September 10, 2008 – 10:47 pm
Things are rolling at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School. Last week I gave three trial lessons and one student joined right away. This week I have two trial lessons on my schedule. I gave one on the 9th and she joined the next day! I’m going to give another one tonight! Fantastic!
The two students [...]
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September 5, 2008 – 10:30 am
Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi enjoyed holding a barbecue event with the Okamoto, Horie, Otsu and Fuse schools on July 27th, 2008 at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka, Japan. My school’s group was made up of some students, their friends and family, my wife, her cousin, a person who works at her workplace and me. At [...]
By Derek
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August 25, 2008 – 8:38 pm
It has been quite a hot summer. Recently the temperature has begun to drop, which is very nice. It looks like autumn is on the way! I love autumn. In Canada the Maple leaves change color. Japan also has its own species of Maples, or Momiji, whose leaves also change color. Last year, my school, Smith’s School [...]
August 17, 2008 – 11:53 pm
I’ve just finished enjoying the Smith’s Obon holiday. While I really enjoy working at my school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, it was great to take a break. I watched a bunch of movies at home on Cable TV, went out shopping with family, went to my sports center, TIPNESS to do weight training and [...]
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A student of mine from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki City recently prepared a great DVD which contains a video and photos he took at a joint barbecue event my school held with the Ohtsu, Okamoto, Horie and Fuse schools at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka, Japan on July 27th, 2008. This is [...]
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On Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Smith’s Tsukaguchi, Okamoto, Ohtsu, Fuse and Horie Schools held a joint barbecue event together at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka, Japan. It was our second event together. We enjoyed some nice food and played games in English. We had a great time!
We should do more events together! It really is [...]
By Derek
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Last Wednesday I went to a Japanese class I attend on Wednesday mornings in the city that I live in, Amagasaki City in Hyogo Prefecture. As always, I took a bus from a bus stop near my home to Hanshin Amagasaki Station. When I got on the bus, I said good morning to the bus [...]
By Derek
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I love COSTCO in Japan! Last Sunday we had an appointment to go to there with a former coworker of my wife, his wife and his four-year-old boy. He and his wife had wanted to check out COSTCO and my wife had said that they could go with us. They picked us up by van. [...]
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The following is based on Smith’s School of English curriculum Routine 4 Lawson’s text and questions.
Going to Starbucks Coffee in Japan
I stand outside Starbucks Coffee thinking about having something to eat and drink for breakfast. I decide to have breakfast there so I go into the shop. I look for an available table. I find [...]
By Derek
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