Recently it was the seventh anniversary of the Doghouse Inn, or affectionately known as “The Dog”. It’s a traditional English style pub which is conveniently located in the heart of Tsuruhashi, just a stone’s throw from both Tsuruhashi station and Smith’s School of English, Tsuruhashi. The owner and host, Osugi san, has created an establishment that [...]
Last week at Smith’s School of English, Tsuruhashi we had a student who had just returned from a seven day vacation in Hawaii. Instead of the usual holiday questions, and always keeping in mind our philosophy of 70% S.T.T (Student Talk Time), I suggested that we construct a routine of one of her most memorable [...]
Recently, we’ve been fortunate to welcome new students to our Tsuruhashi School, so it was with great delight that I had the opportunity to introduce the Phrase Card lesson to a number of these students. For native English speakers, phrases and idioms seem quite obvious and natural in everyday conversation, but they can be difficult [...]
Just a short note to say a big thanks to the franchisees who left welcoming words of encouragement after our initial blog. Both Mike and I really appreciate it as we begin our journey that is Smith’s School of English,Tsuruhashi. Once again, thanks guys and we look forward to meeting you in the near future. [...]
Mike Crawford, the long term franchisee of Smith’s School of English,Tsuruhashi has relocated to Shizuoka due to work commitments, and the school has transferred hands to Paul Rutherford and Mike Cafuta. It was sad to see Mike go as he has been a popular figure around Osaka for many years, but this represents an outstanding [...]
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