Wednesday, November 13

Marilyn's expectation that we will be working together was dashed when we were allocated to different exam rooms yesterday.  No matter, we find ourselves together in Japanese this afternoon.  

We only have four students and there are five parts to the exam.  The first part is Listening:  I play a CD and the students have to listen to several passages and write answers to a few questions in one of the booklets.  I listen carefully and manage to pick out a few familiar words: sumimasen, kudasai and so on.  I also hear Hobarto, the Japanese pronunciation of Hobart and I am delighted to discover the passage included the question How far is it from the Huon Valley to Hobart?