{"id":29383,"date":"2026-08-17T13:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/?p=29383"},"modified":"2026-08-17T13:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:52:20","slug":"sij-2026-memories-la1-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/en\/archives\/29383","title":{"rendered":"SIJ 2026 Memories: LA1 Class\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"29384\" src=\"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LA-classes-collage-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LA-classes-collage-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LA-classes-collage-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LA-classes-collage-2-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the LA1 class, students strengthened their language and writing skills through a mix of interactive games, lessons, discussions, and writing activities. 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The course culminated in a meaningful final project where students wrote a letter to their parents, putting their skills into practice by using a variety of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and writing techniques to communicate their thoughts and feelings in a personal and creative way.\u2028\u2014Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the LA1 class, students strengthened their language and writing skills through a mix of interactive games,  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/en\/archives\/29383\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from SIJ 2026 Memories: LA1 Class\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/summerinjapan.com\/?p=29383","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","en-US"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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