E. T. Will you eat lunch tomorrow? I asked, hoping to prompt the previous lesson’s one-point, “I’m sure”. This did not happen, but only because the student was confused about her one point, thinking it included their whole example from last lesson – “I’m sure I will go shopping tomorrow!” Not a bad general case, [...]
E.T. I’ve been folding origami recently. At first I found it quite tricky, but once I got the knack of it – it’s easy! This is how I introduced the one-point to my high level student. I wanted to see if he’d recognize his one-point in a natural catch-up type conversation about what we’d both [...]
Though I’m usually based in Kyobashi, I’ve recently been filling for Martin over in Kotoen by teaching a few classes. As one of our franchise English schools it is perhaps one of the more unusual due to the way that the lessons are set up. During my time there I had one particularly memorable experience [...]
The much anticipated cheese and wine party kicked off here at Kyobashi on Saturday. The day prior we’d acquired oh-so-much cheese, bizarrely enough in pairs. In fact as commented at the cash register, it was like the Noah’s Ark of Cheese. So we had quite the delectable and plump spread covering many surfaces when students [...]
I just came out of a lesson where idioms were the game. What kind of game, you ask? A story-telling game! I wrote the idioms on the board, and asked the two students to try and explain what they meant. They guessed a couple, I explained the rest, and then the game was on. All [...]
My first lesson of Saturday was with 3 students. Two of these were red level regulars, paired with an orange student who has been very busy for the last two months. E.T. This meant that the orange students had their one-points fresh in their minds, and gave thanks to a friend and sister for being [...]
E.T. B28 – (a) is famous for (b) because (c) – from Smith’s School of English one point series The first item on the menu was a review of the one point from last lesson. The red student quickly said Kyoto is famous for temples because there are a lot of them. I was impressed [...]
A particularly enthusiastic student decided to book in a second lesson this week. She had something particular in mind that she wanted to learn, and so came in earlier than usual with this goal in mind. She works at an izakaya in the evenings, and a few days ago an English-speaking customer came in. The [...]
Since I hadn’t seen my first two students today in over a month, they were visibly nervous about getting into the lesson. We got into talking about movies and that’s when they started to warm up, really getting into the topic. One student told me that her favorite actor was George Clooney. When I asked [...]
Another hot and happening summer day at Smith’s School of English! My first lesson of the evening was two pre-intermediate students with two very different personalities. One was just winding down from holiday mode, while the other was just beginning to wind up. They were both interested in various summer festivals, so we chatted about [...]
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