Honmonji is located in Ikegami and it is set high on a hill so that it seems that it will be a daunting task to reach the top because when you approach it you are confronted by some 350 plus steps that must be negotiated, but don’t let that turn you away because if you [...]
Teaching English in Japan to my wonderful students is great! I have such nice students at my English conversation school（英会話）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） . It’s located in what is also my home, Tsukaguchi（塚口） in Amagasaki City（尼崎市）, Hyogo Perfecture（兵庫県）, Japan. Smith’s teachers from other Smith’s schools are also very nice and like me, have [...]
Sitting across the table from my students in my classroom I often hear about students’ dreams. As they come to Smith’s 英会話 it comes as no surprise that many of them say that they want to speak English fluently but it’s not the only thing I hear; some want to live abroad to experience life, [...]
During the X-Mas break I had a chance to talk to my best friend from high school and he told me about something he had seen on TopGear – an English show on the BBC that focuses on the latest and greatest cars. However his favorite episode was called “Killing a Toyota.” As he explained [...]
Growing up I loved to watch Sesame Street, it was educational in a non-educational, very entertaining way. As my son has now started understanding words I felt it was a good time to share with him some of my favorite episodes and thanks to YouTube it’s easier than ever. Over the past two months I [...]
I have fun teaching English in Japan to my wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi （スミス英会話塚口校）, located in Tsukaguchi（塚口）, Amagasaki City（尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）. Doing extracurricular activities with them is also fun and gives students the opportunity to practice their English outside the classroom. Such extracurricular activities include Smith’s School of English events and other things that my students invite [...]
What is an “Application”? “An iPhone app, or application, is what Apple calls third-party software programs developed specifically for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The applications available can be downloaded directly by the cell phone, or downloaded to a computer and transferred to the phone. Apple has an iPhone app store for those who [...]
When I was young I had to deal with a lot of big problems that possibly a lot of kids didn’t have to deal with, so as a result my school work suffered. Well actually, I never even started my school work, I just coasted through. I never received much help with schoolwork from my [...]
One of the things I encourage all my students to do is keep a diary and try their best to write one entry per week. Unlike conversation, which is the focus of Smith’s conversation school (英会話), writing demands time. We are able to take the time to check vocabulary, spelling and grammar. Most students talk [...]
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