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 Lesson Plans, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Free Advice English Schools, SSE Kawanishi Corner, a reward in itself, 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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An often asked question at Smith’s School of English Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺) is “ How many words are in the English language?”, which is similar to asking the question “How many metres are in a piece of string?”
Throughout the world there are over 6500 languages spoken, yet only about 1000 of them have a dictionary [...]
By Ken
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Koenji Corner, communicative method
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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, スミス英会話高円寺, スミス高円寺, 英会話, 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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It’s not so long ago that science fiction movies showed such an outrageously modern instrument as a video phone. I remember thinking how cool it would be to see the person that you were talking to, especially if you didn’t know them. How brilliant to put a face to the name. Then a company called [...]
By John C
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Also posted in English Lesson Plans, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Free Advice English Schools, Living in Japan, SSE Kawanishi Corner, enjoyed this a lot
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Tagged english school Kawanishi, English Schools Kawanishi, Skype, The apprentice, スミス英会話川西校, 英会話, 英会話川西, 英会話川西月謝, 英会話月謝
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February 28, 2010 – 10:44 pm
I have been the franchisee and teacher of Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話川西校 for one year today!!!!!!!!
I have always loved languages, especially English, so it is really rewarding being able to earn my living teaching my favourite language at my own English conversation school. I always enjoy my lessons with my very special students, especially [...]
By John C
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Free Advice English Schools, Living in Japan, SSE Kawanishi Corner, a look back, a reward in itself, enjoyed this a lot, mine doesn't follow rules, my high level students, my passion: language, rewarding job change, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged english school Kawanishi, English Schools Kawanishi, Living in Japan, Teaching English in Japan, スミス英会話川西校, 英会話川西, 英会話川西月謝
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February 27, 2010 – 1:31 am
I’m writing this sitting in the classroom at my English conversation school Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話川西校 waiting for my next student to turn up.
Yesterday, Asada Mao won a silver medal in the women’s figure-skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Today I have already used an exercise, based on an article about the final from the [...]
By John C
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Also posted in English Lesson Plans, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Kawanishi Corner, a reward in itself, enjoyed this a lot, mine doesn't follow rules, my high level students
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Tagged Asada Mao, Asahi Shimbun, english school Kawanishi, English Schools Kawanishi, TOEIC listening, Vancouver 2010, Winter Olympics, スミス英会話川西校, 英会話川西, 英会話川西月謝, 英会話月謝
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February 25, 2010 – 10:58 pm
Of course English is perhaps the most widely accepted international language. But actually any language, including Japanese, can be an international language. I personally experienced this about 15 years ago on a business trip to Taiwan for a design meeting with our Taiwan supplier who was to make a charger stand for our [...]
February 22, 2010 – 11:28 pm
Recently there have been some articles written on the Soapbox about different approaches to homework. I agree with the other Smith’s Ekaiwa Franchise スミス英会話teachers about the importance of a little practice each day to maximise the students who are studying English in Japan.You can read about some of the other homework suggestions here….
toeic-listening-practice-videos
diaries
Something that I am trying to do [...]
By Tim Musgrave
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Also posted in Free Advice English Schools, SSE Nakamozu Corner, SSE Sakai Higashi Corner
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Tagged English in Japan, Smiths Ekaiwa Nakamozu, Smiths Ekaiwa Sakai Higashi, Teaching English in Japan, オックスフォードブックワーム出版, スミス英会話, スミス英会話 なかもず校, スミス英会話 堺東校, リーディング, 英文リーディング上達法, 英文リーディング練習, 言語上達
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February 22, 2010 – 7:07 am
I love teaching the students at my English school, Smith’s School of English, Tsuruhashi about my country and its culture. The Vancouver Olympics have given me a great opportunity to share all the wonderful things that are currently happening in my hometown, and my students can relate because they see a lot of the images [...]
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 [...]
By John C
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Also posted in Action Teacher Training, English Lesson Plans, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Free Advice English Schools, Living in Japan, SSE Kawanishi Corner, enjoyed this a lot
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Tagged 3d tv, english school Kawanishi, English Schools Kawanishi, Osaka Business Park, panasonic, TOEIC, スミス英会話川西校, 英会話川西, 英会話川西月謝, 英会話月謝
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February 18, 2010 – 12:03 am
Valentine’s Day is always a humble experience for Smith’s Eikaiwa Nakamozu and Smith’s School of English Sakai Higashi teachers. As we all know there is strong culture of gift giving in Japan and Valentines is no exception. We received many delicious chocolate sweets for which we are very grateful. Some of them were even homemade, yummy! I [...]
By adamoakhill
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Also posted in Fair to teachers, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Nakamozu Corner, SSE Sakai Higashi Corner, a reward in itself, enjoyed this a lot, rewarding job change
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Tagged Smith's School of English Nakamozu, Smith's School of English Sakai Higashi, Teaching English in Japan, スミス英会話なかもず校, スミス英会話堺東校
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