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Autonoblogger has details of a TPRS workshop in Kagoshima in January. I’ve posted some details in Japanese here.

Image via Wikipedia “Meltdown”, historian Thomas Woods‘s book on the origins and causes of the present financial crisis, based on Austrian Economics Business Cycle Theory, has been translated into Japanese, and can be bought on Amazon Japan. Woods’ own summary/review can be read on the Lew Rockwell website. Just in time for the Japanese elections. [...]

A friend and I are giving a presentation this Sunday (July 19) about an EFL approach called The Immediate Method, developed in Japan by foreign-language instructors. Here are some of the documents I will use in my presentation: bperry1 (pdf) bperry2 (pdf) azraextra (pdf) Here’s the blurb from the JALT events website: The Immediate Method [...]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!! Originally uploaded by amayzu Best wishes for the new year. Here’s a roundup of blogs and websites I’ve been visiting over the break. The winter break here in Japan starts Jan 1 and this year lasted until today, Sunday 4th. Most schools and businesses restart Monday 5th. If you’d like to [...]

(Photo credit: Sequence: Gene of my life, by Hawkexpress on Flickr) I’m now working on my keynote speech for the Nara JET Mid-year seminar. I made a draft handout on Google Docs, so that I can access it from work and school. I already sent the handout to the Institute where the seminar will be [...]