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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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