Having used facebook (yes, they spell it without a capital “f”) and especially its use, and recent growth in Japan, as a subject for lessons in my English school, Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi, I thought that it might prove to be a useful tool for my students in improving their English. Blogging regularly in English [...]
In a previous post I mentioned just how much I like Facebook – it’s the best way to keep in touch with friends and an easy way to track down long-lost friends. I encourage anyone who wants to study English to get a Facebook account as it’s an easy way to meet people from all [...]
One of my favorite things about working at Smith’s is the Soapbox itself. It gives us teachers the chance to inform students as well as other teachers about our experiences working in Japan. Sharing information that is either educational, inspirational or just entertaining is what it’s all about. If there is one thing I’ve learned [...]
The other day I was talking to a student about how things have changed over the past thirty or so years. The two biggest changes from our perspective were the Internet and mobile phones. Both have radically reshaped how we do business and live our lives. Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since I [...]
I love that quote. Recently one of my friends wrote it on his facebook status. When I read it I wondered if I was just sitting in the middle of the track. It’s march now and I decided that I needed to reassess the year so far to see how well I’ve really been doing. [...]
My first student back in high school actually went on to attend Carnegie Mellon, a prestigious American university. She even invited me to her high school graduation ceremony and dinner with her family. It was my honor to see her grow as an individual and an English speaker. Still today we keep in touch through [...]
For the past few years MySpace has been the talk of the town when it came to social networking and as I love computers I took a look as so many people were into it. For some reason I could never get into it, much like I can’t find mixi all that enjoyable but over [...]
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