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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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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スミス英会話奈良西大寺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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Two apparently unrelated events happened to me yesterday that really got me thinking about my recent huge changes in life: coming to live in Japan and buying a Smith’s School of English franchised school. First, I visited Smith’s School of English head office in Kyobashi for an owners’ seminar, where I found the friendliness and support [...]
By John C
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Tagged English School Franchise, English school Japan, english school Kawanishi, Kawanishi, Living in Japan, Nishinomiya International Association, Smith’s School of English, 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, 英会話月謝
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March 11, 2009 – 12:24 am
スミス英会話奈良西大寺校の講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ I was impressed by what Al wrote earlier today here on the soapbox regarding effective teamwork between two independent Smiths School of English franchisees. He illustrated a beautiful example of what it means to be part of a dedicated team working together for a common purpose. Here we have two independent Smiths School of [...]
By Alex
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February 28, 2009 – 5:47 pm
スミス英会話奈良西大寺校の講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ On February 22, 2009 we had our first seminar of the year at Smiths School of English and as always it was a very informative and encouraging presentation by Mark Smith. Several topics were covered such as new developments in the system and the general business outlook for 2009, both the positive and the [...]
By Alex
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February 26, 2009 – 5:31 pm
I started receiving emails from Participant Media. I began receiving their newsletter after I saw the movie, An Inconvenient Truth, on global warming. It has information on very interesting matters. This month the newsletter introduced several movies and books which touch on socially important issues that we as human beings need to be aware of. [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged Smith's School of English, Smith's School of English Okamoto, SSE, SSE Franchise, スミス英会話, 月謝制英会話, 楽しい英会話, 社会的問題, 英会話岡本, 英会話摂津本山
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February 25, 2009 – 11:22 pm
Wow! That was fun! I just finished making and setting up a new sign on the street in front of my school. My school is on the 2nd floor above a crepe shop called L’air de Temps and a coffee house named Cafe Deco in Okamoto. It is a popular spot as it is about [...]
By Al Bartle
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February 13, 2009 – 4:46 pm
This week I went to Smith’s School of English’s Kyobashi School to drop off my business records for the preparation of my Japanese tax return. I had closed down for two hours so as to have time to go there for a 3:30 meeting and return in time for my 5:00 p.m. lesson. Well, since I [...]
By Al Bartle
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Tagged Franchise English Schools, Smith's School of English, スミス英会話, スミス英会話岡本校, 楽しい英会話, 英会話摂津本山
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November 15, 2008 – 2:42 am
Every English teacher in Japan is constantly asked by students how they can become better at English. When my students ask me, I say you just need to allow yourself the chance to use English more every day. That means you must read it, write it, speak it and listen to it as many hours [...]
By Al Bartle
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