Naoko Sensei puts a digital countdown timer on the board. Sets it to 40 seconds. All pupils stand up: it is time to practice, in pairs, the months in English. One of the students says 2月, the other one responds in English: February. A boy says 4月, and after some hesitation, a girl says April.Continue reading “How much time do we have? On Countdown timers in Japanese schools and the first week of my “minigration” to Japan”
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