I made a new, old friend yesterday while handing out flyers. We started managing Smith’s Shimokitazawa location (スミス英会話下北沢) 4 years ago. As you can imagine, we have completed numerous flyer runs. Shimokitazawa station (下北沢駅) gets a lot of traffic, but it is still small enough to recognize regulars. One of the regular commuters is a [...]
This week in Tokyo we had the first snowfall for the winter! It was fun hearing all of my students talking about their earliest memories of snow. Teaching them the English words for different emotions and feelings was very interesting. How often does one get the opportunity to teach words like “wonder”, “magical” and “amazement”? [...]
One of my favorite students loves manga and anime and often our conversations revolve around these topics. He mentioned that his favorite manga as a child was “Akira”. I shared with him that although I didn’t read the manga, I enjoyed watching the “Akira” anime when I was younger. He was excited to learn that [...]
Summer is gradually winding to a close and now we look ahead to cooler evenings and a bite in the air! In addition to the excellent Smith’s curriculum, one way to get and keep students is to make a connection with them. Asking about their hobbies and interests is one way to do this. One [...]
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