both index fingers up your arse? Do you have something special up there?

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