Tag Archives: Smith’s School of English

A Great Day

August 30, 2010 – 7:52 am

Today I handed out flyers for my English conversation school (英会話スクール), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話　塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki  (尼崎市), Hyogo Perfecture (兵庫県), Japan.   Many people had “good morning” said to them!  I hope that I brightened their day! (^.^)
Later on in the day, after my last lesson teaching English conversation (英会話) [...]

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What I Strive to Do in Tsukaguchi

August 28, 2010 – 3:34 am

At my English conversation school,  Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話　塚口校),  located in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県),  I have such wonderful students.  I am always happy to see them and they always seem happy to see me.  I really have a great time teaching them English conversation (英会話).
Outside of classroom time in Tsukaguchi, I [...]

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スミス 英会話 高円寺Two Major Tokyo Festivals

August 27, 2010 – 5:36 pm

Today and tomorrow two of Tokyo’s most popular festivals will take place -the Samba festival in Asakusa and the Awa Odori festival here in Koenji -the second largest street dancing festival in Japan.
Koenji yesterday had a feeling of expectation about it as the locals (me included) wandered around watching the final preparations being made -lighting, [...]

By Ken | Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Koenji Corner, SSE Lesson Plans in Action, Sightseeing in Japan, english in japan | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Japan has Many Good English Speakers!

August 24, 2010 – 12:54 am

This morning while distributing flyers to promote my English school in Kobe (スミス英会話岡本校） I talked to one woman on the street near the station who spoke English quite well.  She said in English that I was ‘exaggerating’ when I commented that she spoke English well.  Again, as has happened many times recently, I realized that [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, my high level students, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Okamoto School Interim Report (6th year of operation)

August 22, 2010 – 5:33 am

This is an interim report on the Smith’s Okamoto school. I took over the Smith’s School of English in Okamoto in July 2006.  It had been in operation since September 2004  (6 years total so far) and it had only a tiny 15 active students at the time I took over.   This month [...]

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I’m a New Daddy!

August 19, 2010 – 11:21 am

On August 18 at 1:35pm, my wife gave birth to baby girl.  Everything went well.  Our baby, Tina,  was born weighing 3268 grams (3.268 kilograms) and looks healthy.  We are very happy.
It all happened so quickly!  In the morning of August 18, I woke up I think around 8:00am and my wife said she had [...]

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Vocabulary Lessons are Fun Too!

August 17, 2010 – 4:51 am

Last week I had three students and decided to use the vocabulary lessons. These are an interesting part of the Smith’s curriculum.  They consist of many units each comprising 12 words. The words are random and unrelated for the most part.  Some are nouns.  Some are verbs and some are adjectives.  Some can be used [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English Lesson Plans, English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, SSE Okamoto Corner, a reward in itself, enjoyed this a lot, my high level students, my passion: language, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Any Day Now

August 10, 2010 – 1:40 am

The predicted date of birth of my wife and I’s baby is August 11th, so our baby could be born any day now.   It’s quite exciting! (^.^)  Everybody who knows about our baby asks me about it, including students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校).  It seems that everybody’s  looking forward to [...]

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My Dear Cactus

August 4, 2010 – 12:05 am

I’ve liked cactuses since I was a boy.  Not the spiky ones that hurt when you touch them, but the ones that have smoother surfaces.  I had a little cactus at my parent’s home in Canada when I was young.  It may still be there.  Cactuses live so long and are quite strong.  They really [...]

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Ice cream week in Smith School of English in Fuse

August 3, 2010 – 4:47 am

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Come to take a lesson and get a vanilla ice cream for free!
As next week will be extremely hot again, cool off at our school in Fuse with a vanilla ice cream. For all students coming for a  lesson during the first week of August (e.g. from the 1st to the 7th of August [...]

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