Improvement in Japanese lesson

Last week on Friday (12 November 2010), I taught Japanese lesson to Jacklyn. I changed location for her so that it would be more efficient to both of us (since we both come from opposite areas which is quite far from Jakarta). It worked so well that we were able to start the lesson early and with motivation. First, I started to teach Jacklyn more vocabularies in "foods" and how to say "I like" or "My favorite ..... is......". This topic really helped Jacklyn a lot in communicating in Japanese. So I tried speaking with her in Japanese for around 15-20 minutes. And she was able to understand most of my speaking and she was also able to reply in whatever I ask her. It was very amazing. Another thing that really impressed me was that she remembered all Japanese characters I thought last two weeks (there were around 30 characters). She got full mark when I tested her.

Dance Innovation

I am experiencing new innovation in dance right now. In October, I have decided to start a dance crew again, fresh and new. I am changing the members of the crew too (not all though). I am changing the guy member (Ian and Jun Young) because they are struggling in other IB subjects so I don't want to force them. This time, I am searching for those who are willing to dance and are passionate so that it would be motivating for all of us. So far, I found three people who are willing to dance, Theo, Levina and Jin Ju. So far, I have tried dancing last friday with Theo (during PE class) and Levina (after school). They are all in different grades.

I am happy that they're motivated. Now I'm planning to find some dance competition and participate to see how much I improved my skill.

Indonesian lesson October

Last month, I taught Jaclyn only twice. She's been busy last month.

However, I don't have to worry much about her because she is a fast learner and also, she can learn by herself too. Although she makes mistakes, but she is very hard working and seems passionate about learning Japanese.

I taught her in uniquely last month. I taught Japanese through an elementary kid comic book. It is a famous modern comic called "Kocchi muite Miiko!". It is a series of short stories and the main character is Miiko. Jacklyn said that she read the comic in Indonesian translation. I taught her how to read comics, each meaning, vocabularies, grammars and more. She said that she learned a lot. So far she only understands formal Japanese, which makes it awkward if one day she makes a Japanese friend. So I am also teac

hing her how to speak casual, informal Japanese to socialize easier with others.

This is the picture of the comic cover that we read:

Japanese Lesson October

Last month on October, I was insanely busy with my school works, also my CAS which I ended up updating my CAS blog only once. So today I am updating whatever I have done last month.

Japanese Lesson:

Last month, I taught Mr. Nakamichi four times (1hour 30 min, once in a week) which I ended up doing 5.2 hours for this CAS activity last month. I saw lots of improvements in Mr. Nakamichi. He is understanding and learning even more vocabularies, grammars and words. I am really proud of him. By the end of the month, we finally finished the first text book!! (It took us around three months to finish the text book). He graduated first grade!