In class today we were talking about success. I asked a student a very direct question: “What is success?” This stumped her for a minute before she went on to give her own, very clear, definition. I explained to her that when we do this it’s called a “working definition” and that it is often [...]
Smith’s School of English is now providing free online listening lessons for students to practice over and over at home. There are three ways to access these videos.
From the Main Site TOEIC Lesson Page 無料TOEICレッスン
From the Japanese Blog 無料オンラインTOEICレッスン
From the Smith’s School of English YouTube Channel: ssejapan
Listening practice is good for all students but the [...]
By Al Bartle
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January 14, 2010 – 10:36 pm
I often use “Let’s Talk” type question lists during lessons in my English conversation school, Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話川西校.
Sometimes I base most of a lesson on these lists (some from the Smith’s School of English curriculum, and some lists that I have made myself to augment these), or sometimes to occupy the last [...]
By John C
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August 23, 2009 – 11:46 pm
I have just finished reading the “Rabbit” tetralogy by John Updike. At over 1500 pages, this had been a marathon read. I had read the first of the four novels, Rabbit Run, as a young man, but had not read any other of his works since, before I tackled reading the whole set a little earlier [...]
By John C
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きのうの夜、スミス英会話岡本校では恒例のナイト・アウトをカフェ春秋で開催しました。突然のことでしたので、集まったのは５人だけでしたが、とても楽しい時間を過ごすことができました。今週のテーマは”パリの有名な場所”でした。
This week as I suddently had open time at 8pm and 9pm on Friday, I sent a message to many students informing them that we would have a free-talking time or as we like to call it a “Night Out” at the nearby cafe Shunju Cafe. This week’s theme was famous sites in Paris. This [...]
January 27, 2009 – 9:25 pm
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ
The February 2009 edition of “Kia Ora from New Zealand”, which is my student’s blog in Japanese, is now up!
However first I’d like to point out some interesting topics which developed on the blog following the January 2009 posting.
Some students posed questions on what is the purpose for studying English if not for [...]
By Alex
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January 11, 2009 – 7:51 am
One of my university students recently asked me to check her essay. She had to write this and submit it to be chosen to enter a special department at her university which focuses on the cultural aspects of English. While checking this, I realized again how important it is to have higher level students write [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged English in Okamoto, Smith's School of English, スミス英会話, 岡本, 岡本英会話, 英会話上達, 高レベル」英会話
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November 8, 2008 – 7:39 pm
In a previous post Edward explained how to use the Phrase cards to teach the phrases. As Edward explained, you create a sort of short story which uses the phrases. Actually, we have already created a large number of these, but there are still many more to create. Recently I enlisted the help of one [...]
By Al Bartle
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October 20, 2008 – 6:17 pm
This week on Monday night I noticed that no one had reserved the 9:00 p.m. lesson time, so I decided to hold a “Night Out” free talking session with as many students as would like to attend. I emailed many students and was happy to have 6 students attend. As you can guess, students are [...]
October 19, 2008 – 12:05 am
Several of my higher level students have asked me to help them to practice telephone conversation as it is very difficult not being able to see the other person when they are speaking. Seeing the person while talking certainly aids understanding. So to give my students practice in doing this, I have started [...]