A Farewell Party for our English Teacher
Sep 25th 2010 01:55
I go to an English conversation school.
I take a group lesson but my teacher left the school because he would move to Korea.
The staff of the school planned to hold a farewell party for him.
He had taught English for only one year at the school and the participation fee was a little high, so I was afraid that not so many students would attend the party.
Against my expectation, nearly forty students participated in the party.
In addition, other native teachers and the staff of the school joined, so a lot of people took part in it.
First, six people sat down at my table.
One of them was a new teacher who came from Australia just a week ago and could not underatand Japanese at all, so we began to talk in English.
A man who was in the seventy's tried to talk with her aggerssively, but he seemed to be a beginner, so it was difficult for him to make himself understood in English.
He got drunk soon.
A woman began to talk with the new teacher in fluent English and I joined their conversation.
She said that she had lived in Australia for several years and talked about the place which she lived in.
I had never heard of the place, so I asked her if it was in a rural area.
Her face was clouded over.
I found that she didin't know the meaning of the word "rural".
The new teacher changed it into "countryside".
I thought that it was difficult to talk in English among Japanese people.
While foreign English teachers were not at our table, we enjoyed chatting in Japanese.
Although we were not in the same class, we made friends easily because we had a common goal to improve our English ability.
Our teacher seemed to be happy and thanked us for the farewell party.
I hope that this party and his life in Japan will be a good memory for him.
I take a group lesson but my teacher left the school because he would move to Korea.
The staff of the school planned to hold a farewell party for him.
He had taught English for only one year at the school and the participation fee was a little high, so I was afraid that not so many students would attend the party.
Against my expectation, nearly forty students participated in the party.
In addition, other native teachers and the staff of the school joined, so a lot of people took part in it.
First, six people sat down at my table.
One of them was a new teacher who came from Australia just a week ago and could not underatand Japanese at all, so we began to talk in English.
A man who was in the seventy's tried to talk with her aggerssively, but he seemed to be a beginner, so it was difficult for him to make himself understood in English.
He got drunk soon.
A woman began to talk with the new teacher in fluent English and I joined their conversation.
She said that she had lived in Australia for several years and talked about the place which she lived in.
I had never heard of the place, so I asked her if it was in a rural area.
Her face was clouded over.
I found that she didin't know the meaning of the word "rural".
The new teacher changed it into "countryside".
I thought that it was difficult to talk in English among Japanese people.
While foreign English teachers were not at our table, we enjoyed chatting in Japanese.
Although we were not in the same class, we made friends easily because we had a common goal to improve our English ability.
Our teacher seemed to be happy and thanked us for the farewell party.
I hope that this party and his life in Japan will be a good memory for him.
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I take a group lesson but my teacher left the school because he is going to/will move to Korea.
Contrary to my expectations, nearly forty students showed up at the party.
A man who was in the seventies tried to talk with her aggerssively, but he seemed to be a beginner, so it was difficult for him to make himself understood in English.
She said that she had lived in Australia for several years and talked about the place (in which/where) she lived in.
Her face was clouded over.
Thank you for your correction and comment.
>One of the most important things in conversation is recognizing when your partner doesn't understand what you're saying.
When I taught Japanese as a volunteer teacher, I could not recognize it, because my students always nodded like Japanese.
I also pretend to understand what my partner is saying.
When my answer is strange, he or she notices that I can't catch the meanings.