The students at our English conversation school come from a variety of backgrounds: engineers, students, civil servants, scientists, teachers and so on. One student in particular comes from a very artistic family- her husband is a lighting designer, her nephew is a comic book artist, and she is a designer. She is also a fantastic listener and a caring person, so it came as little surprise when she brought a wonderful gift to class. What did she bring you ask? Having overheard me complaining about how hard it was to find a simple prefecture map in English for use in the classroom, she went home and designed one! She took a standard Japanese map, colour coded it by prefecture and region, made an English legend, printed 3 copies, and laminated them. We now have this great visual resource for use in our classrooms, plus I have a better understanding about the political and regional layout of the Japanese archipelago.
Thanks Masako!
Edward, Smith’s School of English Otsu
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