Today I met a friend for lunch and then we went to a big new(ish) shopping mall in Osaka so she could see an interior design place I'd told her about (she has a new(ish) apartment). She found a wonderful bench carved in a rhinoceros shape, perfect for sitting on while you tie your shoes, that might fit her genkan, but she wasn't sure of the measurements so didn't buy it. (Yet.) After that we wandered around checking out the shops, and in the bath goods section of one shop I picked up a jar of cream. The label said:
Fermented Soybean
Forskin Essence
For a moment I didn't feel very well. Then I went to find my friend. "You have to see this," I said.
Cost of the cream: ¥1050
My friend's expression when she read the label: PRICELESS.
(Neither of us bought it.)
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I have noticed that I get a lot of hits from people searching "present simple" and "ESL," and assume that this is language teachers looking for ideas or lesson plans. The following links are good places to start.
ESL Lounge Here you will find lesson plans organised by level. A fantastically useful site for busy teachers, and easy to navigate.
British Council Here lesson plans are organized by topic. There are more teaching activities in the 'downloads' section.
The Internet TESL Journal
They have not updated this page for a while, but there is still a lot you might find useful.
Humanising Language Teaching
This is an online journal, good for ideas, inspiration, and especially good towards the end of semester when you're feeling not quite human.
Dave's ESL Cafe
Almost too much to wade through, but a very useful resource. Lots of links to other sources.
Karin's ESL PartyLand
This is a page specifically dealing with teaching simple present and present progressive. I have not tried any of these, but there are a lot of ideas here, and they look good. At the very least you will be inspired.
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5 comments:
omg that is awesome! I would have bought it to send to Jay Leno - he always has products with label screw ups - too funny!!
Is it as much of a culture shock living in Japan as I've heard it is?
haha, that's so funny!
Re culture shock: Depends on the person. For me, the worst time started about four months after getting here. It lasted about 6 months, during which I hated everything about Japan. Then I found my balance again. But I've met people who have been here two years or more and are still suffering the worst kind of culture shock.
One thing that can make it worse is if you expect to assimilate, or to 'pick up' the language. Neither of these things happen. You have to study the language to learn it, and you will always be an outsider.
ROTFL! This made me think of the case in the O.T. where foreskins were given as a dowry (2 SAMUEL 3:14). Well, perhaps these creative uses of something that normally gets tossed would qualify as "recycling"? :)
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