In the papers

One of my teachers came into the English office very excited this morning. She told me that I was in the Asahi Shinbun, one of the national papers in Japan. I was in it because a journalist, researching English teaching in Niigata, had come to my Base School last week and sat in on one of my lessons with the junior high students. At the time I was really annoyed with my school cos they told me about the special visitor just one hour before the lesson started. Luckily, the lesson I prepared went down well with the students and I think he got a good impression of how English lessons are taught, at least how English lessons with Martin are taught. So in the end, it turned out alright.

I'm not sure exactly what the whole of the report says, but there's an interview with one of my students who describes how in my lessons we have quizzes, games and team competitions and that she enjoys the lessons a lot. It also goes on about how the class is half a normal class and how having smaller groups to teach might make teaching more effective (I think). I really hope there isn't anything bad in there!