Tag Archives: Smith’s School of English

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 [...]

Fishing off Wakayama 和歌山日帰り釣り旅行

スミス英会話なかもず校・堺東校の講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ。 Last Sunday I joined one of my students from my English conversation school (英会話スクール月謝 ), Smith’s School of English Nakamozu (スミス英会話 なかもず校), for a fishing trip off the Wakayama coast. I was picked up from outside the Nankai Nakamozu (南海線中百舌鳥駅) and Midosuji Nakamozu stations(地下鉄御堂筋線なかもず駅),  and we set out for the 2.5 hr drive south. The weather [...]

decorationg our school in Fuse with orchids オンシジウム

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 chose these wonderful yellow orchids Oncidium オンシジウムto decorate the Smith`s school of English in Fuse, Higashiosaka 東大阪布施. I love orchids オンシジューム for their intriguing form and their variety. The variety of the genus orchid is immense, with all kinds of colors and sizes. The bright yellow color of the orchid オンシジウム in our [...]

Miyama-cho.

I would like to share with you a tip for a weekend trip in the Kansai area. For the last one week I’m recommending it to all of our students at Smith’s School of English Kyobashi(スミス英会話京橋校), and using it for the Routines lesson (R5 – ‘The Japan Sea’) as a story out of context. I thought [...]

If I were a a young Japanese person

Every day I see thousands of young people here in Japan, near the station and near my school (many are university students). Some of them are studying English or other foreign languages with the intent to become good communicators. I think that these young people are very wise because more than at any time in [...]

A Winning Book

I feel I am successful,  I feel successful.   And I choose my own definition of success. Part of my success is here in my Smith’s School of English in Ikoma, and part is with my family and personal life.  But I am not one to rest on my laurels.  I want more success.  That’s why [...]

Interesting BBQ

I started up Smith School Of English in Ikoma about five years ago, but yesterday was the first time I went to a local park for a BBQ picnic. It was great! There were several other families in the same area having their picnics for the holiday too. I was surprised by how convenient it was [...]

スミス英会話高円寺 Setagaya Art Museum

Last month I decided that I’d go to see the “Masterpieces from the Collecdtion of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur”  which is made up of 90  paintings by world reknowned artists.  Winterthur is a small town in Switzerland which thanks to the generosity of wealthy art lovers has amassed an outstanding array of works of art. This [...]

Katakana and Teaching English Pronunciation 英語の発音 in Japan

One of the things that I enjoy being able to do for my students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) is teaching them proper English pronunciation (英語の発音).  I have earlier  written some posts on this subject, including  Showing students how to pronounce English properly   正しい発音の仕方 -ある日のレッスン- and Showing students how to pronounce English properly 2. [...]

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