No- not the British Broadcast Corporation. I am being featured on a profile piece on Biwako Broadcasting, the local cable network in Shiga prefecture. I thought some of my students and friends might like to catch it live. I don’t know if the channel is available everywhere in Japan or only in Shiga, but don’t [...]
I’m sure some of you have been eagerly awaiting my next preposition challenge. Enjoy. Over/ to / for / with / in / from / into / at / out / (x) (x) = blank It’s interesting how tough it is _____stick _____ goals that I had once set _____ myself. I was very strict [...]
The Issue : NOx and PM Emissions in Japan. Well O.K. it is not an article about English teaching in Japan however as an English teacher walking around this wonderful country I am concerned about the air I breath. As a young boy I often had to control my emotions as I sat back lamely [...]
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 [...]
In America we don’t really have festivals like you do here in Japan. We have certain holidays, like the Fourth of July, where we celebrate Independence Day, and everyone gets together at parks or at each others houses to have barbeques and light off fireworks. It’s fun, but for me it’s old hat and not [...]
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 If asked what brought me to Japan, there are lots of answers as Japan culture is very diverse and interesting. But the main reason for me coming to Japan was and still is to learn Gagaku (雅楽). Starting about ten years ago with the first Gagaku concert of the Gagaku club of at [...]
In just over 6 hours many of my students will be gathering around their television to watch the Japan Paraguay game…unlike Japan’s previous game it starts earlier which means I can watch it and not suffer from sleep deprivation. In my youth I could stay up late and wake up early and somehow be functional [...]
When I was young I loved playing soccer but as I got older I found it harder and harder to play because it requires more than just a few people and a decent enough space was needed (I also wasn’t a fan of playing on muddy fields) so I turned my attention towards basketball. Despite [...]
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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