A Narrative Structure of The Vocabulary Lesson The Benefits High student talking time. No prepping. Active and fun interaction. Popular vocabulary word building. Simple format board work. Student to student course lesson manipulation. Story telling. Board game. Preliminary Information Level: Advanced (High red onwards) Class focus: Materials/Resources – Board game Aims: to raise further awareness [...]
Phrase Lesson part 2 Number of students: 2 Kind of student: Office lady & High school boy Both students turned up for my lesson and had prepared their homework for the class. I looked over their questions in their note books. Here are the students’ questions they produced: High school boy Have you ever broken [...]
I’ll post a series here about three Item lesson styles intended for High level students as narratives. These aren’t full lessons start to finish, just this one part of the Loop: the Item. You can use my experiences here as a model for how to fit them into your own Loop. I’ll go over narrative [...]
Hi, this is Craig. I’m the owner/teacher at Smith’s School of English Ohtsu franchise. I’m also the author of the Curriculum Items used throughout the Smith’s system. I’ll use this soapbox to share my thoughts about teaching and living in Japan and also to talk about using the curriculum! Have a look.
Hello, my name is Alessandro but most people call me Alex. I’m the owner of both Horie and Kamishinjo Smith’s School of English franchises. I also teach at both schools. This soap box has been set up for me to air my thoughts about teaching English and living in Japan. I hope it will be [...]
April 7, 2007 (SJ) Today is a miserable rainy day. The students seem to trickle in as stray raindrops after abandoning their umbrellas at the front door. My next student is taking a man-to-man lesson. Before she even looks up from the depths of her coffee mug, I can tell that she is probably still [...]
Clarity Franchisees gathered together at Smith’s Azamino for the March Seminar held in the Kantou Area. We at head office are extremely pleased to see that the system has grown to the point where repeat seminars held at different locations are a standard fixture in our system. The main topics for discussion were largely the [...]
ET A1.57 We’re behind schedule. I always enjoy drawing out my ET in a natural conversational manner. It might be a bit non-standard, but for this particular One Point I start the lesson off with a bit of chat. I ask about the students’ days and one student tells me that it was another busy [...]
Humble Beginnings “Build it and they will come” is what I remember thinking when I first opened my English school franchise. It feels like just yesterday when I said goodbye to being an employee and made my decision to open my own business. I was young and enthusiastic but really didn’t have much idea of [...]
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