Today I chatted with my student, Yuichi, who transferred to Yokohama for his job. He also transferred from my school in Okamoto (スミス英会話岡本校). He told me that he was enjoying his lessons at the Smith’s Azamino School. He said his teacher Rob (left in the picture) had told him he met me at the latest [...]
I mentioned how we at Smith’s School of English believe that together, everybody achieves more (T.E.A.M.) in Together Everybody Achieves More at Smith’s School of English Franchises in Japan. Here are some examples: 1. This blog site with us working together posting blogs related to teaching English in Japan and living in Japan. All of [...]
Recently I took a special vacation from teaching and running my school to visit my daughter and son in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas, respectively. I worked out a way with my students to be open during Smith’s normal Golden Week holiday and then close during the last week of May and the first week of [...]
In the English business in Japan, we sometimes need to use a PC to create some additional lesson materials for students. Smith’s school has great materials that open the door to student’s learning at many levels. They are created with Japanese students in mind and address areas that are often weak among Japanese students. But [...]
This year, I worked during the Golden Week and in exchange I took off 10 days in the middle of June to attend my daughter’s wedding in Maui, Hawaii. It was certainly a great time for everyone who attended and we had 146 attendees so it was a big event! Smith’s School is great to [...]
Well, a new year has arrived! Now is the time to decide what you want to change in your life, what you want to do differently, what new adventure you want to embark on, what new skill you want to acquire or what new business you want to start. I have been working at this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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