New Year's Resolutions - 2018

New Year's Resolutions - 2018

明けましておめでとうございます! (Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!) Happy New Year!

Did you make any New Year's Resolutions this year?

January is a really good time to think about goals for the year ahead. Apart from anything else, it's cold! And it's nice to be inside making plans.

Here are my New Year's Resolutions for 2018…

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"You Said, I Did": Using Your Feedback To Improve Classes

"You Said, I Did": Using Your Feedback To Improve Classes

Student feedback is super useful - it lets me know what I'm doing right, and what I can improve about our classes.

Here are some of the main points from February 2017's mid-course feedback, and the action I took based on it in the Summer term. It's what "you said", and what "I did"!

You said...

"Listening is difficult. Can we do more listening?"

I did….

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New Year's Resolutions 2017 - 新年の抱負

New Year's Resolutions 2017 - 新年の抱負

明けましておめでとうございます! Happy New Year!

新年の抱負はありますか。 Have you made any New Year's Resolutions?

My good friend Karli of designosaur (the brilliant people who make all those dinosaur necklaces I wear to class) writes a new year's post every year, and I always find it super inspiring. I don't always make resolutions, but this year I have loads and I'd like to share some of them with you!

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