October 21, 2022: Adult Education

A Canadian couple in their 60’s talk about their research into retiring overseas. Lesson Plan: Retiring Overseas (1.5 hours) Warm-Up (10-15 minutes): Purpose: Activities: Presentation (15-20 minutes): Purpose: Activities: Practice (30-40 minutes): Purpose: Activities: Production (15-20 minutes): Purpose: Activities: Cool Down/Reflection (10-15 minutes): Purpose: Activities:

Some weekends fade into the background. Others stay with us — not because they were extraordinary, but because something about them felt right. This lesson is about finding the words to tell those stories, in order, with the small details that make a memory real.

どの週末も特別というわけではありません。でも、なぜか心に残る週末があります。今回は、そのような思い出を順番に、小さなディテールを添えて語る練習をします。

A new study has revealed that consuming food such as sausages, frozen pizza, ready-to-eat meals, sodas and cakes can increase the risk of cancer, heart disease or an earlier death.

It’s game day — and our last lesson of the year! We’ll play Taboo, a classic word game that challenges you to describe words without using the obvious choices, and Just a Minute, where you keep talking in English for a full 60 seconds without stopping. It’s a fun way to realize how much you’ve learned this year.

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to describe their dream travel destinations, which can not only be anywhere on earth or in the universe, but also at any time in history.