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Re: Post-Nova Bust: How is G-Education for teaching English in Japan?

Jonny — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:38:44 -0000

Just an FYI, an eikaiwa is very different from a cram school.

An eikaiwa is a conversation school. People learn how to actually speak in English rather than translate— which is what most kids learn in the school system.

A cram school is like a tutor. You can learn English, but mostly you learn about other subjects like Science, Math, History, and Japanese.

Re: Post-Nova Bust: How is G-Education for teaching English in Japan?

Mrwindupbird — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:27:45 -0000

This was a great read! I was never interested in working at a cram school to be honest and this article has just pushed me even further away from that. JET and just teaching at a public school is fine by me. I really don't mind about the rural area thing because if you look past Tokyo and the big cities, there is still a lot to be seen in Japan.

Very interesting stuff as always !

Cheers!

Re: Vote for your favorite Tenso Haiku Now!

Deas — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:11:45 -0000

Rock on. :-)

Re: Live Action (Chinese) DragonBall Movie

Mrwindupbird — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:42:48 -0000

I agree with Mr. Deas, I'm interested, but have to write a bunch of papers :o

Re: Vote for your favorite Tenso Haiku Now!

Mrwindupbird — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:14:04 -0000

I voted for Deas. Best of luck to him XD

Re: Creating “Flashbulb Memories” in your Teaching

Mrwindupbird — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:28:16 -0000

I can't wait to use the making things weird technique! Good read.

Re: Shortening Japanese

Deas — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:54:05 -0000

Thanks for the praise! I sure hope I'll be back as a guest poster at some point. I think this article went pretty well, so we'll see.

Re: Shortening Japanese

Mrwindupbird — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:26:18 -0000

Oh my word. This man is quite funny. Great video... Is Deas going to be working with tofugu more in the future???

Re: JapanSoc Chooses the Best Japanese News

Mrwindupbird — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:01:54 -0000

Ya JapanSoc is great!!

Always really great stuff on there.

It is a great place to find really cool pictures of Japan as well which is a treat for those of us (like me) who haven't made it there yet.

Good post Koichi!
Get the word out!

Re: What does “Moshi Moshi” Mean?

Mrwindupbird — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:59:27 -0000

Oh my lordy lord, the James the cat part was funky fresh my friend.

Great stuff as always, muy interesante!

Re: Crazy Delicious Japanese Rice Paddy Art

Mrwindupbird — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:18:36 -0000

Outrageous! Truly, truly, truly outrageous.

That sort of planning is soooo amazing.

Re: Japanese Version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: Rudolph gets the Shafto

Mrwindupbird — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:48:20 -0000

Hah interesting holiday-themed article Koichi! That ended up being a nice little cultural analyzation as you said.

Merry... er.. Holidays!

Oh and that stinks about your flight sorry :O

Re: Tofugu Cake? Too Neat to Eat

Mrwindupbird — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:12:16 -0000

Delicious Cake (O_O；)

Now if only people would make cakes for me :l ...

Re: It’s Christmas in Japan!

Mrwindupbird — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:08:02 -0000

Hah, I was commenting on you're fresssshhh attire in a totally non-homosexual way, as it were.

Re: It’s Christmas in Japan!

Mrwindupbird — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:28:09 -0000

Agreed, Koichi looked quite smooth and silky.

Re: It’s Christmas in Japan!

koichi — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:58:12 -0000

whattttt?

Re: iKnow: The Best Japanese Vocabulary Flashcard Site on the Web

Mrwindupbird — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:59:02 -0000

Ah you're the best Koichi, Thank you Thank you!

Re: 2Chanerized Characters Part 4: American Children Shows

Mrwindupbird — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:36:44 -0000

Bizarre, yet, quite amusing.

Though what's with the Elmo hatin' ?!

Re: Free Japanese Lesson: How to Count in Japanese

QuinsY — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:05:18 -0000

hahaha I love that guy's style a lot!

Re: Free Japanese Lesson: How to Count in Japanese

koichi — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:40:49 -0000

Yep, that's the one :)
Very simple humor, but I like it a lot!

Re: Free Japanese Lesson: How to Count in Japanese

Mrwindupbird — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:07:43 -0000

When He counts isn't it on certain numbers he makes a funny face such as the one in the picture. Now that I think about it I feel like a may have come across a Youtube video of him.

Re: Free Japanese Lesson: How to Count in Japanese

koichi — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:56:58 -0000

That's ナベアツ (nabeatsu), a famous comedian who just...counts. A lot more entertaining than it sounds, I think.

Re: Free Japanese Lesson: How to Count in Japanese

Mrwindupbird — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:47:46 -0000

blargh I wish I could go, this would surely help me!
Oh well.

Who's that bloke in the picture?

Re: Happy Birthday, Koichi!

Mrwindupbird — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:19:08 -0000

So tragic :(

At least you get to celebrate Mole Day and your birthday, and if that's not enough for you tomorrow is United Nations day so the party never ends!

Happy Birthday Koichi!

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

ArkyLewis — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:19:42 -0000

Well I'm *guessing* that there is some sort of report feature and I'm guessing it moderated fairly often considering how popular it is.