Category Archives: Action Teacher Training

スミス英会話高円寺 SALT

August 8, 2010 – 6:35 pm

Yesterday I was tossing up between going to Shinjuku or Shibuya to see Inception or Salt and I’m so pleased that I elected to see Salt.
 From the moment the Bourne style movie started to its end it was action packed and breathlessly riveting.
 Angela Jolie was fantastic and was the only performer in the movie whose [...]

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スミス英会話高円寺 WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

May 10, 2010 – 9:55 pm

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 [...]

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スミス英会話高円寺 Being a Coach of Communicative Confidence

April 22, 2010 – 5:42 pm

Living in Japan and working with students at Smith’s School of English – Koenji
(スミス英会話高円寺) is an everyday scintillating experience .
My classroom is a place of learning and not only for the students to who I am a coach of communicative confidence, but also for me as I get to chat about an incredible range of [...]

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スミス 英会話　布施・東　大阪: 英語　小学校教員養成課程 (Teaching English in Japan at Public Elementary Schools)

March 23, 2010 – 7:08 pm

スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。日本語のメインサイトはこちら
There is an upcoming change in Japan which is causing a great deal of anxiety among teachers at the Japanese public elementary school level.  Do you know what I am referring to? （大阪　公立　小学校  英語　２０１１年）
The new Japanese “Course of Study” for education goes into effect soon and one of the new classes, officially named Foreign Language [...]

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スミス英会話高円寺 The Power of Dogu

March 23, 2010 – 4:41 pm

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.
I [...]

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Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

March 17, 2010 – 5:34 am

One of my students when asked about her weekend said that she had spent her time in Suginami Ku talking with friends and acquaintances about the need to have a worldwide ban of nuclear weapons.
In August 2006 a proposal was presented to the United Nations by Daisuku Ikeda in which he spoke of “people power” [...]

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3D TV – in TOEIC and Reality

February 21, 2010 – 7:16 pm

Al, of Smith’s School of English, Okamoto 英会話岡本, and I have recently been working together on some TOEIC listening excercises on the smithweb.co.jp website. Our latest effort, yet to be published, relates to the launch of 3D television, and more specifically, to Japanese manufacturers position in this new market sector. I am looking forward to using this [...]

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スミス英会話高円寺 Great Feedback

February 16, 2010 – 7:01 pm

I had my fourth lesson with a student who started man to man (one on one) lessons at my Smith’s School of English in Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺 ) last Saturday week. The original purpose for her to commence English lessons at my monthly pay English conversation school (英会話月謝制) was that she had a job interview [...]

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スミス英会話高円寺 Temples of Tokyo – Kiyomizu Kannondo

February 14, 2010 – 9:46 pm

One of my passions is Japanese history and I am amazed that the majority of the student’s at Smith’s School of English in Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺) do not share my fervour, in fact they are astonished that I know so much about times gone by. I have learnt about Japan’s past simply by visiting [...]

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スミス英会話 高円寺Fattening for the New Year

December 7, 2009 – 4:33 pm

They say that turkeys, geese, and pigs are fattened for Christmas which is fine but those who eat them are fattened for the New Year.
If you like to watch what you eat, then here’s the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies. [...]

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