I just finished my last English lesson of the day at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi. Today was a great day. It’s the rainy season here in Japan now and it’s been raining a lot since last week, but today the weather was good. I took advantage of the nice weather and some free time [...]
I love sweets. I don’t smoke or drink, but I need something sweet everyday. Toast with peanut butter and sweet jam, delicious muffins from COSTCO and home-brewed Starbucks coffee with a tasty, slightly sweet, creamy powder called Creap, sugar and honey are examples of sweet things that I enjoy at home. On days off I [...]
I have some free time before I teach my next lesson so I thought I’d come and tell you about my last lesson today. I taught present continuous tense to two students, one of whom began studying with me just last week. I pretended calling them by telephone and asking them what they were doing. [...]
As an English teacher teaching English in Japan, it is always great to hear about a Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi student using English outside the classroom. This week, a gave a trial lesson to a lady who was introduced to my school by a long-time student of mine. I am very thankful to my [...]
Today we had snow in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, the location of my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校). Snow is rare here and even rarer is snow that doesn’t melt right away because the temperature is usually above freezing here in Tsukaguchi, even in the wintertime. However today it’s colder [...]
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Well here I am near the end of 2010, looking back at another great year of teaching English in Japan at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) and living in Japan. This year was a very special one with the birth of my daughter Tina in August. You can read about it by clicking here. (^.^) I [...]
It’s always a lot of fun teaching English in Japan at my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県). Christmas is coming soon so it has been the topic of many fun conversations at my English conversation school in Japan. Many people celebrate [...]
Some vending machines offer drinks at reduced prices near my English school (英会話), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Drinks that used to be 120 yen are now 100 or even 80 yen. This is an example of the deflation in Japan that is going on now. Lower prices can bring lower [...]
Last weekend, a small group of us from our English school スミス英会話鶴橋校 headed out to do a little bit of sightseeing. Our destination was Mt. Rokko. We couldn’t have asked for a better day! The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the scenery was breath-taking. For many of us, this was the first [...]
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