Every week I find piles of great videos. Some are interesting, some are strange, others are just fun. Every week I’ll post my weekly video recommendation here, for your enjoyment. Although not specifically English study videos, all of them can be useful to you in your English studies. Don’t understand something you see or hear? [...]
I’m an avid sci-fi fan. At about the age of ten my favourite author was a French writer Jules Verne. His books were usually combinations of adventure and science fiction and in his work, Verne introduced to the world many interesting ideas and inventions that would eventually become true. There are probably few people in [...]
On February 26, 2012, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) held its’ first event of the year, the New Year event. It was held a little late this year, but better late than never! This was the first event of the year for my English conversation school in Tsukaguchi. This event is always held at a restaurant called YAMATO which is located [...]
Student’s at Smith’s Kyobashi (スミス 英会話 京橋) often ask me how difficult is life for a foreigner in Japan. Although this question crops up numerous times, the question’s formulation, always surprises me. You see, I would expect something like ” Do you enjoy Japan?” or “What do you like about Japan?”. I’m not saying that it never [...]
As posted previously, I was on TV. The short 5 minute profile is now available on You Tube in 6 languages! This program is broadcast in Shiga as a means of providing information to and about foreign residents in Shiga. My profile piece was aired on BBC (Biwako Broadcasting) on February 2nd but will be [...]
On the subject of food I just had to tell everybody about this. I popped out to a restaurant between coaching lessons on English Conversation in Fukushima (英会話福島) this week and was absolutely flabbergasted. By the time we human’s hit 54 years of age we think we know a lot about food. A strawberry as big as my hand proved [...]
School of English Fukushima (英会話福島) Eats Out. “Délice Food Week”.
We woke up today to a fresh sheet of snow covering all of Shiga prefecture. The crisp air and clean blanket of snow covering the land made me feel refreshed… and reminiscent. Although my hometown, Nanaimo BC, doesn’t get a lot of snow, I have missed annual snow days and today was so nice to [...]
One of the things that I love about my job teaching English at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口) is the kindness of my students. Let me give you an example of this kindness. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. It is a Japanese custom for ladies to give some males, including their male teachers, something sweet on that [...]
These days I am working hard on local promotion for my English school in Tsukaguchi, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口). That is because I have set an ambitious (but achievable) personal goal for my English school this year and I intend on working hard towards achieving that goal. “Working hard” may sound hard but [...]
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