Tag Archives: Teaching English conversation

Having a Great Time

I’m having a great time owning and running my own Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi franchise school in Japan and teaching English conversation there to my very kind students.  Today, after doing some local promotion for my school, I told my wife, Akemi that it was exciting building my school (building the student body).   [...]

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% [...]

Thank You

Well here I am near the end of 2010, looking back at another great year of teaching English in Japan at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校)  and living in Japan.  This year was a very  special one with the birth of my daughter Tina in August.  You can read about it by clicking here.  (^.^) I [...]

Welcome to New Students

I always have a great time teaching English conversation (英会話) in Japan to my wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校).   Teaching English in Japan may be my job but it often doesn’t feel that way because I’m having so much fun!  (^.^) It is always great having people come in for a [...]

Communicative Confidence in English 英会話 in Japan

Teaching  English conversation (英会話) in Japan to wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) is lots of fun.  I love helping students work towards achieving a level of English where they can communicate in English with confidence.  English is so useful and important in today’s world.   Whether it’s for work, travel, communication [...]

My Dear Cactus

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 [...]

Inception インセプション

Last Sunday I was off from my great job teaching English conversation (英会話) to wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校), which is located in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan.  My wife and I spent part of the day helping her younger brother move to a new apartment in Tsukaguchi. [...]

Valentine’s Day

Receiving chocolate or other sweets for Valentine’s Day is a nice perk of my job teaching English conversation (英会話) to wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校) , located  in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. You can see the sweets that I received just today in the photo. Yummy! I really appreciate these gifts from [...]

A Day Out with a Student and My Wife

Teaching English conversation in Japan to Japanese people, helping them acquire communicative confidence in English, is a great pleasure of mine. I have a great job here in Japan and am having a great time.  I teach English conversation at  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) , which is located in Tsukaguchi(塚口), Amagasaki City(尼崎市), Hyogo [...]

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