Often lesson plans may seem like just that – a plan for a lesson, but there’s nothing more exciting than a lesson plan that has been put to the test and comes out on the winning end! Shimokitazawa Smith’s youngest student had the pleasure of seeing the results of a successful lesson plan. Let’s call [...]
There’s not one person I know that doesn’t suffer from some sort of stress…studying English shouldn’t be one of them. In fact it should be just the opposite – in my classroom laughter’s heard in practically every class. It’s kept light and enjoyable as much as possible but that doesn’t mean I’m not strict nor [...]
One higher level student took it upon herself to write her life stories in both English and Japanese and share them with her family. She wanted to show everyone that you can do anything you want to if you put your mind to it. In her first book her writing was good but simple. Her [...]
There must be something in the water here in Hashimoto! I am about to lose three great students (temporarily I hope) due to…Well they are all expecting babies!!! “H1″ is due in May but I think she will deliver sooner than that! She has been with me for about a year and her improvement has [...]
Every one of my regular 6pm students knows that if they come a little early, they can watch the last couple matches of the Sumo Basho with me before their lessons. After the last basho, students got to know my love for sumo, and every 6pm student last week and this week came early and [...]
Not the most exciting thing, but i noticed some other schools have some great location shots, and as we recently had new signs installed, i thought it would be nice for other schools to see what we look like now. As our school is on the 8th floor (the penthouse as it were), we need [...]
I am pleased to introduce my new semi-F/T teacher, Michael Bosman from Australia to my Smith’s School in Fukushima. Michael is a professional teacher in New South Wales and I am very pleased to welcome him to the team. He will assume most of the teaching hours while Graham and I each keep one 4-hour [...]
Hi there all. Business: Just a quick note to let you know that after considering requests from within the franchise group comments have now been enabled here on the soapbox. We / I really appreciate your efforts in brining news about Smith’s and Japan to the public with the SoapBox and trust this new function [...]
There is no doubt that being able to ask questions gives you control of a conversation and I therefore like to encourage and work with students to get them to speak up and take control of their English conversations. The Smith’s School of English curriculm, and the training that is given to the coaches of [...]
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