The Birth of Saké’ Follows Meticulous Method of Bringing the Fabled Japanese Drink To Life PBS television series POV debuts The Birth of Saké on Monday, September 5 Japanese-American filmmaker Erik Shirai goes inside the Yoshida Brewery, a 144-year-old family-owned company in northern Japan, to capture the traditional saké-making process in The Birth of Saké, which […]
Learning a New Language
In yesterday’s ESL class, we read an article about literacy journalism pioneer “Dr Bob” Laubach. Laubach was born into a family that had literacy in their blood. His parents were missionaries in the Philippines and they taught the Maranoa people to read. This article reminded me of this meme I keep seeing on my Facebook […]
Five Fingers
Lessons From ESL One of the highlights in class is when I introduce the class to slang language. I’ve broken down my son’s favorite, “drawlin’”; explained how one can be “sonned” and explained how “doing the most” is actually a negative expression. We were discussing sayings, and I told them how my son always feel […]
Becoming American #FL2W
I think the first duty of society is justice. Alexander Hamilton I’ve written before about my delight in my English as a Second Language students. These classes are something I stumbled upon by mistake, and has blossomed into my teaching students from over the globe how to master the English Language. I’ve added a Citizenship […]
Pide
Lessons From ESL On Fridays I host an informal English Conversation class. The class has evolved from me standing at a wipe board giving a lesson to the a group of ladies who have bonded and want to practice their English with each other. I sit with the ladies and listen, gently correcting a pronoun […]