Classes
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What do we do in classes?
In the first term (April to July), we looked at a number of topics:
Books - How much we read and what we look for in a book
Changing leisure activities in Britain
Jobs and the responsibilities they entail
Present day monarchy - Prince William at 18
Travel - the upside and downside
Universities - Information about universities in Britain, Canada and the US. What do we want from a university?
In the second term (October to February), so far we have looked at:
Changing attitudes to work in Japan, including freeters (young people working freelance in part-time and temporary jobs)
Pros and Cons of 'the car society'
Find out how many of us drive and have cars
Fraternity and Sorority groups at U.S. universities
Promoting an image of a country abroad. We discussed what features of Japan we would show and found out about the work of the British Council when we met Elizabeth Pike.
Drinking in society
Special Needs Education - we met Steve Bidwell
Adoption - More Information from Britain