This morning I logged on to teach Takahiro Shioji, a student of mine who is preparing to take the TOEIC exam. I noted that another teacher had used some online TOEIC preparation material to teach him a lesson, so for part of my lesson I used a TOEIC vocab quiz and talked about the words. The rest of the class was mostly spent trying to change Japanese expressions into English (which is a challenging task! Many of the set phrases can be used in a variety of different situations, meaning that when you translate them, those 3-4 words become almost a paragraph of text).
After that, we discussed expressions such as winded, being blue in the face, getting the wind knocked out of you, getting your second wind, showing someone the ropes, etc. We also spoke about work and how to say some common work expressions. I mentioned the importance of talking about stress in order to avoid bottling things up. We then discussed things that we were going to do on our days off this weekend.
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