Recently a good friend of mine (Shawn) who is affiliated with the United States military here in Japan was able to rent a cottage located at “Tama Recreation Center,” a nice natural hideout and escape from the Tokyo concrete! For 85 US dollars (cabin rental, not per person) four of us stayed in a very [...]
The other day at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, I asked 2 students studying in the same class when their birthdays were. One of them said “today” (July 28th) and the other said that hers was on July 30th! We laughed because his birthday was on that very day and because their birthdays were so close [...]
Hello everyone! My wife, Yoko and I often go on road trips in Japan and my SUV has rolled over 30 prefectures on as many secluded mountain roads as the navigator and road atlas can help us find. We have become very familiar with countless gorgeous and unusual parts of this country that get absolutely NO [...]
スミス英会話奈良西大寺校の講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ On Sunday July 27, 2008 we had our Smith’s School of English Barbeque Event at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka. The park staff there is wonderful in arranging everything and making sure you are at your table on time and out of there when your time is up! They really have a nice setup [...]
SOME STUDENTS AT DON BEI in June. SEPTEMBER 7th GET TOGETHER SMITH’S SCHOOL OF ENGLISH – KOENJI BY DEMAND WE ARE ARRANGING TO HAVE ANOTHER GET TOGETHER OF STUDENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS ETC AT IZAKAYA DON BEI – KOENJI IT WILL START AT 6:00 PM ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7th, AND INCLUDING DRINKS AND FOOD WILL [...]
Last Friday I took 3 of my students out to lunch. It was to celebrate a few different things. “M” is heading over to Canada for 3 – 6 months to further improve her English speaking skills. She has been a student of mine since the very beginning. She has become a friend who I [...]
Hello – My name is Helena and, along with my husband, we own Smiths School in Nakamozu. I wanted to share my experience of living in Japan and in particular being a mum. If there are any Smith’s teachers out there thinking of starting a family I hope this will help! When we first moved [...]
At Smith’s School of English Otsu, some students have a little difficult time, asking questions or saying anything such as “Really?” to keep the flow of conversation. Then, my thoughts flashed back to my high school days. I was taking English conversation lessons and every week I found myself stumbling over a word and decided [...]
Hello, everyone! Since late April I have been wearing the Smith’s T-Shirt at least 3 days a week. Of course, at the very least it is important to wear it when you’re out doing flyers or postcard exchanges. But recently it sure has been hot and we are very fortunate to have jobs that allow [...]
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