CLILって？
CLILという言葉はあまり聞きなじみがありませんが、クリルと読みます。
ｱﾐﾃｨｰではこのCLILを採用しています。ヨーロッパの学校では第２言語を習得する際につかれます。
CLILとは「Content（コンテンツ）、Communication（コミュニケーション）、 Cognition（思考力）、
Culture またはCommunity （文化・コミュニティ）」の4つの特長を持つ、英語学習の主流となった教育方法です。
アミティーでは、この教育方法を「 i Lesson® 」導入以前から採用しており、
グローバル時代に羽ばたく子供たちにとって、今後の英語学習のカギとなるカリキュラムをご用意しています。
A classic Christmas joke
Q: Why are there only 25 letters of the alphabet at Christmas time?
A: Because the angel said Noel!
ノエルは天使が話す挨拶です。 ノエルは "No L" のように発音されます。
It's a great gag!
- Michael.
Seasonal Craft
Now that the weather is cold and christmas is close, we are inviting our students to come and do some warm seasonal crafts.
This week I worked with a student of mine `K` to make some puppets, some christmas cards, and even a letter to Santa. These are all popular seasonal crafts in America and Australia, but there are many winter crafts all around the world that are also so amazing.
One popular, and very tasty christmas craft is gingerbread cookies, they can be iced and decorated to look like people, animals, and some people even build them into beautiful houses!
Another fun craft is knitting colorful scarves, gloves or sweaters to give to the people we love, to remind them to stay warm and take care of themselves.
Possibly one of my favorite Christmas crafts though is making snowflakes, If you live in A country where it does not snow, or a place like Kure where it will only snow a very little, this can be a great way to get your very own White Christmas.
What is your favorite Christmas craft?
-Jordan Sensei
Perspective Shift
Sometimes in life we get caught up in what we`re doing we forget how to see everything else.
One of my students is studying for the Eiken Pre 1st Grade, which is already an incredible achievement, but he has been practicing for so long that he had lost sight of his progress.
During our last class I decided to pull out his practice results from early in his practice, to show him how he has gotten so good at answering what he once lamented as "Demon Questions!"
The other thing that I did was give him a sneak peak of his goal post, I showed him a small section of the 1st grade test so he could see where we were going, however, his reaction was to pick through a few of the vocabulary that, admittedly, even I did not know some of, and then ask "Who can pass this?!"
Focusing closely on our current work can help us to see all the details and produce good work, but sometimes we need to step backm see how far we still have to go, and more importantly, how far we have already come.
-Jordan Sensei
Santa Claus: A brief history
The character of Santa Claus is based on the life of Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Christian bishop and patron saint of children:
Saint Nicholas was born in Patara, Turkey around 280 AD. He was known for his kindness, generosity, and helping the poor and sick.
Legend says that Nicholas dropped money down a chimney for two younger daughters whose windows were closed. This started the tradition of Santa Claus delivering presents at Christmas.
The name Santa Claus is thought to come from the Dutch nickname for Saint Nicholas, Sinter Klaas. The image of Santa Claus originated in North America in the 19th century. It was influenced by Dutch immigrants who brought the legend of Sinterklaas to New Amsterdam (present-day New York City). The Coca-Cola Company's Christmas advertising helped cement the image of Santa Claus in people's minds.
The character of Santa Claus was also influenced by:
The poem A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Moore, which described Santa as a tiny man with a sleigh pulled by eight miniature reindeer
The Victorians, who wanted a more domesticated Christmas with a generous, jolly, and child-dedicated figure.
- Khanya (Kay) Sensei
