I recently received an unsolicited email in which there was a list of oxymorons (or oxymora) and it prompted me to share them with my ESL pupils at Smith’s School of English in Koenji part of the Smith’s School of English,pay by the month, franchise English conversation schools throughout Japan. An oxymoron is a figure [...]
By Ken
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Tagged esl, IELTS, Smith's School of English Koenji, TOEFL, TOEIC, スミス 英会話, スミス英会話無料レッスン, スミス高円寺, 英会話月謝制高円寺, 英会話高円寺, 高円寺英会話
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One day during the Golden Week holidays I decided to go to Koenji railway station and catch up with some of the locals and some students who were still working. I usually wake up early, cannot sleep in, and I needed some exercise so why not say “good morning have a nice day” and kill [...]
By Ken
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Tagged esl, IELTS, Smith's School of English Koenji, TOEFL, TOEIC, スミス 英会話, スミス英会話無料レッスン, スミス高円寺, 英会話月謝制, 英会話月謝制高円寺, 英会話高円寺, 高円寺英会話
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Hanazono Shrine is in Shinjuku on Yasakuni Dori . It is is tucked away behind some buildings and is painted bright red and white.- the colours of the fox. To get to it you walk down a narrow lane under numerous red torii. This shrine is where businessmen and women pray for the success of [...]
This weekend saw the arrival (and departure) of the Kansai Boat Show at Shin Nishinomiya Yacht Harbour in Nishinomiyahama 西宮浜, where I have lived since I moved from England to Japan just over 2 years ago. I could see the preparations for the show from my balcony, and really looked forward to making a visit. For [...]
By John C
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Also posted in Choosing a location, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot
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March 27, 2010 – 11:05 pm
John Coleman, the owner and head teacher of the Kawanishi Smith’s School of English and I (Al Bartle of Smith’s School of English – Okamoto) have been working hard to make TOEIC Part 3 type listening lessons for the Smith’s main site. So far we have made 11 lessons. You can see the free online [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my high level students, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged Fun English School, TOEIC, TOEIC test, TOEIC練習, 英会話上達, 英語上達
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I have become a fan of the Tokyo National Museum and the other museums that are found throughout Ueno Park – Japan’s first public city park that was founded in 1873. They regularly have exciting exhibitions that feature unique antique treasures and naturally they also have regular exhibitions which can be found at this webpage. [...]
By Ken
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Tagged esl, IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, スミス 英会話, スミス英会話無料レッスン, スミス高円寺, 英会話月謝制高円寺, 英会話高円寺, 高円寺英会話
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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 [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged TOEIC, TOEIC試験, スミス英会話岡本校, 楽しい英会話, 英会話上達, 英語上達
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During last week another birthday crept up on me and so my son planned, for Sunday (my next day off ) a day that I will always, Alzheimer’s free, remember. The day kicked off at about 10:40 when he came to the school and collected me. We quickly set off for Koenji station, which I happen to [...]
March 12, 2010 – 12:45 am
I recently did a soapbox posting about using a contemporary event with great popular appeal as the subject of a lesson at my English conversation school 英会話, Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話川西校. This made for a really successful and very popular lesson. My lesson featuring the (not quite total) success of Japanese figure skater Mao Asada at [...]
By John C
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Free Advice English Schools, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, mine doesn't follow rules, my high level students
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Tagged English in Japan, English Lesson Plans, english school Kawanishi, English Schools Kawanishi, Smith's School of English Kawanishi, スミス英会話岡本校, スミス英会話川西校, 英会話, 英会話川西月謝, 英会話月謝
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“Wait a minute,” I said to my friend, “How is the start of an Smith’s lesson like a piece of bread?”