French class

At this training center, there is 37 people who study French and who are going to West Africa like Burkina, Senegal, Benin, Gabon, Cameroon and Niger. 4-6 students in one class with 7 teachers (3 Japanese, 1 Congolese, 1 French, 1 Maroccan, and 1 Malagasy).

My teacher is from Madagascar.She is always so energetic and loves joking (sometimes severe though). In my class, there is 2 students going to Senegal, 1 to Benin, 1 to Cameroon and 1 to Niger. Each of them has different characters so it's fun. Plus, the powerful teacher says "pay 10 yen !" each time when we make mistakes on French pronunciation or some basic grammar. The person is so disappointed but others laugh a lot at that time.

notion : when we get enough pile of 10yen we buy snacks or candies, coffee or tea to have during or between the class. So the atmosphere in the class is very relaxing.

The wooden box at the bottom on the photo is the punishment box !

At lunch, we usually eat together. Today's menu is Udon (japanese white noodles).

During lunch break, I play sometimes drums called "tam-tam" which is traditional african musical instrument. The Congolese teacher is the tam-tam master.