August 30, 2010 – 1:00 am
At Smith’s School English in Okamoto スミス英会話岡本校, in two weeks we will be exploring the question of which Beatle was the most prolific and best songwriter, McCartney or Lennon. There was a great post on Yahoo about it. ‘Was it John or Paul?’
As you may remember
By Al Bartle
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Tagged John Lennon, Paul McCartney, TOEIC, Toeic Score, TOEIC 試験, TOEIC 上達
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August 24, 2010 – 12:54 am
This morning while distributing flyers to promote my English school in Kobe (スミス英会話岡本校） I talked to one woman on the street near the station who spoke English quite well. She said in English that I was ‘exaggerating’ when I commented that she spoke English well. Again, as has happened many times recently, I realized that [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged English in Japan, Fast Retailing, Rakuten, Smith's School of English, TOEIC exam, TOEIC listening, TOEIC リスニング, TOEIC 試験, TOEIC 上達, Uniqlo, スミス英会話, 英会話、成績、枚方、英語、月謝制、教室、TOEIC
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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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August 13, 2010 – 6:46 am
This week one of my students showed up and showed me her new homework folder. Since she started in April she has been diligently doing the homework, watching the videos and preparing for the lesson. She has saved all the homework sheets in this new folder. She has filled up this folder and will start [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged Centenarians, TOEIC リスニング, TOEIC 試験, TOEIC 上達, スミス英会話, スミス英会話大津校, スミス英会話川西校
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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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Tagged franchise, Franchise English Schools, Smith's School of English, Smith's School of English Okamoto, TEAM, スミス英会話岡本校, スミス英会話福島校
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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 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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Tagged Great English School, Living in Japan, TOEIC 試験, スミス英会話、月謝制英会話、英会話岡本、スミス英会話岡本校、Smith's School of English, スミス英会話、楽しい英会話, 一味違う英会話, 本当に違う英会話, 英会話住吉, 英会話川西校, 英会話池田, 英会話甲南山手, 英会話芦屋
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So if you asked me what was great about owning and teaching at my own Smith’s School of English (Okamoto School) I would have to say that, having been at it for about 4 years, I treasure each day and each minute I have the opportunity to help my students to make progress to improve [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged Kobe Japan, Okamoto, スミス英会話岡本校, 岡本, 楽しい英会話
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