August 19, 2010 – 12:20 am
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There are a few students ______ the Hirakata Smith’s School ______ English that remark quite often that they look forward ______ me writing more “missing preposition” articles ______ the future. One [...]
On Fridays there are two women that take classes, sometimes together and sometimes separately. They are both decent English speakers, and both have a similar dedication to learning English. The first woman started to learn English, because as a younger person in Junior and High School, English plagued her. She didn’t like it at the [...]
The summer heat and humidity has once again forced the air-conditioners on in homes, offices and schools across the nation. Every year at this time I think about how we can save on energy and also help the environment. Are my home and school as eco-friendly as they could be? Are we doing everything that we can [...]
Just last month I turned 36…it’s precisely this age that my father decided to take a job in the Philippines that would forever change our lives and eventually bring me to where I am today. As such I thought it might be a good time for me to take stock of just what I have [...]
The human mind is an amazing tool that thankfully we all possess. Everything that we create is due in no small part to the power of our our mind. The Internet, the airplane, space travel and whatever you can think of was once a figment of someone’s imagination. Others may have laughed but thanks to [...]
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A few days ago ___ one of my classes a student remarked about a preposition that was ___ a paragraph that she was reading. She really couldn’t understand why that particular preposition was used. I tried to explain, and [...]
Below is a story about a recent trip to Germany written by one of my student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Ohtsu.
My student’s name is Kimiko. She is a retired swimming coach and mother of 3 and a very determined English student, as English helps her with her travels all [...]
Below is a story about a recent trip to Gold Coast, Australia written by one of my student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Ohtsu. Two of my student’s traveled to Australia together, where they met up with former Smith’s School of English owner and teacher, Craig Drayton!
My students’ names are Masako and [...]
In class today we were talking about success. I asked a student a very direct question: “What is success?” This stumped her for a minute before she went on to give her own, very clear, definition. I explained to her that when we do this it’s called a “working definition” and that it is often [...]
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I have just added 2 new categories to the soapbox: Sightseeing in Japan and Travel Abroad.
As is likely obvious, the ‘Sightseeing in Japan‘ category is for any articles related to sightseeing in Japan- day trips, hot spots, local recommendations, hot springs, secret sightseeing spots, you name it. If it’s fun or interesting and you [...]