Tag Archives: english

ESL Story: A Tale of Four Cities (Part 1 – Budapest)

Below is a story about a recent trip to Eastern Europe written by one of the student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Ohtsu. Two of my student’s traveled to four European countries together, along with 20 other travelers, a tour guide, and their cameras! My students’ names are Masako and Kimiko. This [...]

Have a look at these beautyful Wavyleaf Sea-lavenderスターチス!

This week I again choose a purple flower to decorate the reception room in the Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施. If you have been reading my articles regularly you will know that it is my son`s favorite color. It`s name is Wavyleaf Sea-lavender or Limonium sinuatum in English英語 and スターチス in Japanese. [...]

Decorating the Smith`s school of English in Fuse with Zantedeschia(Calla)

This week, I decided that it was time to find some beautiful flowers to put in the reception room of our English Conversation school in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施 . I went to the flower shop I usually go to right in the Fuse shopping alley and had a look at the flowers they were offering [...]

Putting these purple Campanulaカンパニュラ in the reception room of our school in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施

This week, I have chosen these beautiful purple Campanula カンパニュラ to decorate the reception room of the Smith`s school of English スミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施 (click here to get to the main page of the English Conversation school  英会話学校のメインサイトはこちらへ。) Commonly known as Bellflower in English, the name Campanula stems from the Latin original name. [...]

The Nature of Things

I grew up with a TV program called The Nature of Things, which airs once a week and features host David Suzuki, a famous Canadian environmentalist. The premise of the show is nature, and science, and how humans live with and affect the natural world. As a science show, it is informative and interesting, as [...]

A Warm Welcome

In January of 2010 I was asked about joining the local volunteer fire corps, and having been a POC (Paid on Call) firefighter in Canada for 5 years, I was excited to learn about Japanese firefighting techniques and fire corps SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures). Plus I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet [...]

Have a look at these cute Alstroemeriaアリストロメリア in my school in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施

This week, the shop assistant at the flower shop in the shopping arcade in Ajiro, Fuse布施足代 recommended these cute flowers to me. Are they not beautiful! They are called Alstroemeria both in English and in Japanese. So the Japanese name in katakanaアリストロメリア resembles  the English name very well. The flower itself was  named by the German [...]

Decorating the Smith`s school of English in Fuse with some wonderful daffodilsスイセン

スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら As I am hoping for a nice long spring this year, I have chosen these beautiful yellow wild daffodilsラッパスイセン to decorate the reception room in the Smith`s school of English in Fuse, Higashi Osaka 東大坂布施. As the daffodil or narcissus, it`s  official name, blooms at the end of winter and early spring, it [...]

This week I decorate the Smith`s school of English with beautiful tulipsチューリップ!

スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら Maybe the End of January/ beginning of February is a little bit early for this beauty of a flower, but on seeing them in the flower shop in Fuse, Higashi-Osaka 東大阪布施, these tulips チューリップ just caught my eye. The tulip is a really famous flower and I sure that everybody knows them, but new [...]

ESL Story: A Student’s Trip to Hawaii Part 1

Below is a story about a recent trip to Hawaii written by one of the student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Otsu. My student’s name is Toshiko. She is a franchise business owner and a very determined English student, as English helps her with her business. She has been studying with us at [...]

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