Tag: teaching tips
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Japanese Grammar (Bunpō) Cheat Sheet: The Quick Reference My Students (and I) Actually Use
I’ve been offering Japanese lessons through StrainFamCo tutoring for a while now, and if there’s one thing I’m sure on, it’s that Japanese grammar is overwhelming at first. Particles after every word, verb conjugations, counters that change based on the objects you’re counting… it’s a lot! Even as someone who’s studied and taught it, I…
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Spelling the Same Words Over and Over for Students? Here’s a Simple Fix That Actually Works
I remember my first year teaching in the classroom like it was yesterday. My class would be in the middle of a writing project, and I’d be trying to help one student. Three others would come up to my desk: “How do you spell ‘beautiful’?” “What about ‘water’?” “Mrs. Strain, is it ‘f-r-e-i-n-d’ or ‘f-r-i-e-n-d’?”…