Teacher: "Today, you have an English test. I will give you some hints: First, relax! The test isn't difficult. You can do it! Second, think about last year's English classes. The grammar is from the first grade textbook! OK, in a minute, I will give you the test paper. Don't open it. Wait for my instruction. I will give you one hour. I will tell you "stop writing" at the end. After the test, I will show you the answers. I will tell you all about it. OK, I will give you the t

I am going to try some new things this school year.... First is this website! I call it the Tsubame Traveler. I like that name. It is cool name but also it describes us! I want to encourage students to think about travelling. We all travel in our small towns and cities. We travel to school, work, restaurants, shops, etc. However, I want to think about the big world outside of Niigata, too. I hope we will all become travelers! I will try to write something here a couple of t