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		<title>The system that suits all!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201111/21/the-system-that-suits-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201111/21/the-system-that-suits-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living in Japan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[high level students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Smith’s School of English system can benefit all concerned, both students and franchisees. For the potential student • A structured curriculum – The curriculum caters for every level of English from beginners to advanced, including T.O.E.I.C • Native English speaking coaches – This is so important for areas of pronunciation and listening ability. • [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life in Japan is Good!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201104/18/life-in-japan-is-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choosing a location]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[a reward in itself]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[students keep coming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[シンガポール]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[バイリンガール日本]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=12560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Life in Japan is actually very good. I can&#8217;t imagine a safer and better place to live. Since the major earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, I have gotten so many emails from friends in the U.S.  And they worry so much about me and my family.  It is heartening.  But actually, Japan is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time to take action!  The New Year is not&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201101/04/are-you-standing-still-the-new-year-is-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201101/04/are-you-standing-still-the-new-year-is-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alone or Franchise?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franchise Owners' Speak]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English in Japan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=11571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>スミス英会話提供の無料TOEICレッスン (Free online TOEIC Listening Lessons from Smith&#8217;s School of English)</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201003/21/%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9f%e3%82%b9%e8%8b%b1%e4%bc%9a%e8%a9%b1%e6%8f%90%e4%be%9b%e3%81%ae%e7%84%a1%e6%96%99toeic%e3%83%ac%e3%83%83%e3%82%b9%e3%83%b3-free-online-toeic-listening-lessons-from-smiths-school-o/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201003/21/%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9f%e3%82%b9%e8%8b%b1%e4%bc%9a%e8%a9%b1%e6%8f%90%e4%be%9b%e3%81%ae%e7%84%a1%e6%96%99toeic%e3%83%ac%e3%83%83%e3%82%b9%e3%83%b3-free-online-toeic-listening-lessons-from-smiths-school-o/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Lesson Plans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[high level students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my high level students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my passion: language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students keep coming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching: why i do it]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TOEIC試験]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[スミス英会話岡本校]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[楽しい英会話]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=8358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Smith&#8217;s School of English is now providing free online listening lessons for students to practice over and over at home. There are three ways to access these videos. From the Main Site TOEIC Lesson Page　無料TOEICレッスン From the Japanese Blog 無料オンラインTOEICレッスン From the Smith&#8217;s School of English YouTube Channel: ssejapan Listening practice is good for all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power of the Franchise Revealed!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201001/07/power-of-the-franchise-revealed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201001/07/power-of-the-franchise-revealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alone or Franchise?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Investor or School Owner?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Why join a franchise?  Franchise English Conversation Schools in Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[スミス英会話]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[英会話フランチャイス]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=7016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I had two students start who transferred from other Smith&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>スミス英会話鶴橋校：Tsuruhashi team goes to Asuka (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200910/10/tsuruhashi-goes-to-asuka/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200910/10/tsuruhashi-goes-to-asuka/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living in Japan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[a reward in itself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enjoyed this a lot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rewarding job change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=6265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[スミス英会話鶴橋校講師が書いた記事。日本語のメインサイトはこちら To see a cool video of our trip please click HERE ビデオはこちら One of our students, Yoshio, has an incredible knowledge of both the history and geography of the Kansai region. He is forever hiking around various areas in his quest to see and experience new places and people. So when we decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>質問を作ってそれに答える事は英語の練習に有効である。 Making and Answering Questions: The Key to Success!</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200903/19/%e8%b3%aa%e5%95%8f%e3%82%92%e4%bd%9c%e3%82%8b%e3%81%a8%e5%bf%9c%e3%81%88%e3%82%8b%e8%83%bd%e5%8a%9b%e3%81%af%e8%8b%b1%e8%aa%9e%e3%81%ae%e6%88%90%e5%8a%9f%e3%81%ae%e9%8d%b5%e3%81%a7%e3%81%99-making-and/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200903/19/%e8%b3%aa%e5%95%8f%e3%82%92%e4%bd%9c%e3%82%8b%e3%81%a8%e5%bf%9c%e3%81%88%e3%82%8b%e8%83%bd%e5%8a%9b%e3%81%af%e8%8b%b1%e8%aa%9e%e3%81%ae%e6%88%90%e5%8a%9f%e3%81%ae%e9%8d%b5%e3%81%a7%e3%81%99-making-and/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[English Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How can I improve my English?]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=3193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The lesson on &#8220;Questions&#8221; is a great one.  I looked back through my teaching materials from over 20 years ago and found several lists of simple questions.  Although short answers could be given in a conversation, I always required the students to make complete sentences as answers to the questions. This helps them to perfect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan, Land of Opportunity for English Teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200902/06/japan-land-of-opportunity-for-english-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200902/06/japan-land-of-opportunity-for-english-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=2526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having taught English in Japan for about 10 of the past 30 years, 20 of which I worked as an engineer and manager in international business for companies based in the US, I can say there is never a dull moment.  Just look around you at how many misuses of English there are.  I am still at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why is English Important for Japan?</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200807/05/why-is-english-important-for-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200807/05/why-is-english-important-for-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[自給率，日本の自給率，英会話の必要性，英語習得の必要性，何故英語を勉強するの，スミス英会話，スミス英会話は何故]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/?p=852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Living in Japan, teaching English and also using Japanese everyday, I sometimes wonder why learning English is important for Japanese people. Japanese is a rich and excellent language that is really all Japanese people need to go about their normal daily lives. Of course people have all kinds of personal reasons to learn English, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspirational Story</title>
		<link>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200806/22/inspirational-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/200806/22/inspirational-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Bartle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English School Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago a friend of mine back in the states sent me an email that he was forwarding to several friends as he was inspired by it and felt the need to share it. I don&#8217;t usually appreciate such emails as they remind me of chain letters but this one was different. I [...]]]></description>
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