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This is my 21st year of teaching Ronnie

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Halloway teaches a class at an

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elementary called English for speakers

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of other languages or S so he has been

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teaching a department of defense ,

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education activity schools for nearly

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two decades now . But Romney himself is

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also a second language student in Japan .

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I'm trying to learn japanese and I also

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teach english and I would love to try

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to teach a class to someone here on

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base . Earlier this summer , Rodney had

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a chance to meet Japan Ground Self

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Defense Force member at camp summer

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after coordinator at a time in the

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evening when he was available , Rodney

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began volunteering to teach an english

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class for J . GSDF members who worked

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on Camp Summer . I didn't want to give

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them something that looks like little

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kid work , but I also want to give them

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something that's basic Rodney whose day

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job involves teaching chiseling ,

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quickly discovered he had to adjust his

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lesson plan for his first time teaching

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adults , I'm working more on just a

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speaking type of situation because I

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want them to be able to communicate

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with somebody that maybe they're on

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base at the gym or in the food court .

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His goal is to prepare his students and

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provide them with useful basic english

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words and phrases that can use in their

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daily life . I already hob very good

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time sergeant . First class Loco

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Hajizadeh assigned to the GsDF Force

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engineer group said he has previously

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played basketball with us soldiers at

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the gym and he wants to learn english

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he can use for playing sports . I think

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this class is beneficial for me , it

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helps me with my listening skills . I

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hardly have the chance to interact with

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the U . S . Soldiers working on base ,

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but when I see them out in the morning

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I tried to say hello to them . Master

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Sergeant Sakoda recently joined the

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class for the first time , she said she

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would like to continue going in order

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to reflect her basic knowledge . She

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also has a good reason to study english .

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I have some good friends I made during

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my deployment in Uganda . I'm learning

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english because I'd like to be able to

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communicate better when I see them

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again . For his part , Robin Holloway

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is doing what he can to equip master

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sergeant soda and his other students

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with the skills they help to gain . I

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don't consider my community base , I

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consider my community being Japan with

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learning japanese for me , I think that

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I will finally cross that bridge where

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I can be a part of the community ,

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outside the base of the people that are

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coming to my class . I think the same

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thing , they just want to be able to be

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a part of their community if they're in

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right now and that's the skill they can

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use for a lifetime reporting for us

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army garrison Japan , I'm aya