February 28, 2009 – 5:47 pm
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 February 22, 2009 we had our first seminar of the year at Smiths School of English and as always it was a very informative and encouraging presentation by Mark Smith. Several topics were covered such as new developments in the system and the general business outlook for 2009, both the positive and the [...]
By Alex
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Posted in Alone or Franchise?, SSE Fuse Corner, SSE Saidaiji Nara Corner, franchise v. small business, rewarding job change
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Tagged スクール, スミス, 大和西大寺, 奈良, 奈良市, 奈良県, 月謝制, 英会話, 英語, 西大寺
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February 28, 2009 – 9:11 am
スミス英会話大津 日本語のサイト 先生のブログ チハルの部屋 英会話無料レッスン ここです My interpretation of Smith’s School of English Instructor Training 101: becoming a teacher takes years, but to coach students to confidence takes care, support and a good environment. After years of coaching English both at Smith’s School of English in Ohtsu, Shiga and at a big chain school in Kusatsu I have learned that the key to [...]
By Edward
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Posted in Action Teacher Training, English Lesson Plans, SSE Ohtsu Corner, my passion: language
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Tagged eliciting, english, language, of, school, smith's, teaching, techniques, エドワード, スミス英会話大津, 大津
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February 26, 2009 – 5:31 pm
I started receiving emails from Participant Media. I began receiving their newsletter after I saw the movie, An Inconvenient Truth, on global warming. It has information on very interesting matters. This month the newsletter introduced several movies and books which touch on socially important issues that we as human beings need to be aware of. [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in Alone or Franchise?, English School Articles, Fair to teachers, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, my passion: language, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged Smith's School of English, Smith's School of English Okamoto, SSE, SSE Franchise, スミス英会話, 月謝制英会話, 楽しい英会話, 社会的問題, 英会話岡本, 英会話摂津本山
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February 25, 2009 – 11:22 pm
Wow! That was fun! I just finished making and setting up a new sign on the street in front of my school. My school is on the 2nd floor above a crepe shop called L’air de Temps and a coffee house named Cafe Deco in Okamoto. It is a popular spot as it is about [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in Alone or Franchise?, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged Smith's School of English Okamoto School, スミス英会話, 将来の為, 就職活動の為, 意味のある英会話, 月謝制英会話, 甲南大学, 甲南女子大学, 神戸薬科大学, 英会話上達, 英会話岡本, 英会話摂津本山, 英会話甲南山手, 英語上達
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February 24, 2009 – 9:43 pm
Here in Ikoma, we are having the annual JAPEC test for out kids classes. It is voluntary for all students, but a large number choose to take the test. The kids all love it, too. This year, however, I noticed that the level is substantially higher than last year. I helped them prepare based on [...]
February 24, 2009 – 12:08 am
This morning I did my first distribution of flyers at Kawanishi Noseguchi Station with the kind assistance of Derek, owner of SSE Tsukaguchi. In fact, it was a lot more than help; he was a great teacher. In return, I’m going to help him with flyers on Friday. Working as a pair made the job [...]
February 23, 2009 – 3:54 pm
It seems that in life we often have to choose between quantity and quality. As a child my mind focused on quantity – I wanted more toys, more candy, more everything. Why have just one great toy when I could have lots of good ones? In school it was the same way – teachers always [...]
February 23, 2009 – 2:39 pm
I think that one of the best lessons in the Intermediate level is the lesson on “Making Requests”. The students really cannot get too much practice at doing this. The number and variety of such requests is limitless and makes for a great lesson. The example list using “verb + topic” is very useful and [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged Best English Schools in Japan, Smith's School of English Okamoto School, りウエストする能力, スミス英会話, 岡本, 御影, 摂津本山, 月謝制英会話, 楽しい英会話, 甲南大学, 甲南女子大学, 甲南山手, 神戸薬科大学, 英会話, 英会話岡本, 英会話御影, 英会話摂津本山, 英会話甲南大学, 英会話甲南女子大学, 英会話甲南山手, 英会話神戸, 英会話神戸薬科大学
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February 23, 2009 – 6:26 am
Megumi and I want to thank the Mark and the franchise members we met at the seminar on Sunday for all the kindness and enthusiam with which we were met. We already feel that we are members your community. Thanks again John and Megumi
February 20, 2009 – 5:54 am
Smith’s School of English Franchisees – Y’all have to read this!! This will be of interest to any of you conducting or planning to start a local promotion campaign in your area. A few weeks ago I was approached by two staff members of a large sports complex, actually the largest of it’s kind in Fukushima, [...]