Last Friday, I gave a free trial English conversation lesson to a married couple at my English school in Amagasaki, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi. They told me how they had heard about my school. What I heard made me happy. They were friends with the owner of a grilled meat restaurant located in the [...]
With the end of January almost upon us, happy lunar new year greetings from Kyoto. I hope 2012 is off to a good start for the entire Smith’s community! 2011, while a period of learning for me at Smith’s Nagaokakyo (スミス 英会話 長岡京), finished up strong. This has carried into the new year and I [...]
This year, I bought Daruma doll which is a Japanese good luck charm. For those of you not familiar with the Japanese Daruma doll, you can read about it by clicking here. I have set a 2012 goal for my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi and filled in one eye of my [...]
Happy New Year everybody! I had a great winter vacation. I spent a wonderful time with family in the Florida Keys, Florida, U.S.A. and Okayama Perfecture, Japan. Having had a great break and feeling refreshed, I am ready to start my job teaching English in Japan to wonderful students again. 2011 was a great year [...]
Christmas is coming up and here in Japan, lots of people eat Christmas cake. I wrote about this last year. You can read my post by clicking here. On the right is a photo of a Christmas cake given to me this week on Friday by a student of mine (Akira) at my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School [...]
Hello all! (^.^)/ December is under way and it’s almost the end the year. December is quite a busy month for Japanese. I wrote a post on this last year. I invite you to read my post by clicking here. At my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki, a great year [...]
The other day I had some time between classes at my English school, スミス英会話天神橋筋六丁目 so I went shopping in nearby Umeda (梅田). It is just 2 stops on the Tanimachi line (谷町線). There is a lot of construction going on! The recently completed new JR Osaka station (JR 大阪駅) is really amazing. Also, betwen Yodobashi [...]
Hi everyone, my name is James and I’m very happy to be opening a new Smith’s School of English franchise: Tenjinbashisujirokuchome school (天神橋筋六丁目校). I’ve been living in Tenjinbashisujirokuchome (“Tenroku” for short!) for the last 4 years and I love my neighborhood. It’s a short bike ride to both Umeda (梅田) and Osaka Castle (大阪城), so [...]
I enjoy holding events for students, either Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi only events or joint events with other Smith’s schools. All events are great opportunities for Smith’s English conversation (英会話) students to practice their English, meet other students, make new friends, enjoy good food and have a great time with their teachers outside the classroom. [...]
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