August 31, 2010 – 7:58 pm
I have been teaching English in Japan now for many, many years. In fact I taught my first lesson with Smith’s School of English back in 1996. In those days I was teaching in Higashi Osaka and these days I teach in Smith’s School of English Kyobashi and Fukushima. After all this time some people [...]
August 30, 2010 – 7:52 am
Today I handed out flyers for my English conversation school (英会話スクール), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Perfecture (兵庫県), Japan. Many people had “good morning” said to them! I hope that I brightened their day! (^.^) Later on in the day, after my last lesson teaching English conversation [...]
By Derek
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Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Tagged English Conversation, English Conversation School, Smith's School of English, smith's school of English Tsukaguchi, スミス英会話, スミス英会話 塚口校, 尼崎市の英会話スクール, 月謝制英会話, 英会話, 英会話 塚口, 英会話スクール
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August 30, 2010 – 1:00 am
At Smith’s School English in Okamoto スミス英会話岡本校, in two weeks we will be exploring the question of which Beatle was the most prolific and best songwriter, McCartney or Lennon. There was a great post on Yahoo about it. ‘Was it John or Paul?’ As you may remember
By Al Bartle
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my high level students, my passion: language, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged John Lennon, Paul McCartney, TOEIC, Toeic Score, TOEIC 試験, TOEIC 上達
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August 28, 2010 – 3:34 am
At my English conversation school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校), located in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), I have such wonderful students. I am always happy to see them and they always seem happy to see me. I really have a great time teaching them English conversation (英会話). Outside of classroom time in Tsukaguchi, [...]
By Derek
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Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Tagged English Conversation, English conversation lesson, English Conversation School, free trial English conversation lesson, Smith's School of English, smith's school of English Tsukaguchi, スミス英会話, スミス英会話 塚口校, 尼崎市の英会話スクール, 月謝制英会話, 無料体験英会話レッスン, 英会話, 英会話 塚口, 英会話スクール, 英会話レッスン
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August 27, 2010 – 5:36 pm
Today and tomorrow two of Tokyo’s most popular festivals will take place -the Samba festival in Asakusa and the Awa Odori festival here in Koenji -the second largest street dancing festival in Japan. Koenji yesterday had a feeling of expectation about it as the locals (me included) wandered around watching the final preparations being made [...]
By Ken
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Lesson Plans in Action, Living in Japan, SSE Koenji Corner, Sightseeing in Japan, english in japan
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Tagged esl, IELTS, Smith's School of English, TOEFL, TOEIC, スミス 英会話, スミス英会話無料レッスン, スミス英会話高円寺, スミス高円寺, 英会話月謝制高円寺, 英会話高円寺, 高円寺英会話
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August 27, 2010 – 4:33 pm
At the far end of the platform at JR Otsu station is a large globe, and I always wondered what it was. So the other day I walked out to the end of the platform and had a look. Apparently (this was unknown to me beforehand), Otsu is sitting right on the 35th parallel! The [...]
August 24, 2010 – 12:54 am
This morning while distributing flyers to promote my English school in Kobe (スミス英会話岡本校） I talked to one woman on the street near the station who spoke English quite well. She said in English that I was ‘exaggerating’ when I commented that she spoke English well. Again, as has happened many times recently, I realized that [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my high level students, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged English in Japan, Fast Retailing, Rakuten, Smith's School of English, TOEIC exam, TOEIC listening, TOEIC リスニング, TOEIC 試験, TOEIC 上達, Uniqlo, スミス英会話, 英会話、成績、枚方、英語、月謝制、教室、TOEIC
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August 22, 2010 – 4:53 pm
One of the reasons I enjoy teaching English here at Smith’s 英会話 Hirakata is that I have a couple really cool kids classes. In one class I have two sisters, they are 10 and 11 years old. Actually, they are great kids, and get along together very well. I really kind of push them sometimes, [...]
August 22, 2010 – 5:33 am
This is an interim report on the Smith’s Okamoto school. I took over the Smith’s School of English in Okamoto in July 2006. It had been in operation since September 2004 (6 years total so far) and it had only a tiny 15 active students at the time I took over. This month (August [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, SSE Okamoto Corner, a look back, a reward in itself, english in japan, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged English School Franchise, Smith's School of English, Teach English in Japan
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August 20, 2010 – 10:21 pm
Back in the 4th grade I clearly remember the yo-yo craze. It seems that about every 10 years or so that they come back into vogue. I also remember how bad I was at it back then. I was amazed at some of the moves my friends could do – “Walk the Dog” (which was [...]