Too often "learning" is thought to take place only within the confines of a classroom and that it will be boring. The author's experences working with a cooking club dispel this idea. The club has proved to be educational and enjoyable for the students who are members and for the author who serves as advisor. This paper outlines the creation of an extra-curricular club to teach "American" cooking to Japanese female junior college students. The multi-faceted opportunities club activities would provide for English language and American culture instruction were not fully realized at the inception of the club. As the club developed the author has attempted to utilize the club as a way to promote positibe attitudes toward English-speaking cultures (Savignon 1983). The paper discusses how the club, now numbering 42 members of a student body of 574, came into existence, various club activities, the use of English in club activities and the cultural differences between Japanese and Americans observed through the activities.
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