January 30, 2010 – 6:58 am
Teaching English in Japan to my wonderful students is great! I have such nice students at my English conversation school（英会話）, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi（スミス英会話塚口校） . It’s located in what is also my home, Tsukaguchi（塚口） in Amagasaki City（尼崎市）, Hyogo Perfecture（兵庫県）, Japan. Smith’s teachers from other Smith’s schools are also very nice and like me, have [...]
By Derek
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Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner
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Also tagged English Conversation, English Conversation School, Smith's School of English, Smith's School of English Ohtsu, smith's school of English Tsukaguchi, Teaching English in Japan, スミス英会話, スミス英会話塚口校, スミス英会話大津校, 尼崎市塚口町の英会話, 月謝制英会話, 英会話, 英会話塚口
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December 17, 2009 – 5:43 am
UPDATED VIDEO! SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH!
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
By Edward
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Posted in English School Articles, Living in Japan, SSE Ohtsu Corner, enjoyed this a lot
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Also tagged biwa, cycling, Japan, kyoto, shiga, サイクリング, スミス英会話, スミス英会話大津校, 大津英会話, 月謝制, 月謝制英会話, 石山, 膳所, 英会話, 英会話月謝制
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September 15, 2009 – 7:24 pm
Continuation of A Canadian in Japan: My First Time in Tokyo Day 1 and My First Time in Tokyo Day 2
I needed to get a new Canadian passport, so I decided to make the trip to Tokyo and get it done in person. I had never been to Tokyo and so I was quite excited. [...]
August 11, 2009 – 7:24 pm
Continuation of A Canadian in Japan: My First Time in Tokyo Day 1
I needed to get a new Canadian passport, so I decided to make the trip to Tokyo and get it done in person. I had never been to Tokyo and so I was quite excited. I live in Ohtsu, which is a medium [...]
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On August 2nd and 3rd, I went to “Hamaotsu Summer Festa” hosted in my hometown, Otsu (大津), Shiga (滋賀).
This is one of my favorite annual events in Japan.
At the festival, we could enjoy a live Jazz concert performed on an outdoor stage, which was temporarily built right by the biggest lake in Japan, Lake Biwa.
Just like any other Japanese [...]
I needed to get a new Canadian passport, so I decided to make the trip to Tokyo and get it done in person. I had never been to Tokyo and so I was quite excited. I live in Ohtsu, which is a medium size city in Shiga prefecture, which is a fairly quiet, rural area. [...]
Photography is a new hobby of mine. It started about 2 years ago when I bought a 1982 Canon AL-1 with a 35-70mm zoom lens. Since then I have tried and tried and tried to improve my photography skills. Although I do believe I am improving, I’m still lucky to get 3 good pictures out [...]
I love Routine 1. I have taught many different curriculums in Japan, and I can confidently say “I LOVE routine 1″. Recently I have been focusing on expanding students’ understanding and usage of the routine 1 questions. I have been working on a ten lesson rotation, planning 1 question from routine 1 and 1 [bridged] [...]
Last Friday at 3:30 I was teaching a class when a young man walked into my school. I excused myself from my lesson for less than the 30 seconds it took to offer him a seat on the sofa, a cold cup of tea, and to pass him off to my staff at head office. [...]
In January I set a goal for myself and Smith’s School of English Ohtsu:
“In 2009, I will improve on ALL of the “local promotion numbers” from 2008″
What this means is that if we had an advertising budget of say 20$ in January 2008, we would increase that number in January of 2009 to say 30$.
As [...]