Middle of Feb

HI !!!

It's been a busy winter.  Some good things are going on at the island.  The kids are now learning about countries and there are a few new handouts with some material about travelling and what not.  Hopefully, we can get a few skits together and enjoy pretending to take a trip and enjoy learning the language of travelling that way.  It's in the works.

I put a few pics of a recent trip to Nagamine up.  Avalanche!!

なんちゃって日本語板


今まで今冬は忙しかった！教室で新しい事やっていますよ。今新しいハンドアウト有ります。色々な観光スポットとそれぞれの国の話いしています。これから短い寸劇みたいな事を出来るクラスにやって見る事にしました。ビデオを撮らせてもらえるならここにも乗せると思います。


下の写真は雪崩の後だよ。。。

Spookily,


Pat

www.englishisland.jp

Full Swing

It's been a while since I wrote here.  Winter is in full swing here in Sapporo now.  Shoveling snow here, there and over there too.  Hiking up and often slipping down mountains and then snowboarding down.  Not to mention getting all the lesson material ready and then actually teaching the classes.  The activity has been a nice change!  I haven't been shopping in weeks...

Hope you are enjoying this winter too!!!

Slippily,

Pat

Fresh Start

Happy New Year Again...

It has finally snowed!!!

Lots of fresh powder on the ground and in the mountains and a fresh start at English Island too!  I am looking forward to this year.  We have been studying a little "Oshogatsu Vocabulary" and started  looking at animals too.  By the end of the month, each student will be able to talk about and describe an animal of their choice.  The English Island zoo has opened it's doors!

Stompingly,

Pat

Happy New Year

イングリッシュアイランドの皆様へ

今年、２０１０、たくさん良い思い出あります。又来年良い思い出いっぱい作りましょう。よろしくお願いします。


イングリッシュアイランド英会話のパットより

                              Happy　　New   Year  !!!!!!

The End

イングリッシュアイランド英会話の普通授業終わりました。今プライベートレッスンの三日間が始まりました。火曜日の３時のレッスン以外は埋まっている。皆さんは楽しくレッスン受けるように頑張ります！来年も色な新しい発見出来ると嬉しい。今年は確かに大変な所色々あったけどその陰で生長も出来たと思います。今、年賀状書いている最中。右手が筋肉痛(;ﾟДﾟ)!昔いみたいに手で書く事出来なくかった。

パット

Still snowing!!

This was this morning and it's still coming down, slowly but surely.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the island.

Merry White Christmas to you,

Pat

Around the corner?

YES!
Finally, the snow has started to fall.  The long awaited snowfall has finally started. It's cold enough and I think there'll be enough snow to at least stretch out the legs properly.  It's a nice feeling to know it's piling up around here...  THANK YOU!




Next week is the last week of lessons for the year.  We are going to wind up with a fun fashion show in Shinkotoni and the Famous People Project in Higashiku.  Shinoro is doing simple questions and job interviews...