Daily Archives: July 12, 2007

This Week’s “Night Out” Was Fun!

This week I had four students attend the night out at SHUNJU, a local cafe where we meet every Thursday night. The “Night Out” is appreciated by many students as it gives them a chance to practice speaking English with myself and other students.
This week was quite good. I was impressed with how [...]

Helping Locals With English Pronunciation.

I just came back from PIERROT, a hair salon where I get my haircuts. The owner owns 3 shops. I go to the one in Tsukaguchi http://www.hair-magic.co.jp/salons/honten/index.php .
It’s less than 10 minutes by bicycle from my school, Smith’s Tsukaguchi School http://www.smithweb.co.jp/school/tsukaguchi.shtml .
The staff there is very friendly and the service is great. They [...]

Good Morning! Have a Nice Day! What a Nice Thing To Say !

Today Heidi had a trial lesson at Smith’s School of English Kotoen which made us feel really good. A wonderfully charming potential student came in to meet with us. The reason she phoned up Smith’s for her Trial Lesson was because she liked the way we said, “Good morning! Thank you and [...]