Author Archives: Mike

Counting to 100!

My wife and I are both from Canada and have lived in Azamino, Yokohama for 11 years. Japan has become our home. We have had 2 children in Japan and are looking forward to raising them here. There is such a rich culture to experience and the people are incredibly kind and generous. This year [...]

advantages 有利な点, good things いいこと and problems 問題点

During this week I have been spending part the lesson time introducing or reviewing the following sentence patterns. I thought I would share it with you. An advantage/disadvantage of V+ing is (that)  . . . A good/bad thing about V+ing is (that) . . . The trouble/problem with V+ing is (that) . . . ~の問題点{もんだいてん}は〔that以下〕である After doing the [...]

Wow cool! A police car. When is the fire truck coming?

I was going through some old photos the other day and found this photo of my son. It was taken while visiting Canada on a holiday to meet his relatives. My son, Tyler, who was a little over a year old at the time called 911, (110/119 in Japan) while playing with the phone. My [...]

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