One of my friends from the mainland (who served in the Peace Corps with me ten years ago!) came to Aka Island yesterday with his family and stayed at a place I recommended. The couple who own this hotel have a pretty solid grasp of English and are doing everything they can to make their kids fluent, including inviting me over for the night (and it was convenient because I am teaching on Aka this week). In fact when I arrived the mother informed me of the one rule I needed to follow as an invited guest: I could only speak English.
It was really a lot of fun and gave me a better feel for the English level of their older boy, who is in 6th grade and has already passed a high school level English test. The mother (Ai) was very firm in her invitation for me to come back and said that next time I teach on Aka and Geruma I can just stay at their hotel for the two-week stint. I had so much fun I may take them up on a night or two.
[that cinnamon bread was my gift to them for having me]
[the view from the deck and my room just off to the right, which Ai referred to as my 'second home']
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Tell them if they want another English tutor, I will come out and stay with them for a weekend. ;) Housing for English? Done. Hehe
You're such a lucky guy, Dave!
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