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 [...]
スミス英会話大津校の日本語のサイトはこちら 英会話無料レッスンはこちら I often hear people say “There aren’t many opportunities to speak English in Japan.” 「日本では英語を使う機会があまりないんです。。。」 I doth protest! English in Japan: A Week in the Life of a Smith’s Student ある生徒の1週間～英語のある生活～ Masako is a wonderful student who is both keen and energetic, a powerful combination in the academic world. Here is how Masako [...]
スミス英会話大津校の日本語のサイトはこちら 英会話無料レッスンはこちら It seems to me this has been a year for weddings in our wonderful little community. 2 of our students at SSE Ohtsu have gotten married this year, and 2 others have been proposed to by the [now] fiancees. Also, Adam from SSE Sakai Higashi and his lovely wife Mayumi had a traditional [...]
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。 Sunday March 8th saw 18 participants from Smith’s School of English Ohtsu and Smith’s School of English Kamishinjo hike up Mt. Hiei in beautiful Shiga prefecture. The day started with meeting at JR Ishiyama Station JR石山駅 at 9:00 am, introductions all around, and then a short ride on the Keihan line from Keihan [...]
スミス英会話大津校の日本語のサイトはこちら 英会話無料レッスンはこちら My love for the whiteboard has been growing ever since I started at Smith’s School of English in Ohtsu (スミス英会話大津). The Smith’s curriculum encourages using the whiteboard and through the soapbox and curriculum seminars I have learned a variety of ways of using the whiteboard to maximize student learning potential and also mix things [...]
スミス英会話大津校の日本語のサイトはこちら 英会話無料レッスンはこちら 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
スミス英会話大津校の日本語のサイトはこちら 英会話無料レッスンはこちら 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 [...]
スミス英会話大津校の日本語のサイトはこちら 英会話無料レッスンはこちら Easy planning, Quick set-up, Great lesson: Reviewing Vocabulary. Reviewing an old vocabulary lesson or a set of previously learned vおcabulary is an easy to plan, quick to set-up and important lesson for language students of all levels. Teachers who keep good files should have no problem doing vocabulary review regularly. Here is [...]
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