Daily Archives: July 4, 2007

Omiyage at Smith’s School of English Kamishinjo and Smith’s School of English Horie

July 4, 2007 – 5:35 pm

I just read a posting by a fellow franchisee, Al Bartle over in Okamoto, about receiving an omiyage from a student recently.
If you’re not sure what “omiyage” means, then check out Al’s explanation here:
http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200707/04/nice-omiyage-or-souvenirs-from-a-student/
I hadn’t thought of writing about omiyage but after having read Al’s post I realized that I often receive omiyage from students [...]

By Alex | Posted in Living in Japan, SSE Fuse Corner, SSE Horie Corner, enjoyed this a lot | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A Nice “OMIYAGE” or Souvenir from a Student

July 4, 2007 – 3:25 pm

One of my students just got back from her visit to Hokkaido. She was kind enough to bring me back a souvenir (Japanese=OMIYAGE) of “corn chocolate” which is one of the local products for which Hokkaido is famous. In Japanese this is type of local specialty is called “MEIBUTSU”. Each particular local [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English School Articles, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner | Comments (1)

A Student With Humor is a Good Student !!

July 4, 2007 – 7:20 am

Tonight at my Fukushima, Osaka based English school something really interesting came out of my lesson with a very charming 72-year-old dentist: During Let’s Talk ‘Hometowns’ which is a lesson designed to use various methods of inquiry to arrive at an understanding of a new friend’s hometown, he asked, “How many different ways [...]

By Martin | Posted in SSE Fukushima Corner | Comments (0)

Lessons at Tsukaguchi School.

July 4, 2007 – 7:14 am

I have been coaching communicative confidence at Smith’s Tsukaguchi School since April 2002 and have used the Smith’s curriculum from the beginning. When I first started at Smith’s the curriculum was not as huge as it is now.
The older curriculum (the “Core” curriculum) was smaller and consisted of ITEMS and ROUTINES. Most of the [...]

By Derek | Posted in SSE Tsukaguchi Corner | Comments (0)

Out of the mouth of babes!

July 4, 2007 – 5:58 am

Today I was on working around the classrooms at the Kyobashi School when one of the coaches came out and asked if he could have a word. I said “sure however I am waiting for my four year old daughter to arrive with Mum from pre-school and then I will need to get going and [...]

By moderator | Posted in English School Articles | Comments (0)