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Cycling in Japan 3: Peddle & Paddle in Shiga

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In November 2008 I started riding with a former SSE Ohtsu student “Ozachi” (his wife is still a student at our English school). He is an older gentleman who

ESL Homework: A Student’s Trip to Hong Kong

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Edward here at Smith’s School of English in beautiful Ohtsu city in Shiga Prefecture. As many of you know, I LOVE “The Morning Routine” so it should come as no surprise to you that this post is yet again going to praise the powers of this brilliant piece of English school curriculum. In the [...]

ESL Story: A Student’s Trip to Hong Kong

Below is a story about a recent trip to Hong Kong written by one of my student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Ohtsu.

SSE Ohtsu Test スミス英会話大津テスト

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Every teacher feels pride when their students perform well. Recently at SSE Ohtsu we had several students successfully achieve some great goals.
Mr. T took the eiken pre-1st test. Last year I helped Mr. T pass the

Cycling in Japan スミス英会話大津

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In November I started riding with a former SSE Ohtsu student “Ozachi” (his wife is still a student at our school). He is an older gentleman who is quite inspiring. He rides, runs, or kayaks every weekend and is in amazing shape. He rides with a team from Strada Bicycle Shop in Kusatsu City and invited [...]

Change Things Up and Keep Life Fresh スミス英会話大津石山膳所

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Change is good.
I just wanted to remind everyone of the importance of changing things up from time to time. Change the decor in your school, change the music or the ambience. Seasonal decorations in the classroom and adding seasonal themes to your lessons make everything more interesting. Refreshing your teaching skills and changing up the [...]

スミス英会話大津 ハロウィンパーティ SSE Ohtsu Halloween Party

スミス英会話大津、ハロウィンパーティの日本語のサイトです。
On November 1st, SSE Ohtsu hosted a magnificent night of games, scary costumes, delicious treats (and pizza), pumpkin carving, treat-or-treating and more! A dozen of us crammed into our school: witches, skeletons, a giant pumpkin, a japanese comedian, a supermodel, and “Edo the Edo Samurai” (that’s me!). We had a great time singing and telling [...]

Notes on Note taking, Learning English スミス英会話大津膳所石山

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千晴の部屋はここです。英会話無料レッスンはここです。
Keen and creative students can both impress and inspire. As well as teaching students new things about the English language and coaching them to become confident using English, part of our job is to

How to Personalize your School スミス英会話大津石山膳所

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千晴の部屋はここです。英会話無料レッスンはここです。
Not personalized for you, but personalized for your students. Another thing I picked up from my part-time work at SSE Nagaoka was this great idea:

How to Teach Students of Different Levels (Routine 4) スミス英会話大津

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Have you ever struggled with having 2 students of obviously different ability level? Today I had a lesson with a low orange (mid-level beginner) student and a high red (high-level mid-range) student. The lower level student is a restaurant manager who studies for fun and has been studying with us for only 3 months; the [...]

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