Tag Archives: Smith’s School of English

I love Japanese coffee shops喫茶店 like this one: La lune de l`est

I like coffee shops. Why? Probably because I love coffee. I like to visit the shops of a famous coffee shop franchise like some other coaches do, too. It has the big advantage that you know that you will get quality even before you enter. The products are being constantly checked for their quality and [...]

Have a look at these beautyful Wavyleaf Sea-lavenderスターチス!

This week I again choose a purple flower to decorate the reception room in the Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施. If you have been reading my articles regularly you will know that it is my son`s favorite color. It`s name is Wavyleaf Sea-lavender or Limonium sinuatum in English英語 and スターチス in Japanese. [...]

スミス英会話高円寺 FOR WORD LOVERS

FOR WORD LOVERS The following was sent to me as an unsolicited email & I hope that you and many of your students will appreciate it as much as I do To write with a broken pencil is pointless.   When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.   A thief who stole a calendar [...]

スミス英会話高円寺 Living in Japan

Over the last five or so years I’ve often been asked why I live in Japan when Australia is such a beautiful country with many clean beaches &  mountain retreats close at hand. In addition it has a climate that encourages outdoor activities including a large variety of sport such as golf, tennis, cricket, soccer, [...]

A real Asian flower to decorate the school in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施: a Rodgersia矢車草

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 To start the year in Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施, I decided to decorate the school with this really beautiful flower from East Asia, called Rodgersia podophylla 矢車草. The family of the Rodgersias is very small and they all originate from Eastern Asia – so it is much better known in Japan [...]

Together Everybody Achieves More at Smith’s School of English Franchises in Japan

At Smith’s School of English, we know that a team of like-minded individuals working together can always achieve much more than any one individual can alone.  We believe that together, everybody achieves more. Together Everybody Achieves More = T.E.A.M.   We believe in T.E.A.M.! We are the largest English conversation school franchise system in Japan 100% [...]

スミス英会話高円寺 Temples of Tokyo-Tennoji

Located in Nippori, Tennoji Temple is a very peaceful small secluded temple, no doubt in part because it is located inYanaka cemetery, which by the way has many lovely trees, lots of which are cherry trees that when are in full bloom encourage scores of people to view them & in traditional Japanese fashion sit under [...]

スミス英会話高円寺 Tokyo Edo Museum

スミス英会話高円寺  Tokyo-Edo Museum “The Edo-Tokyo Museum was founded on March 28,1993, as the place where visitors come to learn more about Tokyo’s history and culture , and which also serves as a projection onto the city and the living of the future. In the Permanent Exhibition area, there can be found original and replicated exhibits, [...]

Freesia フリージア is a fantastic flower

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 This week, I decided on these yellow freesia フリージアto decorate the reception room of the Smith`s school of English スミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka 東大阪布施. Originated in South Africa, the flower is now very popular around the world, so my  guess is that my freesias did not come the far way from Africa, but probably originated in [...]

Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern

Hi!  This is Al from the Okamoto School (スミス英会話岡本校) Do you know the legend of the Jack-O-Lantern? I ran across this story on the Internet.  I thought it was fun so I made it into a lesson.  It seemed opportune for use this week.  There seem to be many versions of the story as it [...]

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