Just like the great post by Alex covering the wonderful time we had with our students in April 2008 at our Cherry Blossom viewing Party, this one shows me and my students having fun at the Halloween part last year. Smith’s School of English offers so much more for students and teachers alike. If you [...]
Last night I had a fun lesson with two students who confess to really needing English ability. One works for a major Japanese pharmaceutical company in research and often has to meet with Americans and other foreigners and use English to discuss his research. The other student is a 4th year university student who recently [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, communicative method, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, high level students, my high level students, my passion: language, students keep coming
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Tagged Coaches of Communicative Cofidence, Dynamic Techniques to teach English, great teamwork, Smith's Cuirriculum
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Japan is truly a nice country in which to live. For the most part the people are very pleasant and a lot has been done to make Japan a comfortable, clean and convenient place to live for all residents. I like the U. S. too but it is difficult to have the kind of convenience [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, rewarding job change, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged スミス英会話岡本, Life in Japan, Smith's School of English, スミス英会話
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As a person who’s made the decision to do just that, let me review your options from my point of view. OK, I can work for a corporate school and earn 250,000 to 300,000 a month working about 40 hours a week. I would put on my necktie and go to work when I was [...]
November 21, 2007 – 4:17 pm
With the recent failure of the largest corporate English school in Japan, I have come to wonder, shall I say “hope” that those 400,000+ students will take a hard look at how they were treated by this corporate school and decide to find a monthly tuition school like Smith’s so as not to be burned [...]
November 7, 2007 – 5:17 pm
Regarding the purchase of a large English language school by another corporation, it is high time for Japanese foreign language students to understand the basics of the business of language education. First you have a teacher in a classroom or over the net teaching perhaps 2 to 6 students. The basis of what you will [...]
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 I first started helping Alex at his Smith’s School of English Horie School last Christmas. As I am terrible with directions, I am always a bit nervous about going to a franchise school for the first time. It turned out that my worry was absolutely unnecessary because Smith’s School of English Horie School was [...]
October 25, 2006 – 5:15 am
SSE, At it’s core is the belief in being fair both to the students here in Japan and the teachers too.