Tag Archives: Ikoma

Hole In the Wall

I really enjoy Indian food. I think it is wonderful. And my hometown in Canada – Edmonton – is terrible for Indian food. Or at least it was before I came here. I have found great Indian food abroad, in places like Zimbabwe and Malaysia. But I have recently found great Indian food right here [...]

the results are in

Well the results are in now, and here at Ikoma Smith’s School of English. We are in a winning situation. All the kids who wrote the listening test passed, for a 100% pass rate. I am amazed at my students, they really seem to like the tests.  some of the kids ask their parents very [...]

Kitchen Timer English

Have you ever noticed how some students ask you to repeat what you say much more frequently than other students? If you’re like me…

Learn English Vocabulary

I was just thinking about how to learn English vocabulary. I like to give advice on how to study here in Ikoma (生駒).  I thought about using software like Supermemo, or Anki.  None of my students know about this software, but it is mostly English.  I wonder if there is any similar software in Japanese [...]

Eikaiwa for Kids

I had a trial lesson for a six year old last night at my スミス英会話 (Smith Eikaiwa – school of English) here in Ikoma, and the boy and I had a good time together (kids eikaiwa is popular here).  The mother however seemed a bit disappointed.  You see, she had had her boy enrolled in [...]

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