1 00:00:05,530 --> 00:00:08,290 TAKAKO AIKAWA: So we had two different sessions. 2 00:00:08,290 --> 00:00:13,530 One is grammar session, and the other one is drill session. 3 00:00:13,530 --> 00:00:19,000 Grammar session is to teach or introduce new grammar items, 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,430 and usually, we do this grammar session, 5 00:00:21,430 --> 00:00:26,200 we are using English, especially for beginners classes. 6 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:31,060 The drill session is to practice what students have learned 7 00:00:31,060 --> 00:00:33,790 in grammar session, so lots of drills 8 00:00:33,790 --> 00:00:38,200 and interactive activities in class, and drills sessions 9 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:43,700 are entirely in Japanese, even from day two of the first year. 10 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:47,500 And in terms of proportion, we usually 11 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:49,930 spend one day for grammar session 12 00:00:49,930 --> 00:00:56,510 and four to five days for drill sessions per each lesson. 13 00:00:56,510 --> 00:00:59,560 So for grammar session, the students 14 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:04,269 are supposed to read grammar notes of the textbook, so 15 00:01:04,269 --> 00:01:08,350 each lesson, we have grammar notes on the textbook. 16 00:01:08,350 --> 00:01:11,330 And at the same time, each lesson 17 00:01:11,330 --> 00:01:16,250 introduces 40 to 50 new vocabularies, 18 00:01:16,250 --> 00:01:19,810 so students are supposed to learn those new vocabularies as 19 00:01:19,810 --> 00:01:20,980 well. 20 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:24,400 For drill sessions, we have a lot 21 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:29,500 of online interactive exercises, so students 22 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:32,440 are supposed to go to this online site 23 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,765 and then do a lot of practice. 24 00:01:34,765 --> 00:01:38,500 So conducting drills sessions entirely in Japanese 25 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:41,680 it's quite challenging for us, but I 26 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:46,600 believe that language needs to be learned together 27 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,170 with context. 28 00:01:48,170 --> 00:01:50,860 So as a language teacher, and then 29 00:01:50,860 --> 00:01:53,440 I believe that other colleagues do the same thing, 30 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,750 too, we bring a lot of visual aids. 31 00:01:56,750 --> 00:02:01,370 so that the classroom becomes more like a real context, 32 00:02:01,370 --> 00:02:05,290 and then we try to create a so-called immersive 33 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:08,110 environment in class, and that way 34 00:02:08,110 --> 00:02:12,526 we can conduct interactive drills.