With the Golden Week holidays fast approaching I guess many owner/teachers at Smith’s Schools of English are planning overseas and local trips. I say Smith’s Schools of English because we have more days off than teachers who work for other schools and therefore can take a well earned break.
I am going to use my days [...]
There is no doubt that being able to ask questions gives you control of a conversation and I therefore like to encourage and work with students to get them to speak up and take control of their English conversations.
The Smith’s School of English curriculm, and the training that is given to the coaches of [...]
I am a great supporter of the Smith’s School of English curriculm. There are many items that I enjoy using as a Coach of Communiative Confidence which are appreciated by Smith’s School of English - Koenji students, one of which is Adjectives 2. The students always participate with enthusiasm and learn alot about describing [...]
Another great item in the Smiths School of English curriculm is Injuries 1. Again it assists students to improve their communicative confidence and provides them with new words for their vocabulary - words that are important for travelers overseas who find themselves needing to visit a doctor, dentist, hospital etc. It is simple enough [...]
January 29, 2008 – 2:20 am
I love using the Smith’s expanded curriculm and during the last two and a half years have learnt to appreciate how much thought and effort went into developing it.
One of my favourite items and one that students readily participate in with increasing levels of confidence is “Phrasal Verbs” . It is a very detailed topic [...]
December 17, 2007 – 12:38 am
I and my students, from all levels, have been having fun using the “Question Word” Cards as prompts for initiating questions. Although this is an Intermediate Item I have found that the word cards can be used with impressive results across different levels simply by creating a framework similar to the routines, where we provide [...]
December 12, 2007 – 2:34 am
Sunday December 9th has come and gone, but I dare say the 2007 Koenji Smiths School of English year end party will remain in the minds of the 21 participants for a long long time.
We were pleased to welcome Dean from Smiths School of English Kichijoji/Ogikubo, his attendance was greatly appreciated by all those who [...]
November 13, 2007 – 12:59 am
YEAR END WINE AND CHEESE PARTY
A NOTICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS AND TO STUDENTS ON HOLIDAYS.
PLEASE NOTE IN YOUR DIARY THAT SMITH’S SCHOOL OF ENGLISH KOENJI WILL BE HAVING A YEAR END PARTY ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 9TH FROM 4PM. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU MEETING NEW FRIENDS AND HAVING A GREAT TIME TOGETHER.
スミス英会話 高円寺
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November 13, 2007 – 12:57 am
I love being asked to join my students for various events, everything from viewing and drinking under the cherry blossom trees in Spring, to going out to dinner, drinking and eating after work, going to plays, movies, rock concerts etc. I particularly like to patronize the restaurants and izakaya which are close to Smith’s School [...]
October 16, 2007 – 9:11 pm
KOENJI is in Suginami Ku in the western part of Tokyo on the Chuo line just four stations west of Shinjuku.
KOENJI received its name from the temple – Koenji - which was visited often by Tokugawa Iemitsu, who regularly rested in its tea room on falconry hunts in the area. There are a few other [...]
September 27, 2007 – 2:42 am
I love to be seen out and about in Koenji. It all starts when I wake up in time to be at the designated spot where I decided the night before to hand out fliers. I really enjoy it very much and believe that it has another great benefit as an exercise routine. Who needs [...]