{"id":5171,"date":"2015-04-10T06:56:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T21:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2015-04-10T06:56:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T21:56:36","slug":"teaching-english-at-kozmoz-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2015\/04\/10\/teaching-english-at-kozmoz-cafe","title":{"rendered":"Kim Coombes: Teaching English at Kozmoz Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"
I recently had to change my CIP due to scheduling conflicts, so now I am teaching English at Kozmoz Caf\u00e9 in Momoyama. I have been doing it for a few weeks now and am greatly enjoying it. I am able to engage with Japanese people of all ages. I have the pleasure of teaching classes to adults as well as children. It is amazing to see how dedicated Japanese students are to their studies. As part of the adult’s lesson plan, they must keep a weekly diary and write about one event that occurred. Many of the adult students write pages of information so the teachers can correct them! Watching how hard Japanese students study has given me motivation to work harder at my Japanese studies.<\/div>\n
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Aside from having the pleasure of meeting Japanese people, as a teacher,\u00a0my Japanese is constantly being reinforced by the lessons. Both children and adult will commonly repeat a question I asked them in English, in Japanese to me to confirm they understand. By doing this I get to hear their Japanese as well as check their understanding. After lessons I am able to speak with Japanese people and practice my Japanese a bit.<\/div>\n
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Teaching English has helped me feel more comfortable within Japanese society because I am constantly engaging with Japanese people. As a shy person, I have been able to use my classes as a way to engage Japanese people. By finding out what is popular and interesting to them, I am able to talk to more students at Doshisha and can hold more interesting and relatable conversations in Japanese.<\/div>\n
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Kozmoz Cafe is a non-profit organization and I really enjoying volunteering there. They run food banks as well as teach\u00a0English classes. They also hold parties and events for their students.\u00a0If there is ever any interest in volunteering there feel free to email me!<\/div>\n
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