August 5, 2022: Feeling “hangry”

What’s the best food from your hometown? This week, we’ll become food experts and share the delicious signature dishes of Japan. Let’s practice our B1 descriptive English and learn about each other’s local culture in a fun, interactive “food fair”

Kim Kardashian West has angered people in Japan after launching a new line of lingerie called ‘Kimono Intimates’. People in Japan have reacted with anger and have accused Kardashian of cultural appropriation. They say the lingerie greatly disrespects Japanese culture.

Remember life before smartphones and the internet? This week, we’re taking a fun trip down memory lane to 1990! We’ll play an interactive game to compare our lives ‘then and now,’ sharing stories and practicing useful phrases for talking about the past.

I went through the “Conversation Topics” worksheets and tabulated the results. This lesson’s topic will be culture. I made a list of the popular topics and will ask all of you to help me choose which ones to use for the remaining classes.

Here’s the handout: This is the most watched TED talk. This was his follow-up talk. He was a very witty speaker and his opinions about the role of education are worth listening to. He passed away in August 2020. Here’s quick explanation in Japanese of Bloom’s Taxonomy. There’s lots of information out there. The basic…