In an earlier posting of mine, “Showing students how to pronounce English properly”, I wrote about how I showed a student of mine how to properly pronounce the sounds “er” (as in “waiter”) and “ir” (as in “birthday”), as well as “th” (as in “the”) using the Smith’s curriculum. You can read about it by clicking […]
Hamburger Night
I love hamburgers. At my home in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City, it has been decided that we eat hamburgers on Saturdays for dinner. Saturday night is Hamburger Night. My Japanese wife’s homemade hamburgers are absolutely delicious and the best-tasting hamburgers I know. Western-style hamburgers and Japanese-style hamburgers A Western-style hamburger consists of a cooked ground meat patty (usually […]
My trip to Guam with my Japanese family
I am Canadian. I married a Japanese woman, so some of my family is Japanese. During the Smith’s Golden Week holiday, I went to Guam with my wife, her parents and her two brothers. We had a great time. It was the first time abroad for my wife’s parents. My wife had wanted to take them abroad somewhere. […]
