Tag Archives: 英会話大津

ESL Story: A record of my climbing Mt. Kinabalu

Below is a story about a recent trip to Mt. Kinabalu in Malaysia written by one of my student’s at my English school, Smith’s School of English Ohtsu. My student’s name is Mitsuhiro. He is a Forest Keeper and a very determined English student, as English helps him with all his traveling. His hobbies include [...]

Live Music in Japan: Victor Wooten @ Billboard Live

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 Monday March 29th and Tuesday March 30th, Victor Wooten and his brothers and a special guest played at Billboard Live in Osaka. Chiharu bought me tickets as a birthday present so I was thrilled to be going to see the #1 bass player in the world! Victor Wooten is the youngest of [...]

Monkeys… Arashiyama, My Favourite Place in Kyoto

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 Living in Japan we get a lot of visitors from home. My sister has visited, my parents, friends from home, friends from university, even friends from other parts of Japan. I love showing people around, being their local guide. Giving my friends and family a tour of the places I love and [...]

Smith’s 2010 Cherry Blossom Viewing Party スミス英会話大阪城公園お花見

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 It’s almost Cherry Blossom Viewing season again and time for the annual Smith’s School of English Kansai Area Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing) Party. Cherry Blossom Viewing Parties are common all across Japan as the Cherry Blossom buds open to reveal their oh so delicate and beautiful blossoms. Usually, families, friends or co-workers [...]

Warm-up and an Easy Start, Keys to Lesson Success

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 Upon entering an English school, students are greeted with a slew of standard English greetings. From the simple “Hello” and “How are you?” to the more colloquial “What’s new?” or “How ya going mate?”, students are immediately immersed in English. English classrooms are the place for English immersion: the walls have English [...]

Olympic History in Vancouver Feb 22 2010

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 In a sport dominated by Europeans, and Russians in particular, it was a huge surprise when the Canadian pair of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the gold on February 22nd 2010 in Vancouver. Their win was the first ever by a North American pair, and they also made history as the youngest ever [...]

Professional Basketball in Japan?

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 Basketball in Japan? Sports. I love ‘em. I love to watch sports, I love to play sports. My hometown, Nanaimo BC Canada is a standard Canadian city- small, homely, and full of sports. Or so I thought. Nanaimo has Junior Hockey, College Baseball, and a slew of minor leagues and high school [...]

BC’s Kermode Spirit Bear

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 With so much news about the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics, and everyone in my English school talking about them, I thought it would be nice to post about other wonderful goings on in Canada. Below there is a link to a live web cam placed with care and much effort in the [...]

Homemade & Hand-Made Valentine’s Day Gifts

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 For more on Valentine’s Day in Japan (English) CLICK HERE For more on Valentine’s Day in Japan (日本語) CLICK HERE Valentine’s day in Japan is so unlike valentine’s day in Canada. For men. In Canada, valentine’s day is a day for men to spend money, stress about preparing just the right gift, [...]

Malta is NOT in Italy

スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 It’s true! A student is going on a trip to Malta next month. In her English lesson last week, she told me she was going to Italy for a week tour. She told me she is going to Malta, which she explained was a small Italian island located just off the tip [...]

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