The Wine Tasting Course at my Smith’s School of English Franchise in Kotoen is taking off and one senior man who is particularly interested in European food brought an extraordinary gift to the classroom the other day. Although he laments that the economy really isn’t all that great and that it really isn’t very likely [...]
On behalf of Smith’s School of English Kamishinjo スミス英会話 上新庄校, and Smith’s School of English Ohtsuスミス英会話 大津校, I would like to thank John from Smith’s School of English Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校 and Derek from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi スミス英会話 塚口校 for including us in the Hiking Event that your schools hosted on Sunday, June 28th, 2009. I think I speak for everyone when I [...]
Recently I have used a very special book that I own as a subject for free conversation with some of my students at Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校. This book is called LIVING JAPAN and is by Donald Keene, a world renowned expert on Japan, its culture and literature. This book contains many chapters [...]
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Students often ask what steps they can take to become better at English. Of course there is no single answer but if I were pressed to give one, it would be to simply “use” English every chance you get. Though there are not millions of native speakers in Japan, there are a lot of people [...]