This week has been quite an eventful week here in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo Perefecture, the location of my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校). First we had snow on Monday which I earlier wrote about here. Then in the very early hours of this morning (around 2:15 am) a fire erupted [...]
Today we had snow in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, the location of my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校). Snow is rare here and even rarer is snow that doesn’t melt right away because the temperature is usually above freezing here in Tsukaguchi, even in the wintertime. However today it’s colder [...]
Yesterday (Sunday) was a day off from my great job teaching English in Japan to fantastic students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県). As usual, I spent the day with my wife and daughter. We had a nice late breakfast at the ACTA Nishinomiya Starbucks Coffee store in Nishinomiya’s shopping [...]
I think that learning proper English pronunciation (英語の発音) is important for Japanese people. Not knowing how to properly pronounce words can lead to them not being understood by English speakers. One of the things that I like about my job teaching English in Japan is being able to teach them proper English pronunciation. One [...]
At Smith’s School of English, we know that a team of like-minded individuals working together can always achieve much more than any one individual can alone. We believe that together, everybody achieves more. Together Everybody Achieves More = T.E.A.M. We believe in T.E.A.M.! We are the largest English conversation school franchise system in Japan 100% [...]
Last Saturday, I went out to the movies with a student of my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校). This student loves action movies and my wife and I have been to the movies with him several times. This time I went alone with him as my wife stayed [...]
Happy New Year everybody! After a nice vacation, yesterday I resumed my great job teaching English in Japan to wonderful students at my English conversation (英会話) school in Japan, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校), located in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県). I’m always happy to see my students again after holidays and enjoy talking [...]
Well here I am near the end of 2010, looking back at another great year of teaching English in Japan at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) and living in Japan. This year was a very special one with the birth of my daughter Tina in August. You can read about it by clicking here. (^.^) I [...]
Teaching English in Japan, living in Japan and being married to a Japanese woman has given me the opportunity to learn quite a bit about Japanese culture. One of the things that I’ve learned is that December is a busy month for Japanese people, including my students at my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of [...]
Last Friday at my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan, I showed some local promotional material that I use for my English school and I was very surprised when my student volunteered to help. A volunteer helper? Wow! I was quite [...]
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