Daily Archives: September 12, 2007

Outside the classroom

September 12, 2007 – 11:50 pm

There are many great things about owning a Smiths English school franchise but right up there has to be the relationship you develop with your students. In the three years I’ve been a franchise owner many of my best friends started out as students. Last month for example, I went to watch a [...]

By Damien B | Posted in SSE Nakamozu Corner | Comments (0)

Past II Lesson with an Orange Student

September 12, 2007 – 4:48 pm

Yesterday I had a really nice lesson with an orange student. We covered the item “Past II” for past continuous in which we cover the bank robbery and what the students were doing in the morning and afternoon. As expected, she did not know what “naughty” meant. I explained that it [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Okamoto Corner, enjoyed this a lot, students keep coming | Comments (0)

On Top of the World

September 12, 2007 – 6:50 am

A green level student attended my lesson today and as soon as he walked through the door he had a huge beaming smile on his face and said,”I’m on top of the world”. He had learnt this previously in an idiom class I taught about a month ago.
I replied, “So what’s the good news?” [...]

By Craig Drayton | Posted in English School Articles | Comments (0)

The Art of Investing (in training)

September 12, 2007 – 5:44 am

Wow! My first post. A bit excited, but nervous too. My name is Steve. I’m originally from New York and I’m one of the partners here at Smith Tsuruhashi. (Any other New Yawkers out there?) We just recently completed a three day intensivse training course here at Smith Tsuruhashi. I would like to first give [...]

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