English Lessons Using the Tea Ceremony

Abstract

　Many correspondence course students have a long break away from studying English, which they feel they are not good at. Therefore, it is important to think about how to improve their motivation to study English. This lesson plan is focused on improving students' communication skills during a short period of tuition. The goals of the lessons were for students to participate actively in the lessons and to experience hands-on activities through the tea ceremony. After the final lesson, we asked the students to fill out a questionnaire about the hands-on activities using the tea ceremony. According to the results, most of them were satisfied with the lessons and they enjoyed making the presentations. The hands-on activities and presentations about the tea ceremony in English worked well and it was fun for students. This lesson also succeeded in reducing their English learning anxiety.