A wise man asked me a question more than 10 years ago. Do you know the difference between Seven-Eleven convenience stores and the other convenience stores?
The wise m…
Some Japanese teachers of English teaching at universities often try their best to teach university students who can't even write alphabet English. I always wonder if it…
As I was not feeling well this morning, I decided to attend the department meeting from home today. It was the first time for me to attend the department meeting from ho…
A. conversation about the Moonshot plan
I talked about the Moonshot plan and the smart city with an American colleague yesterday. He said something interesting. If he…
Have you ever heard about the Moonshot plan or smart city? And Toyota motor corporation is planning to build a model super-city at the foot of Mt. Fiji. Three hundred vo…
I had an appointment with the dentist at 9:30am and then went to the university to attend a meeting from 11am to before noon. Then I worked up until 1:30pm at my unporta…
After attending the Zoom department meeting, I walked to Cafe Blanc for light lunch.
The usual daily life is going on here, so I can forget the disaster to make the M…
Lunch at Haroki burger place.
I visited a junior high school in the vicinity of Sunadabashi this morning as I attended a councilors' meeting. Since this April, I've b…
While I have seen many Japanese English learners, I noticed that successful learners have a strong motivation. And motivation is roughly divided into two kinds: Internal…
When teachers of a foreign language teach the language, what they should know differs depending on whether they teach their mother tongue or a language they have learned…
I've heard some people say, "Japanese teachers of English who major in How to Teach English or SLA are poor at teaching English." Of course, it's not true of all the tea…
I'm now reading the feedback sheets of the students who took my Introduction to Language Studies(言語研究の基礎)course in this term, and one student wrote something interesting…
I heard a story about a man who had a serious argument with a "mask-police." However, in this case, I think the man is correct, and the "mask-police" is insane. What do …
It's the 5th of February, so it falls on one of the dates when the farmers' market is held at Yagoto Koushoji temple. It's held on the 5th and 13th of each month. On the…
Many students use "it's interesting for me" as in the sentence below.
The difference between 思う and “think” was very interesting for me.
So I posted this question …
In the Ohnishi-sensei's Eigo show today, Rosa asked Ohnishi-sensei a question.
Why do you always putting sauce on everything?
Then, Ohishi-sensei said something t…
I happened to listen to Ohnishi-sensei's Eigo show this morning, and then I heard this expression.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
I knew the expression, but…
After watching one of Matsuda-san's YouTube video, I was shocked to learn that many people in the government do not have the fundamental knowledge about viruses, infecti…
Everything has pros and cons. It's also true of online classes. Let's share with us what you think are the good points and bad points of online courses.
I can come up…
You have heard this expression on TV many times for the last one year, right?
A new lifestyle
Haven't you ever found this expression strange?
Why do they use "n…