スミス英会話堺東・なかもず校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら→(スミス英会話 堺東校)(スミス英会話 なかもず校) Something occurred to me during our ’08 Christmas party. I was pleasantly surprised to see students of all levels giving it there best to chat away in English to each other. I was proud to see some of the lower levels mixing it with the higher levels. I realized that most of [...]
Ok, so what is most needed in just about everything we do? It is absolutely, without a doubt, confidence! Look around you today and try to find what is missing and perhaps the root cause of the economic downturn plaguing the world. It is the lack of confidence. Confidence to buy things, to start new [...]
As you read all of these posts by Smith’s School owner-teachers you cannot help but feel the passion we all have for what we do. We are much more than just teachers. We are full-fledged members of our communities. We attend a lot of local events and participate actively in our students’ lives in ways [...]
Every English teacher in Japan is constantly asked by students how they can become better at English. When my students ask me, I say you just need to allow yourself the chance to use English more every day. That means you must read it, write it, speak it and listen to it as many hours [...]
In a previous post Edward explained how to use the Phrase cards to teach the phrases. As Edward explained, you create a sort of short story which uses the phrases. Actually, we have already created a large number of these, but there are still many more to create. Recently I enlisted the help of one [...]
It is a good message. As human beings we often get bogged down in everyday life and forget there are people in the world who are inspired to do something great and there are also those who are inspiring others to do something great. As teachers we have a unique opportunity to inspire our students [...]
What’s different about Smith’s School compared with the multitude of English conversation schools in Japan? Bottom to the top it’s totally different. It’s truly a breath of fresh air. No stale lesson plans, no stiff teachers looking truly uncomfortable in ties, just a down-to-earth well thought out curriculum which provides what Japanese students of English [...]
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