Internationalization

Yesterday I met the group of new hires for the Rolling Stock company, and taught them some basic English for about two hours. The overall impression I have is that their English level is above average for the company – which makes my job a little easier. There is even a Swedish employee who speaks English and Japanese fluently, so I don’t think I’ll be seeing him in any of my classes. I was glad to see that there are a few more international employees working around the factory in Hyogo.

My goal for this week is to put together a good teaching plan for the next time I meet these students on Friday. The HR department wants me to teach them formal introductions and telephone English, so I’ll start with that plan and see how it goes.

Last night after work Kuniko invited me to go out to eat, so we ended up at the Italian restaurant here in town, called Da Lorenzo. It is a pretty good place considering it is in Okubo, and the cook was all alone, so he was the waiter as well. He did a great job – as usual we had a delicious meal for a reasonable price. Also, plenty of Moretti beer…


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