Ever wondered what goes through the mind of a Japanese teenager? Well, a class activity revealed some interesting things. 5g5l11

To round off a lesson on shopping, I introduced the classic “I went to Makro and I bought…” game. For those of you not familiar with it, players take it in turns to name an item to buy. The catch: players must first name all the items introduced by the other group , and then add an item beginning with the next consecutive letter of the alphabet. Here are some of the answers my students gave:

A  Anpan (bread roll with bean paste filling)
D  Diamond, decorated cake
G  God
H  Hotdog, horse
I   i-pod
J   Jack Sparrow
K  Keyaki (a shopping mall in Maebashi), knife
M  Monorail
O  Original T-shirt, octopus
P  Peanuts cartoon
Q  Quiz book, Queen CD
R  Radish, roll cake (equivalent of Swiss roll), rice
S  Smartphone
T  Tiger, textbook
U  UFO
V  Violin, volleyball
W  Wonderland
X  X-box
Y  Yellow submarine