September 5, 2011 – 6:35 am
My student over the past year and half wrote a nice comment and I thought I would share it with you all.We recently covered a topic about Mr. Kikuchi who was written about in the Japan Times. Mr. Kikuchi is known as the ‘English Monster’ because he has taken the TOEIC 50 times and never [...]
August 17, 2010 – 4:51 am
Last week I had three students and decided to use the vocabulary lessons. These are an interesting part of the Smith’s curriculum. They consist of many units each comprising 12 words. The words are random and unrelated for the most part. Some are nouns. Some are verbs and some are adjectives. Some can be used [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in English Lesson Plans, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a reward in itself, enjoyed this a lot, my high level students, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Also tagged English Vocabulary Lessons, Smith's School of English, スミス英会話, 他の学校と違う英会話学校, 本当の英会話, 英語上達
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I recently received a few bottles of a special beer from my student. She brought them back from Hokkaido. The beer is a micro-brew made using iceberg water. It is called Okhotsk Blue. The Okhotsk Blue Draft is one of the most unique beers around, counting a couple of unusual ingredients into its mix. Chief [...]
So if you asked me what was great about owning and teaching at my own Smith’s School of English (Okamoto School) I would have to say that, having been at it for about 4 years, I treasure each day and each minute I have the opportunity to help my students to make progress to improve [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Also tagged Kobe Japan, Okamoto, スミス英会話岡本校, 岡本
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Wow! What a great time! Sunday we were blessed with wonderful weather here in KANSAI. And this was perfect for enjoying the wonderful cherry blossoms in the Osaka Jo Park. We were unable to stake out our usual spot next to the outer moat but did grab a very large spot across the walkway from [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, SSE Okamoto Corner, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Also tagged スミス英会話, スミス英会話花見会, 花見会
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Smith’s School of English is now providing free online listening lessons for students to practice over and over at home. There are three ways to access these videos. From the Main Site TOEIC Lesson Page 無料TOEICレッスン From the Japanese Blog 無料オンラインTOEICレッスン From the Smith’s School of English YouTube Channel: ssejapan Listening practice is good for all [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in English Lesson Plans, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, Seek to understand, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, high level students, my high level students, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Also tagged TOEIC, TOEIC試験, スミス英会話岡本校, 英会話上達, 英語上達
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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 put [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in Alone or Franchise?, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a look back, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Also tagged TOEIC, TOEIC test, TOEIC 試験, スミス英会話, 本当に違う英会話
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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! [...]
By Michael
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot
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Also tagged Smith's School of English, Teaching English in Japan, えいかいわ, アイススケート, スミス英会話, スミス英会話無料レッスン, 月謝制, 英会話千日前線, 英会話近鉄線, 英会話鶴橋, 英語
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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 made [...]
By Al Bartle
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Posted in Alone or Franchise?, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, rewarding job change, teaching: why i do it
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Also tagged Excellent English School, スミス英会話, 英会話, 英会話上達, 英会話岡本, 英語は不可欠, 英語を話したい, 英語上達
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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 [...]
By Paul
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Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my passion: language, rewarding job change, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Also tagged English Christmas party, えいかいわ, クリスマス, スミス 英会話, 千日前線, 月謝制, 英会話スクール, 英語, 近鉄大阪線, 近鉄奈良線, 鶴橋英会話
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