ET: I was invited to (A) but (B). Today’s English Lesson started very well. I walked my student into the classroom and offered him a chair along with a drink. Once we got seated I asked my student what he did over the weekend and he replied busy, he explained that he was very busy [...]
On the 22nd of August 2009, Smith’s School of English Kyobashi Corner, スミス英会話京橋, enjoyed our very own Cheese and Wine party. Our teachers and students could take a break from the teaching and study of English to share some leisure time together. Our students all had fun speaking in English and we also had some [...]
ET: For me, (A) is enjoyable because (B). This English class started off well as my student was eager to talk about her Obon holiday. I used last week’s one point (ET) to explain about my trip to Suma beach, ‘For me, going to the beach is enjoyable because I love the sun and sea.’ [...]
This article about the Tenjin Matsuri is a bit late, but I had to make sure I had all my photos and news organised properly. This year 2009 Tenjin Matsuri was fantastic, I will always keep this experience with me for the rest of my life. Well, I went with a few friends and I [...]
When I first arrived in Japan I was searching for work but I would always come across flyer distribution, and I would always push them off with a smirk. I never considered doing this service, but since I joined Smiths I was strapped for money and needed to cash quick. To this time I still [...]
Today I did my first, trial lesson, and “wow” what can I say. I had a lot of questions before I started. How will I determine their levels, how will I know what lesson I will go for? I had two trial students at once, so I had to be more sharp. I took a [...]
Yesterday I had a fun time with my last student of the day, I popped off to the toilet just before my lesson started and when I returned I was about to rush my student into the class but he was missing. I walked into my classroom and he was already seated, books and pens [...]
The other day I had the most exciting student I believed I would every have, and maybe the last. He was exploding with energy and couldn’t sit down for five seconds. At first I thought he would be too much to handle, the energy was literally bouncing off the walls! But through his exploding energy [...]
Hi my name is Simon, I’m new to Smiths and I have been working at our Head-Office branch Kyobashi Corner for three weeks now. At first when I took a look at our curriculum and teaching tools I was blown away by how much material there was, and I admit that I was a little [...]
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