Tag Archives: 英会話大津

A Visitor at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi

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 [...]

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

A Canadian in Japan: My First Time in Tokyo Day 3

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. [...]

A Canadian in Japan: My First Time in Tokyo Day 2

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 [...]

Live Jazz is Great!-Hamaotsu Summer Festa-

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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 [...]

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 size city in Shiga prefecture, which is a fairly quiet, rural area. [...]

Beautiful British Columbia “Calling From The Coast: Exploring BC’s Wild Coast through video”

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 [...]

Bridging IN and OUT of Routine 1

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] [...]

Easiest Business to Run… Ever?

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. [...]

Record Month at Smith’s School of English Ohtsu

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 [...]

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