Hello, everyone. My name is Chihiro. I attended the EFL Teacher Training Seminar this summer for the first time. It was a very exciting and stimulating experience. I met Bobby, Shunichi, Yuki, and Jahee there. All of them were stimulating, too. I wish I had known the seminar when I was younger. But never too late to learn, I believe. Thank you for inviting me to this blog. (This is the first time I'm writing in a blog. )

The Theme is the "Theme"

Hello everyone,

How are you doing? I am in UH Student Center now to write this message. Shun-ichi, Yuki, and I have been attending the seminar this year. (Chihiro and Jae is also here. I think I will introduce them to this blog soon.)The overall theme is "theme" this year: CBI (Content-Based Instruction) is used as the main theme, and the essence of CBI is not only in its being the combination of subjects and English instruction but also of in its being a "theme" or topic. So the idea is not just a combination of nuts and bolts but an organic combination of instructional elements. Don't understand? Come back next year and you'll learn what it means. I am sure that you will have a life-changing experience in learning in UH. Those who did not come missed a big chance of getting a very, very interesting lectures of Terry, SuLing, and Alice. Hey, come back to Hawaii next year.

OK. Take care, everyone. Have a good summer holidays! Aloha!

Bobby