Last Friday, I had a big observation lesson (kenkyu jugyou) at one of the Junior High Schools that I teach at and as usual the stress nearly killed me, but it made me stronger. First, here’s a little background information. Observation lessons are quite common in Japanese Schools. The purpose of the lesson is to [...]
At Smith’s Tsukaguchi School, I recently received a fax from head office, written by Mark Smith himself. On the fax Mark wrote: “Dear Derek, We were having a look through trial lesson results and came across some interesting numbers. 8 trial inquiries 8 phone calls converted to trials 6 of 7 trial lessons converted to [...]
USJ = UFJ? My first summer in Japan was a mixture of adventure, surprise, and shopping sprees. I’d explored just about everywhere in the main Kansai area within the first two months. Or at least I thought I had until one of my students asked me one day “Have you ever been to USJ?” I [...]
Many people ask me what my job is, and I always answer the same thing – an English teacher. However I feel I’m much more than that to my students at
My Saturday’s at Smith’s Ohstu school are usually busy, and there are not many lessons that don’t have less than 2 students per class. On this occasion I had only one student, this is very rare so I took the opportunity to try the Let’s Talk About It book with her. Her level is rather [...]
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ I woke up in a great mood this past Tuesday! The sun was shining and the temperature was perfect! You really appreciate those kinds of days if you know what the weather will be like in about a month or so when the hot humid summer begins. I had recently run an advertisement in [...]
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