The second hour of the show includes more deception as Clodmax and Mrs. Deedeess tell their stories. Steve denies being drunk but drifts back and forth between extreme sentimentality and constant giggling. You decide! Less

Editor Robb Scott reads his article, “The Magic Bonsai Tree: Building Stories to Enhance Acquisition,” from the May 2002 ESL MiniConference. The full text is at: eslminiconf.net/may/story6.html Photo above is of Yoshikawa sensei, Robb Scott, and Tadashi Shiozawa sensei, of Chubu University’s Modern Language Department, 1991. References: Grellet (1981), Krashen and Terrell (1983). Less