Author Archives: Gavin

Sweet day at Smith’s School of English Kyobashi

Just finishing up here at Smith’s School of English Kyobashi tonight. One of our coaches just finished telling me about how enjoyable one of here lessons was in particular today, that’s just nice for me to hear. Apparently this student is going to interviews to work as a secretary and had lots to say about [...]

What’s going on at Smith’s School of English, Kyobashi

Hello, Gavin here. We’ve just received our own soap box here at Smith’s School of English Kyobashi. I’ve been working here for about 2 years now and as time passes I continue to enjoy the relaxed, professional environment more and more. Kyobashi is the location of the Smith’s School of English franchise system head office, [...]

Training Seminar March 25, 2007 – Azamino

Clarity Franchisees gathered together at Smith’s Azamino for the March Seminar held in the Kantou Area. We at head office are extremely pleased to see that the system has grown to the point where repeat seminars held at different locations are a standard fixture in our system. The main topics for discussion were largely the [...]

Smith’s School of English Lessons for 2 Student at Kyobashi, 4-5-07

ET A1.57 We’re behind schedule. I always enjoy drawing out my ET in a natural conversational manner. It might be a bit non-standard, but for this particular One Point I start the lesson off with a bit of chat. I ask about the students’ days and one student tells me that it was another busy [...]

Training Seminar February 26, 2007 – Kyobashi

After a much deserved Christmas break, and some time to get back up to speed with the English Coaching business, Smith School of English Franchise owners gathered together on February 25th for our first seminar of 2007 held at Smith’s Kyobashi, Osaka head offices. Feedback and requests from the floor showed us that everyone was [...]

An English Lesson Plan for Beginners

Gavin Bielski (Teacher, Smith’s School of English – Kyobashi) Teaching English in Japan has been an incredible learning experience for me. I studied Japanese in Colleges including Kansai Gaidai so I have some idea what it’s like to work toward not only grammatical understanding, but actual functional mastery of a foreign language. I had the [...]

Training Seminar October 15, 2006 – Kyobashi

Smith’s School of English holds eight training events per year. These events are free to Smith’s English school franchise owners. If you are not a franchisee and wish to attend please contact Smith’s School of English for an invitation.

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