February 28, 2008 – 7:04 pm
I started teaching the Smith’s curriculum in December, and i have discovered some great lessons. But i know that many of you have been working with this curriculum for a while and probably have some great ideas. I want them! So i wrote an article title “Stretching the Morning” under “English Lesson Plans” explaining my [...]
December 17, 2007 – 2:43 am
ET: You’re kidding
I told the students that I was 90 years old, they both said ‘You’re kidding!’ I was so happy that they got it straight away.
Routine: The Baby
This is the first time these students have done a L&R routines and they did really well. I was very pleased with the students because after going [...]
November 13, 2007 – 2:10 am
I had a high level student for one of my lessons, she was the first yellow level student I had had.
After going through the routine with her she was very pleased with the structure of the routine and complimented Smiths Schools of English curriculum, saying that it was a good way of teaching English.
We also [...]
This 2pm student is a Pink student. Most of the time, I like working with pink students because they have a lot of potentials, and it is nice to see their happy faces when you teach them something new. But this one is a bit of an exception. He is shy, gets nervous very easily, [...]
Smith’s School of English Lesson at Kyobashi May 22 by MW
ET- From the Smith’s School of English One Point Series
I have these 2 students (1 green level/1 red level) quite frequently. They enjoy being classmates, it helps their confidence and almost always arrange the same class together. I know that they go to a stand [...]
Today`s student was a man to man, pink but with a hint of orange.
ET
The student actually started off the lesson in very good spirits saying that she had seen someone in her gym who looked like me and wondered if it had been me or not. Lo and behold we do both go to [...]
It was the first time for me to meet this student. She is a green level. Prior to this lesson to she had just taken a class with another teacher.
ET – You don’t even lift a finger
From the Smith’s School of English One Point Series
I asked the student whether she lived with her family and [...]
When I saw my schedule today, I felt a bit anxious about first lesson of the evening. This particular student is known to make a lot of very specific request about the material and type of lesson she wants to study. It took me nearly 20 minutes to come up with the lesson plan for [...]
Thursday Night Smith’s School of English Lessons
By Timothy Oliver (I am a part time teacher at Smith’s. I don’t ask Smith’s to sponsor my visa)
ET:
I started the lesson with one orange level student. I asked him where he just came from, and he told me that he is a dentist and just came [...]
This lesson was held in a multi classroom envirnoment at Smith’s school of English Kyobashi.
E.T.
If you decide to go bunji jumping should I try and talk you out of it? This is the first question I ask my two students as they make them selves at home. After a brief moment I was [...]
Thursday night Smith’s School of English lesson by MW
ET:
I started this lesson with 3 pink students by asking each of them what gifts they gave their mothers on mother’s day this past Sunday. 2 gave their mothers popular flower gifts and I was surprised to hear the third student didn’t give his mother anything. But [...]
I had a class with three green level and red level students yesterday, all of whom have been with us for at least 2 years and know each other quite well. I did not need to worry about creating a nice atmosphere because the moment I welcomed them into my classroom, a natural chitchat conversation [...]
Green curry English
ria
Twilight falls as a hot curry settles in my stomach from a place nearby. Sweating slightly I find that my first lesson is with a green level student who has been coming to Smith’s School of English for many years, and who consistently has multiple lessons every week, even on the same day. [...]
ET
A two person pink lesson. I opened up the lesson by asking ` What`s up? ` I got a blank look from both the students so I wrote this up on the board along with other phrases;
What`s up? Nothing much/Not much/Nothing special/I……..
What`s new?
How are you? Pretty good/Not (too) bad/Not so good/I`m…….
How`s it going?
I then explained the difference [...]
ET: When it rains, I~
This first student today is very adamant over learning English. Despite the fact that her Golden Week was non-existent due to overtime, she still manages to come in every Saturday afternoon with a smile. So when I ask her about the previous [One Point] she eagerly recites the sentence [...]
A Quiet Orange Saturday Afternoon
Ria
It is a quiet Saturday in Smiths School of English, Kyobashi. I’ve spent the morning at Horie school, with eager students. Combining this with good luck in the subway getting to Kyobashi, I am in a rather zesty mood. This enthusiasm seems catching as I start the lesson with an orange [...]
Smith’s School of English Lesson Report by MW 5/8/07
I had 2 beginner level students today. I prepared a basic item and a routine for them. I noticed that I hadn’t met one of the students before.
ET
B19 - From Smith’s School of English One Point Series
I started the lesson with introductions since this was the first [...]
ET: B33 – I sometimes (A) while (B) - From Smith’s School of English One Point Series
Seeing as how the students are returning from a 2 week holiday – Golden Week – it’s probably safe to assume that some of them will have forgotten the previous [One Point]. After some friendly chit-chat to warm [...]
It is very sunny on the first day back to Smith’s School or English for me after Golden Week. My first class for the evening is a pink student who I know to be very friendly, but shy in speaking. With a relatively relaxed atmosphere I ask her what she did during Golden Week. She [...]
Smith’s School of English Lessons
I had a pink level student today. I prepared a basic Item and a basic Routine as well. During pre-lesson preparations, I noticed that this was her first time the student comes in for lessons and her trial lesson teacher used part one of the Morning Routine. The trial lesson teacher [...]
Smith’s School of English Lesson Plan Narrative
Today’s first student was a middle-aged man who is red level. He has been coming to Smiths as a man to man student for a long time and enjoys a challenge in his lessons as well the opportunity to discuss and use his English freely.
ET B.9 - From Smith’s [...]
April 21, 2007
Smith’s School of English Kyobashi
It’s hotter today that it has been of late, which is pretty surprising and unfortunate for those of us who are wearing itchy, woolly socks. Many of the students coming in are in high spirits thanks to the wonderful weather.
ET: B18 – I’m sick of (A) because [...]