Happy New Year everybody! I had a great winter vacation. I spent a wonderful time with family in the Florida Keys, Florida, U.S.A. and Okayama Perfecture, Japan. Having had a great break and feeling refreshed, I am ready to start my job teaching English in Japan to wonderful students again. 2011 was a great year [...]
Christmas is coming up and here in Japan, lots of people eat Christmas cake. I wrote about this last year. You can read my post by clicking here. On the right is a photo of a Christmas cake given to me this week on Friday by a student of mine (Akira) at my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School [...]
Hello all! (^.^)/ December is under way and it’s almost the end the year. December is quite a busy month for Japanese. I wrote a post on this last year. I invite you to read my post by clicking here. At my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki, a great year [...]
On November 3, 2011, I had a meeting with Smith’s School of English franchise system founder Mark Smith in Hyogo Prefecture. Instead of just sitting and talking, we went for a hike and talked while hiking. We took a trail in the mountains of Kawanishi, above the city, which crossed into Takarazuka at times. There [...]
As an English teacher teaching English in Japan, it is always wonderful to hear students say that they used their English outside the classroom. Last week, a student of mine at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi told me that he had gone to a restaurant while on a business trip in Japan. He was the [...]
On October 10, a Japanese national holiday, my wife, daughter and I went to Kobe Oji Zoo, a large zoo in the Kansai area of Japan. It was great! We saw a panda, gorillas, zebras, monkeys, giraffes, kangaroos, bears, etc. One particularly memorable animal was a chimpanzee that stared at people. At zoos, normally people [...]
Today, a student who I’d prepared for a sightseeing trip to Guam told me that she had used some of the travel English that I’d taught her and thanked me. I was very happy to hear that. (^.^) Derek Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (^.^) Check this out! →http://www.smithweb.co.jp/school/tsukaguchi.shtml 日本語
I enjoy holding events for students, either Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi only events or joint events with other Smith’s schools. All events are great opportunities for Smith’s English conversation (英会話) students to practice their English, meet other students, make new friends, enjoy good food and have a great time with their teachers outside the classroom. [...]
Last month, a student of my English conversation (英会話) school kindly invited me to an art exhibition that she was taking part in. The exhibition, called Vie’s “EP Jacket Size” Exhibition 2, is being held at Gallery Vie in Sakaemachi, Kobe from August 23 to September 3. All artists had to limit their pieces to [...]
On June 4, a Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi student and I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides together. This student invites me to watch a movie with him a few times a year and I always enjoy our outings together. We can enjoy each others’ company, watch good movies and it gives [...]
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