August 22, 2010 – 5:33 am
This is an interim report on the Smith’s Okamoto school. I took over the Smith’s School of English in Okamoto in July 2006. It had been in operation since September 2004 (6 years total so far) and it had only a tiny 15 active students at the time I took over. This month [...]
August 17, 2010 – 4:51 am
Last week I had three students and decided to use the vocabulary lessons. These are an interesting part of the Smith’s curriculum. They consist of many units each comprising 12 words. The words are random and unrelated for the most part. Some are nouns. Some are verbs and some are adjectives. Some can be used [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged English Vocabulary Lessons, Smith's School of English, スミス英会話, 他の学校と違う英会話学校, 本当の英会話, 楽しい英会話, 英語上達
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This week, which was quite busy with a few trials, walk-in inquiries and the usual full load of lessons, I got a special surprise. When I called in to ask about a student’s lesson, I was informed that a student who had taken a trial at Smith’s School of English -Fukushima (スミス英会話福島校）had decided to join [...]
By Al Bartle
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I want to thank ALL of the students at my school, Smith’s School of English Otsu. That’s right. A big thank you to all of you. You are all wonderful, and you make me feel proud to be an English teacher. Proud to be YOUR English teacher. As an English teacher I am happy every time a [...]
Really, the answer to this question is quite obvious and the fact that students continue to sign up and make great strides is proof of it. The ability to communicate well in English will most certainly continue to grow in importance year by year and I think this trend is already accelerating with the current [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged English in Japan, Japan's Future, Smith's School of English, スミス英会話, スミス英会話岡本校, 英語は苦手
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Last weekend, a small group of us from our English school スミス英会話鶴橋校 headed out to do a little bit of sightseeing. Our destination was Mt. Rokko. We couldn’t have asked for a better day! The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the scenery was breath-taking. For many of us, this was the first [...]
Last week, John of the Kawanishi School and I went to Ashiya to find a coffee shop and found a nice Italian style shop with outside seating. With the nice weather these days and nice artistic cafe late (this one had the patter of a leaf in the froth), we could really enjoy a nice [...]
By Al Bartle
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I had a very enjoyable day yesterday, teaching English at my conversation school at Nakamozu (スミス英会話 なかもず校). There are not too many days that I don’t enjoy at Nakamozu and my other Smith’s School of English in Sakai Higashi (スミス英会話 堺東校). I had two new students call back from trial lessons and join at Sakai Higashi and another trail [...]
Wow! What a great time! Sunday we were blessed with wonderful weather here in KANSAI. And this was perfect for enjoying the wonderful cherry blossoms in the Osaka Jo Park. We were unable to stake out our usual spot next to the outer moat but did grab a very large spot across the [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged スミス英会話, スミス英会話花見会, 楽しい英会話, 花見会
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I have just returned from one of my regular spots, handing out flyers チラシ for my English conversation school 英会話, Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話川西校. I am certain that the other franchisees of Smith’s School of English スミス英会話 know what an important part it is of our work. Recently, because of the weather, either very cold or [...]
By John C
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Tagged English Conversation School, english school Kawanishi, English Schools Kawanishi, Smith's School of English, Smith's School of English Kawanishi, South American Music, TOEIC, スミス英会話, スミス英会話川西校, 川西池田駅, 川西能勢口駅, 英会話, 英会話川西月謝, 英会話川西校, 英会話月謝
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