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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Also posted in English School Articles, Fair to teachers, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a look back, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my high level students, my passion: language, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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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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February 14, 2010 – 5:15 pm
I have been reading the posts here and I am so impressed with so many of them. We really have a great team at Smith’s School of English. Recently John Coleman (See his post on the movie “Invictus“) and I are collaborating on some TOEIC listening practice videos for the Smithweb site. We have put [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Kawanishi Corner, SSE Okamoto Corner, a look back, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged TOEIC, TOEIC test, TOEIC 試験, スミス英会話, 本当に違う英会話, 楽しい英会話
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January 23, 2010 – 6:41 pm
Smith’s School of English – Okamoto Last week John of the Kawanishi school and I (Okamoto School) helped each other to distribute flyers. Though we started at 7:30 a.m. the time went so fast as we enjoyed chatting during the time. The funny thing is that I think just our talking while we worked made [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, rewarding job change, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged Excellent English School, スミス英会話, 楽しい英会話, 英会話, 英会話上達, 英会話岡本, 英語は不可欠, 英語を話したい, 英語上達
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January 17, 2010 – 4:52 am
If you have time and want to see what can be done if you invest some time, watch Blind Souls Parts 1 to 4. If you click on this link it will take you to part 1. You can then watch the other three parts. This video is good for students’ listening practice. My friend [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Free Advice English Schools, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged Blind Souls, English Conversation, English Conversation Schools, Everquest, Everquest II, Fun Learning English, Great Music, Music Composer, Skander Ladjimi
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January 7, 2010 – 8:06 pm
This week I had two students start who transferred from other Smith’s School (Otsu and Kotoen). This really brought home the meaning and the power of the franchise to me and it is something anyone thinking about starting an English school in Japan should consider carefully. If I were out there on my own, I [...]
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Investor or school owner?, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, Seek to understand, a look back, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged franchise, Smith's School, Why join a franchise? Franchise English Conversation Schools in Japan, スミス英会話, 英会話フランチャイス
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November 3, 2009 – 11:40 pm
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 My English school in Ohtsu does well. I live comfortably and am very content with what I do. I never have to work too hard, and I have the freedom to do as I please, teach as and when I please, and relax accordingly. Possibly one of the most difficult parts of [...]
September 21, 2009 – 9:03 pm
Well we are preparing for the barbeque at my house next Sunday. It will be the last big bash for the Summer which officially already ended but not for me — not until we have this barbeque.
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged BBQ, Smith's School of English, スミス英会話, スミス英会話塚口校, スミス英会話岡本校, スミス英会話川西校, 楽しい英会話
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September 8, 2009 – 12:51 am
I recently read an article in TIME magazine about Japan and how, if the current trend continues, the population will drop by 25% to 95 million from the current 127 million by 2050. Also, at that time more than 50% of the population will be over
By Al Bartle
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a reward in itself, english in japan, my high level students, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged 何故英語？, 月謝制英会話, 英会話, 英会話上達, 英会話岡本
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August 27, 2009 – 1:44 am
One of the best things about the most recent Smith’s owner’s seminar was the chance to meet the other school owners for the first time. Both Mike and I have only recently become owners, so it was essential that we visited another school to chat with the owners about issues relating to marketing, curriculum use [...]
By Paul
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Also posted in English School Articles, Free Advice English Schools, SSE Tsuruhashi Corner, a reward in itself, rewarding job change, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged english, esl, franchise, Smith's School of English, Teaching English in Japan, えいかいわ, スミス英会話, スミス英会話鶴橋, 月謝制, 近鉄奈良線, 近鉄難波駅
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スミス英会話布施校の日本語のメインサイトはこちら I remember entering this exact search into Google and Yahoo many years ago when I decided that I wanted to come to Japan and set up my own English language school in Japan. I remember searching and searching and I found a seemingly never-ending number of websites, blogs, ads, newsletters. I would search and [...]
By Alex
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Also posted in Choosing a location, Free Advice English Schools, SSE Fuse Corner, a look back, english in japan, franchise v. small business, rewarding job change
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Tagged えいかいわ, ひがしおおさかし, ふせ, イングリッシュ, エイカイワ, 月謝制 の スミス 英会話 布施 校, 英会話 スクール, 英会話 東大阪市, 英会話 近鉄大阪線, 英会話 近鉄奈良線, 英語, 近鉄なんば, 近鉄難波駅
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