Category Archives: SSE Tsukaguchi Corner

Hamburger Night Is Back!

March 9, 2010 – 8:27 am

I love the work that I do for Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi  (スミス英会話　塚口校) , my English conversation school (英会話スクール), located  in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan.  However at the end of my working week, Saturday night, I love having my wife’s delicious hamburgers! Saturday night is “Hamburger Night”. You can read about [...]

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Smith’s Seminar in Osaka and Video

March 1, 2010 – 10:15 am

I love Smith’s School of English seminars. They are a great chance to see fellow Smith’s franchisees that all do the same job as me and hear about the latest developments in the Smith’s system and English school industry in Japan from Smith’s founder Mark Smith.  Important things are announced or discussed at seminars that are important [...]

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I’m Lovin’ It at Smith’s

February 26, 2010 – 7:51 pm

I’m loving everything that I do for the Smith’s School of English franchise school system and my English conversation school(英会話学校), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話　塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. That includes all the work that I do to find new students, coaching communicative confidence to my great students, holding events [...]

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Smiling with My Eyes

February 26, 2010 – 9:20 am

I’m loving everything that I do for my English conversation school (英会話スクール), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi(スミス英会話　塚口校).  That includes handing out flyers promoting my school. This morning while handing out flyers, I came up with the “smile with your eyes” idea.  So what does it mean? It means radiating warmth from your eyes while handing out flyers which [...]

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Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi New Year Event 2010

February 20, 2010 – 9:38 am

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The year 2010 means another fun year teaching English conversation （英会話） to my great students at my English conversation school （英会話スクール）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校) , located in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. My school welcomed 2010  by holding a  New [...]

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Changing How Students Feel

February 17, 2010 – 10:57 pm

One thing that I love about my job teaching English conversation (英会話) in Japan is changing the way my students feel after a day at work in a positive way. At my English conversation school (英会話スクール), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話　塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture(兵庫県), Japan, my students often tell me [...]

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Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2010 – 8:03 am

Receiving chocolate or other sweets for Valentine’s Day is a nice perk of my job teaching English conversation (英会話) to wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話　塚口校) , located  in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. You can see the sweets that I received just today in the photo. Yummy! I really appreciate these gifts from [...]

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Calling Students by Their First Names

February 10, 2010 – 10:22 am

I enjoy sharing my Canadian culture with students at my English conversation school (英会話学校), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話　塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口町), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. Calling people by their first names is common in Canada , even with people who are not very close.  Therefore I try to call my students by their first [...]

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Back Out Doing Flyers

February 9, 2010 – 12:59 pm

On Tuesday, after teaching English to great students and receiving a fresh new batch of Smith’s flyers at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi （スミス英会話塚口校） in Amagasaki City （尼崎市）, Hyogo Perfecture （兵庫県）, Japan, I went out and handed out flyers for the first time in months. I wore my Smith’s School of English red sweatshirt, which is [...]

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Bullet Trains vs Airplanes

February 6, 2010 – 6:29 am

I’m having fun at my English conversation school （英会話スクール）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi （スミス英会話塚口校）in Amagasaki City（尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture（兵庫県）, Japan. Last Sunday, I attended a Smith’s seminar in Yokohama and used a Japanese bullet train (Shinkansen) as you can read about in “My Trip to Yokohama to Attend a Smith’s Seminar“.  As people often use bullet trains or [...]

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