What a beautiful day it turned out to be for our cherry blossom picnic in the park. The sun was shining and the yakitori was grilling. What better an accompaniment than the greatest of Japanese beers, an Asahi!! So off I went in high spirits ready to kick off the afternoon with some merriment under [...]
Isn`t it funny the poeple you meet in this job? It was the first time for me to teach my man to man student at Smiths Kyobashi this year so we spent the first few minutes of the class doing introductions. While we were doing this she asked me where I came from and I [...]
It’s that time of year and the festive season is fast approaching which means that it is time to have a culture clash in class. I remember first being asked by students what I would be doing for Christmas and after replying that I didn’t have anything in particular planned I would get a grin [...]
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Kyobashi Wine and Cheese Party. The highlight of this evening was not only the chance to try a variety of new wines and cheeses but to also have the opportunity to meet and get to know a lot of new [...]
Today I had a student who is high level. ET We worked through the previous one point rather smoothly and then moved onto the… ROUTINE Last week I had covered routine 13 with this student so I took this opportunity to go over reported speech with her to see of she remembered by asking her [...]
I had a high level gentleman today. He is extremely keen and is always fun to teach, taking a digital camera photo of the white board work at the end of the class. ET I asked the student whether he remembered the one point from his last lesson and he was easily able to give [...]
Today I was ready to teach the item ‘ making requests ‘ to a brand new English school student. As there was no one point from a previous lesson I decided to explore the student`s level a little by getting to know him. Very soon I realized that the lesson that I had planned to [...]
Today’s English school class was a lesson for 2 students who were pink and orange. ET I jumped straight in and asked whether the students remembered their one points from the previous class. Both of the students were able to do it with no problem at all. ROUTINE For this part I wanted to review [...]
Today was my first Saturday back after a little break. I was glad to see on the schedule that my first student was one that I knew rather well. It allowed us to have a good 5 minute chat about our respective holidays. I was able to tell him about my time back in England [...]
Today`s student was a red level student, who has over the last few months considerably improved in all skill areas. Part of the reason why he has managed to do this is undeniably through his own hard work. I remember when I first taught him and I wrapped up the class and he pulled out [...]
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