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New Business Partnership with American English
Preschool! |
Passport
School is joining hands with `American English
Preschool` of Fukuoka. Thus, from April 2005,
in addition to our classrooms in Tenjin and
Nishijin, Fukuoka we will now be able to offer
access to students wanting to study group lessons
also in Karatsu, Yahata and Tobata, Kitakyushu
and Ohashi in Fukuoka city. Passport School
will continue to offer private lessons and homes
lessons for kids or adults lesson requests thruout
Fukuoka prefecture. Please note from April 2005
until March 2006, the school will be managed
by Michael Connely and Suwa Mika of American
English Preschool. As a result the school address
has changed to Ohashi, Minami ku. Any enquiries
to Mika on 090-1344-7537 or 0120-821-635.
>>>Send
an enquiry to Mika here by emailing us and we
will mail or call you back!
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`Gaijin Eye`, our bi-monthly student and teacher
tips newsletter! |
Passport
School together with SenseiSeek.com sends out
every 2 months a free ezine newsletter called
`Gaijin Eye` ( formerly called `Fukuoka Friend`).
Our newsletter is full of advice and tips for
learning or teaching English plus international
exchange news and interviews.
See
past newsletters and subscribe free today via
the website. See previous interviews with famous
personalities in Japan like Richard Graham of
GenkiEnglish.com.
>>>See
the latest Newsletter here!
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"Fukuoka Friend" Newsletter, November
Issue |
Well,
everyone likes good food and if you are already
missing Asian month, then you may enjoy these
events too. Also did you know that Passport
School offers native cooking lessons and a variety
of language lessons- not just English lessons?
>>>Read
this month's Newsletter
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"Fukuoka Friend" Newsletter, October
Issue |
October
in Fukuoka means `Asian month` and this month's
topic is to once again introduce GOMAD ('Go
Make A Difference') projects and October's Asian
month events.
Please note Passport School will participate
in the Asian month festival at Hakata Bayside
plaza from Oct. 9-11th. There will be all kinds
of free performances of Asian live music and
dance at Hakata Bayside plus Passport School
will have a tent at Bayside to promote the good
cause of GOMAD `Go Make a Difference`. GOMAD
is a charitable foundation set up by teachers
in Japan to assist voluntary projects around
the world.
>>>Read
this month's Newsletter
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"Fukuoka Friend" Newsletter, September
Issue |
Instead
of offering an interview, this month I decided
to use the opportunity to discuss the state
of the American nation as the USA approaches
presidential elections and the screening in
Japan of Michael Moore's well publicised shocking
new documentary movie, 'Fahrenheit 9/11'
>>>Read
this month's Newsletter
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"Fukuoka Friend" Newsletter, August
Issue |
 This
month's interview is with Santiago Herrera,
who runs the Latin American center in Fukuoka
and is the enthusiastic force behind
Isla de salsa, a major event on August 21st
and 22nd.
>>>Read
this month's Newsletter
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| Japanese
and Foreign recipes corner |
 Find
out how to make exciting Japanese and foreign
recipes from around the world posted here courtesy
of ATT-Japan.net website and magazine.To find
out about our next cooking event, please visit
our website
events message-board!
>>>Click
here to see the recipes
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| Vacation
Notice |
 Please
note we are on vacation time from August 1st
to 15th and Riktam and some local teachers are
on a working holiday to Thailand to Ban Unraak
orphanage for kids.
You can read more about this voluntary project
in the April
2004 newsletter. We will also post photos
from Thailand in September. Check back here
then for news about "Go Make A
Difference" projects!
Meanwhile have a nice holiday and if you return
from a trip overseas and have spare foreign
currency, please think of donating your change
to the good cause of Ban Unraak orphanage.
For more information about "Go Make A
Difference" Project to Thailand, please
visit their website at www.go-mad.org
>>>Click
to see the Newsletter
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| "Fukuoka
Friend" Newsletter, June Issue |
| June's
issue of the International Newsletter
"Fukuoka Friendly" is up!
This month"s interview is with friends
at Fukuokalive.com
which offers a great, 24 hour free English service.
If you want to make new friends and practise
your English, it is a highly recommended site
and is quickly becoming popular.
Finally, please note I renamed this newsletter
to "Fukuoka Friend" as I think it
reflects better Passport School"s commitment
to host and sponsor fun, international exchange
events, news and topics of debate.
>>>Click
to see the Newsletter
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| "Fukuoka
Friend" Newsletter, May Issue |
 May's
issue of the International Newsletter
"Fukuoka Friendly" is up!
Besides featuring International Events taking
place in May, this month's Newsletter features
an interview with "One Love"
Reggae Festival organizer Allan May,
who also runs the well-known restaurant-bar
Xaymaca.
>>>Click
to see the Newsletter
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Great Classroom Activity
for your classes |
 Homestay
English Activity: This activity provides
students with a goal directed, communicative
task which will introduce them to vital words
and sentence patterns related to family life,
and give them practice putting them into use
in a communicative setting. Host Family helps
develop students’ strategic English
by allowing them to practice requests, compliments,
invitations, complaints etc.
'The author, Arran,
has a PhD in Linguistics, around 20 publications,
and has taught at the level of associate professor
in university in Japan. He has created a wide
variety of teaching materials for EFL.
>>>Click
to go to the Free Resources Section
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Printable Toy Money
for your classes |
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New Recruitment Site
for Language Teachers! |
 Just
one stop for teachers andstudents at
http://www.SenseiSeek.com
Since
more and more people are looking for private
lessons, Riktam decided to create
a site where teachers can post their
profile and photo for students and
employers to browse. If you are a business
owner, then we can also offer your business
advertising space and send
out your job vacancies free!
Students looking for a private teacher, please
see teacher profiles page!
Besides
native teachers, if you are Japanese person
seeking work using English skills,
please consider visiting the site to subscribe
to receive the free job vacancies
from employers.
>>>Click
here to visit SenseiSeek.com!
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