Tag Archives: 滋賀

Students Say the Darndest Things

October 10, 2008 – 7:09 am

I think the more upbeat and energetic we are with our lessons, the more students will respond. This week was a very upbeat week for me and my students responded with some really creative English usage. Here are some samples of things my students came up with:
[Teacher] Mr. A, what did you do last weekend?
[Mr. [...]

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I Love Live Music; I Live in Japan

July 22, 2008 – 6:03 am

When I first moved to Japan, the thing I missed most was the live music scene that I enjoyed back home in Nanaimo, BC, Canada. But I have been slowly uncovering the ive music scene in and around Kyoto, as has Jim in Tokyo. Many annual festivals feature free live outdoor music, such as Taiko [...]

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Extra Advertising

June 1, 2008 – 9:37 pm

This month we did a little bit more advertising to build on the flyering that we already do 2 or 3 times a week.

First, we printed 2000 copies of A4 sized flyers (on Sakura colour paper!!) and put them in the Mainichi Shinbun. Second, we posted our school information in Shiga Living (a weekly newspaper [...]

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New SSE Coach, Nervous SSE Coach: No Problem!

May 31, 2008 – 10:45 pm

In April of this year, my partner Chiharu starting teaching at our school, Smith’s School of English Ohtsu.

At first she was very worried that students wouldn’t like having a Japanese National for an English teacher.
But her worries quickly abated as she realized several things: (1) she is an amazing coach with a deep understanding of [...]

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An Amazing Month: Nagasaki and Personal Bests

May 31, 2008 – 9:59 pm

Chiharu and I had an amazing month at our school, SSE Ohtsu.
We started the month with the second half of our first Golden Week at Smith’s. As Don mentioned in “Golden Week Excursion” and Derek mentioned in “A taste of Canada at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi“, Golden week at Smith’s is wonderful and the [...]

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