Great News! From the 4th of January, we’ve been operating from a new place. The location of the building is not too far from our previous address. We’ve practically moved just ‘around the corner’. Which means that it’s nicely located just minutes away from Keihan and JR stations. The interior was recently decorated so everything looks [...]
So, autumn is in full swing and as always at this time of the year Japan looks fabulous. When I ask our students at Smith’s School of English, Kyobashi what is their favourite season, majority of them answers spring and autumn. No surprise here. These two seasons are just great in Japan. They’re my favourites [...]
Upon arriving in Japan I spoke no Japanese at all. I set to and studied the language and slowly but surely one new phrase after another came into my sphere of understanding. One of the first phrases I recall hearing a lot was, “Aisatsu Wa Daiji Desune” Literally the phrase means “Greetings are important aren’t they” and you hear [...]
As an English Teacher working in Japan I move around by train. I used to drive my car around however found that in most cases the trains are faster and much, much cheaper. Most train companies (perhaps all now) offer monthly rail passes or Teiki as they are known here. The railways do of course also [...]
As an English teacher at Smith’s School of English I have a terrific amount of time off every year. Counting, Sundays, Public Holidays and the traditional big three Japanese Holidays, “Golden Week”, “Obon” and “Oshiogatsu”, Smith’s head office and all Smith’s English schools will close down for 85 days in 2010. Sure we have to work Saturdays and yes it [...]
Hi this is Mark from Smith’s Kyobashi School. (スミス英会話 京橋) It was great to see John’s post about the Nishinomiya Boat Show and although I didn’t actually catch up with John on the day I am sure we were there at the same time. This boat show was scheduled to coincide with the last day of the [...]
英会話 Eikaiwa, to me will always be fun. Yes, it is true, it is a study but first of all I enjoy teaching Eikaiwa. I remember a long time ago reading a statement that said “Find a job you love and never work another day in your life” For me that love is Eikaiwa and [...]
English Progress, English translate = English School and STAG. 英会話 上達, 英語訳 = 英語学校 I have been told that many of Smith’s students are reading these English blog pages recently. This of course makes me very, very happy. Today I have written an article for our students. Of course the suggestions made herein may be [...]
We have to be very careful when we take advise from folk. Today I proved without doubt that happy noise is good. I have been teaching Eikaiwa to a marketing expert who works for a very large Japanese firm. This person mentioned he had seen our guys in the streets of Kyobashi and had some [...]
ET: I was invited to (A) but (B). Today’s English Lesson started very well. I walked my student into the classroom and offered him a chair along with a drink. Once we got seated I asked my student what he did over the weekend and he replied busy, he explained that he was very busy [...]
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