Author Archives: MW

Long Time No See

I had a lesson with a high intermediate student this week. I hadn’t seen her in a long time (6 months in fact). She was a long term student here at Smith’s School of English , Kyobashi so I was happy to see her again. She usually has some good interesting tales about her friends [...]

Nice lesson with a new student

I had a lesson with 2 green and 1 red student last week. I noticed that 2 students had recently joined. Since I hadn’t met them yet I decided to start this lesson with some greetings and introductions. After we all met each other I reviewed last week’s B5 one point “today I feel______ because_______”. [...]

A rewarding English lesson

I had a lesson with one pink and one orange student last week at Kyobashi School. I wanted to ask them how they were doing so I easily introduced last weeks B7 one point

I noticed that they hadn’t reviewed the routine 6 baby story for awhile so I choose this for them. At first they [...]

Invitations lesson at Smith’s School of English, Kyobashi

I had a lesson with 3 orange students last week. 2 of the students I hadn’t seen in a while and the other was a new student who recently started here at Smith’s school. I noticed that they had been doing some basic items recently so I chose the more challenging intermediate ability 2 item [...]

A nice lesson

I had a lesson with 1 red and 1 orange student recently. When they arrived I noticed that 1 of the students was drinking a bottle of cold green tea. After asking her where she bought it she replied that it was from a convenience store. I was also amazed when she mentioned that she [...]

Shopping and Dining

Last week I had a lesson with 2 red intermediate level students. Both had been doing very well lately so I decided to challenge them a little with the post intermediate restaurant 2 item. But before starting this we tried a review of the routine 8 shopping story. I was happy to see [...]

Shopping at Smith’s School of English, Kyobashi

I had a class with 1 orange level student recently. She likes shopping in Namba and Shinsaibashi mainly in department stores. She also enjoys window shopping especially in Keihan mall near her office here in Kyobashi. I noticed that she had already completed the shopping 1 routine. So I chose the shopping 2 routine for [...]

Smith’s School of English Lesson for Two Students at Kyobashi, 4-22-07 MW

Smith’s School of English Lesson at Kyobashi May 22 by MW
ET- From the Smith’s School of English One Point Series
I have these 2 students (1 green level/1 red level) quite frequently. They enjoy being classmates, it helps their confidence and almost always arrange the same class together. I know that they go to a stand [...]

Smith’s School of English Lesson for Three Students at Kyobashi, 5-17-07 MW

Thursday night Smith’s School of English lesson by MW
ET:
I started this lesson with 3 pink students by asking each of them what gifts they gave their mothers on mother’s day this past Sunday. 2 gave their mothers popular flower gifts and I was surprised to hear the third student didn’t give his mother anything. But [...]

Smith’s School of English Lesson for Two Students at Kyobashi, 5-8-07 MW

Smith’s School of English Lesson Report by MW 5/8/07
I had 2 beginner level students today. I prepared a basic item and a routine for them. I noticed that I hadn’t met one of the students before.
ET
B19 - From Smith’s School of English One Point Series
I started the lesson with introductions since this was the first [...]