Travelling is a passion I share with many SSE Katsura students. We love finding out about interesting places and locations. Although not all of us can visit various places around the world, we can all have an interesting English conversation about our trips. During the winter holiday I had the opportunity to travel with my […]
Enjoy Writing
My students have begun to really enjoy writing as a way of improving their English conversational skill. Many of them bring a one or two page journal of what they did the previous week. Others write about current events or other topics that they are interested in. Writing in a new language is more difficult […]
Bamboo Shoots
Teaching English conversation in Kyoto has many advantages. I live in a beautiful city with easy access to nature. Earlier this year I stayed with my family at a traditional Japanese farmhouse in the countryside and while being there we could try bamboo shoots digging. We set on our way to the forest in the […]


