Tag Archives: 楽しい英会話

TOEIC+ Listening Practice Videos

February 14, 2010 – 5:15 pm

I have been reading the posts here and I am so impressed with so many of them. We really have a great team at Smith’s School of English.
Recently John Coleman (See his post on the movie “Invictus“) and I are collaborating on some TOEIC listening practice videos for the Smithweb site. We have [...]

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スミス英会話鶴橋校：Triple Axels and Double Toe Loops in Tsuruhashi

February 1, 2010 – 6:07 am

One of the great things about being situated in Tsuruhashi is it’s proximity to so many great venues.  Now, I’m not just talking about all the wonderful Yaki-niku restaurants in the area, as they tend to “smell” for themselves.  I’m talking about quite the opposite.  Stuff that is good for your heart, i.e.  physical activity!  [...]

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Teamwork Works!

January 23, 2010 – 6:41 pm

Smith’s School of English – Okamoto

Last week John of the Kawanishi school and I (Okamoto School) helped each other to distribute flyers. Though we started at 7:30 a.m. the time went so fast as we enjoyed chatting during the time. The funny thing is that I think just our talking while we worked [...]

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スミス英会話鶴橋校　クリスマス2009年：Tsuruhashi’s merry little Christmas!

December 28, 2009 – 6:03 am

ビデオ：To watch the video of the Christmas party, please click HERE
Mike and myself had big expectations for our first Christmas party at Smith’s School of English, Tsuruhashi. They consisted of a fun filled evening where we could savor new found friendships,and delight ourselves in listening to the continued development of our students ability in conversational [...]

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Okamoto News (Smith’s Okamoto School)

December 13, 2009 – 10:58 pm

We are now looking good! The street was just repainted green as is common for streets around schools in Japan. It looks great! But on top of that we have a new shop downstairs.
TAKO YAKI (Hot Octopus Balls) are now available including various tastes: SHOYU (Soy), SHIO (Salt), PONZU (Soy-vinegar), KARE [...]

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スミス英会話BBQイベント2009年

November 29, 2009 – 6:00 pm

On September 27th we had a very nice BBQ Party attended by 29 students, teachers, family members and friends from Okamoto, Tsukaguchi and Kawanishi Schools.  We enjoyed some great barbecued beef, seafood, drinks and two great cakes and great Hawaiian coffee supplied and served by Derek of the Tsukaguchi School. Watch the Video here.
These events [...]

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TOEIC Expectations by Japanese Companies

September 22, 2009 – 6:49 pm

Of course this is Japan so, Japanese university students looking for jobs need excellent Japanese ability, but it seems that Japanese companies are expecting fairly good English ability also.  This became apparent earlier this year when I was looking through the SHUUKAN ST, a students’ weekly newspaper that I subscribe to for my students.  There [...]

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スミス英会話BBQ（塚口校、川西校、岡本校）Smith’s is more fun!

September 21, 2009 – 9:03 pm

Well we are preparing for the barbeque at my house next Sunday. It will be the last big bash for the Summer which officially already ended but not for me — not until we have this barbeque.  

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Akashi Channel Bridge (World’s Longest Suspension Bridge)

July 4, 2009 – 12:57 am

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge, it the world’s longest suspension bridge. It crosses the Akashi Strait between Maiko in Kobe and and Iwaya on Awaji Island as part of the Honshu-Shikoku Highway. It’s center span is 1,991m (6,532 ft.) and the overall length is 3,991m (12,831 ft.)
It is an amazing [...]

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Singing Songs in English ♪～♪～♪

June 29, 2009 – 7:19 pm

Singing popular songs in English is one good way to improve a student’s English ability. I wrote down the lyrics and also the Japanese translations of “Beyonce’s “If I were a boy”. I included the audio track of her song too. It is good for students to try to sing the song along with her [...]

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