As many have seen over the past few months there has been a plethora of bad news in the media concerning some of the largest companies in Japan; JAL, Honda, and last but not least Toyota. This has happened for many reasons. What I noticed that this “news” was not exclusive to Japan. It has [...]
Can you believe it? I have been living in Japan for two years. Wow, 2 years, it’s true what they say, time flies. It’s seems especially true the older that you get. It really does feel like just yesterday that I arrived. I mentioned my mile stone to my wife on Saturday and I told [...]
This is my 10th year at Smith’s…and I’ve learnt a lot over those years. I have become a better teacher, a better businessman, and a better student (because I’m always learning). I’ve had the privilege of learning from many different people within the system and for that I’m extremely grateful. My students at Smith’s 英会話 [...]
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 Upon entering an English school, students are greeted with a slew of standard English greetings. From the simple “Hello” and “How are you?” to the more colloquial “What’s new?” or “How ya going mate?”, students are immediately immersed in English. English classrooms are the place for English immersion: the walls have English [...]
This week I have been lucky enough, due to the time difference between Japan and Canada to catch the Women’s Olympic “Curling” event. It’s great, because I usually wake up right at 6 a.m., so right about the time that I am getting around and having breakfast the games start. I have always enjoyed watching [...]
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 In a sport dominated by Europeans, and Russians in particular, it was a huge surprise when the Canadian pair of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the gold on February 22nd 2010 in Vancouver. Their win was the first ever by a North American pair, and they also made history as the youngest ever [...]
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 Basketball in Japan? Sports. I love ‘em. I love to watch sports, I love to play sports. My hometown, Nanaimo BC Canada is a standard Canadian city- small, homely, and full of sports. Or so I thought. Nanaimo has Junior Hockey, College Baseball, and a slew of minor leagues and high school [...]
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 With so much news about the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics, and everyone in my English school talking about them, I thought it would be nice to post about other wonderful goings on in Canada. Below there is a link to a live web cam placed with care and much effort in the [...]
At Smith’s we all know we have used for many years the letters CCC. To Smith’s School of English staff these letters mean “Coaches of Communicative Confidence.” Today as I prepared the next school owners seminar I realized that we have now been Coaching Communicative Confidence to many thousands of Japanese for more than 13 [...]
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 For more on Valentine’s Day in Japan (English) CLICK HERE For more on Valentine’s Day in Japan (日本語) CLICK HERE Valentine’s day in Japan is so unlike valentine’s day in Canada. For men. In Canada, valentine’s day is a day for men to spend money, stress about preparing just the right gift, [...]
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