English Progress, English translate = English School and STAG. 英会話 上達, 英語訳 = 英語学校 I have been told that many of Smith’s students are reading these English blog pages recently. This of course makes me very, very happy. Today I have written an article for our students. Of course the suggestions made herein may be [...]
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 Upon entering an English school, students are greeted with a slew of standard English greetings. From the simple “Hello” and “How are you?” to the more colloquial “What’s new?” or “How ya going mate?”, students are immediately immersed in English. English classrooms are the place for English immersion: the walls have English [...]
My first student back in high school actually went on to attend Carnegie Mellon, a prestigious American university. She even invited me to her high school graduation ceremony and dinner with her family. It was my honor to see her grow as an individual and an English speaker. Still today we keep in touch through [...]
My favorite show on TV has to be “So You Think You Can Dance.” It started 6 years ago as a competition to determine America’s favorite (not best) dancer. Now it has expanded to Australia, Canada, Holland and Britain. While American Idol may get all the headlines I personally admire dancers more than singers. Dancing [...]
This week I have been lucky enough, due to the time difference between Japan and Canada to catch the Women’s Olympic “Curling” event. It’s great, because I usually wake up right at 6 a.m., so right about the time that I am getting around and having breakfast the games start. I have always enjoyed watching [...]
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 In a sport dominated by Europeans, and Russians in particular, it was a huge surprise when the Canadian pair of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the gold on February 22nd 2010 in Vancouver. Their win was the first ever by a North American pair, and they also made history as the youngest ever [...]
Recently there have been some articles written on the Soapbox about different approaches to homework. I agree with the other Smith’s Ekaiwa Franchise スミス英会話teachers about the importance of a little practice each day to maximise the students who are studying English in Japan.You can read about some of the other homework suggestions here…. toeic-listening-practice-videos diaries Something that I [...]
I love teaching the students at my English school, Smith’s School of English, Tsuruhashi about my country and its culture. The Vancouver Olympics have given me a great opportunity to share all the wonderful things that are currently happening in my hometown, and my students can relate because they see a lot of the images [...]
Mastering humor is one of the most difficult elements of learning a language. I love to share humorous commercials that I find on YouTube with my students at Smith’s 英会話 in Hirakata. Today I thought I’d put them up here for everyone to enjoy. Hope you like them as much as me. Mercedes, Denny’s, Pedigree, Snickers, Heineken. Adrian
Al, of Smith’s School of English, Okamoto 英会話岡本, and I have recently been working together on some TOEIC listening excercises on the smithweb.co.jp website. Our latest effort, yet to be published, relates to the launch of 3D television, and more specifically, to Japanese manufacturers position in this new market sector. I am looking forward to using this [...]
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