Life and Teaching in Sendai, Japan
All good things come to an end Gumroad is an online platform that allows people to sell ebooks, software, and other stuff that can be delivered digitally. I’ve been using it for a long time to sell ebooks, courses, and other stuff for my RetireJapan project. Until recently I was really happy with it. But […] The post On Gumroad in 2025 appeared first on sendaiben.org .
We ran STEP Eiken tests today at our school. About 170 students took the tests, seven staff were involved in invigilating, dealing with students and parents, and it took the whole of a Sunday. Is it worth it? We’ve been a STEP Eiken test center for a long time now (almost 20 years?) and over […] The post Running STEP Eiken Tests as a Small School appeared first on sendaiben.org .
I’ve been helping my wife to run her school, Cambridge English in Sendai, for almost twenty years now. One of our main goals is to make it the best working environment possible. A couple of years ago I had an idea: what if we could cut the teaching week to four days? Our school needs […] The post Four Day Teaching Week appeared first on sendaiben.org .
Goodbye Tohoku University Last night I finally moved the last few things out of my university office. They had been accumulating there for the last thirteen years, and I struggle with tidiness at the best of times, so getting everything organised and cleared out was an immense effort that has loomed over me for the […] The post A Farewell to Arms appeared first on sendaiben.org .
Is finally available on Amazon I can’t believe this day is finally here. After six(?) years of writing, testing, re-writing, and figuring out how to publish and sell it without driving ourselves and our staff crazy, the B versions of all our textbooks are now available on Amazon in their final form. Incredibly, we’ve made […] The post The Fluency Course 2022 appeared first on sendaiben.org .