Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Yamanashi Gakuin

I teach every Friday at Yamanashi Gakuin Chugako (Junior High). It's one of the most elite private schools in Yamanashi-ken. The school actually has it's own preschool, elementary school, junior & senior highschool, and university. So, students could conceivably spend all their school years at this one institution. The standard of English instruction is very high (as are the students' abilities). I teach ichi & ni nensei (first & second year;12-13 year-old) students here. I have complete freedom to create my own English activities for these classes. I really enjoy working at this school.
the front of the campus

Student uniforms and award cabinets at the front entrance (& me in the reflection :)
Rows of student lockers (to store their shoes).
Note how everything is spotlessly clean.
hallway
Me playing "Spelling Baseball" with my studentsMe looking wonderfully surprised at a student's efforts to spell.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Grace... your trip sounds great. Just wondering how you got your job at Yamanashi Gakuin/was it easy to obtain? I have been to the school before but was thinking about teaching english there.
- E

Anonymous said...

heyz grace im going to yamanashi gakuin this year for a student exchange program cant wait. we had an exchange student from yamanashi not so long ago and i agree: there English skills are amazing! how do you get into becoming an english teacher overseas? it sounds awesome!

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