With the end of January almost upon us, happy lunar new year greetings from Kyoto. I hope 2012 is off to a good start for the entire Smith’s community! 2011, while a period of learning for me at Smith’s Nagaokakyo (スミス 英会話 長岡京), finished up strong. This has carried into the new year and I [...]
Hello all! (^.^)/ December is under way and it’s almost the end the year. December is quite a busy month for Japanese. I wrote a post on this last year. I invite you to read my post by clicking here. At my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki, a great year [...]
As an English teacher teaching English in Japan, it is always wonderful to hear students say that they used their English outside the classroom. Last week, a student of mine at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi told me that he had gone to a restaurant while on a business trip in Japan. He was the [...]
I have some free time before I teach my next lesson so I thought I’d come and tell you about my last lesson today. I taught present continuous tense to two students, one of whom began studying with me just last week. I pretended calling them by telephone and asking them what they were doing. [...]
Well, that was it; the Golden Week holiday is but a memory, and I’m fully back in the swing of teaching at my English school, Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi. But the memories are great, having spent several days with my wife, Megumi’s family in Matsue, Shimane Ken. As always, we were treated with great warmth [...]
As an English teacher teaching English in Japan, it is always great to hear about a Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi student using English outside the classroom. This week, a gave a trial lesson to a lady who was introduced to my school by a long-time student of mine. I am very thankful to my [...]
I think that learning proper English pronunciation (英語の発音) is important for Japanese people. Not knowing how to properly pronounce words can lead to them not being understood by English speakers. One of the things that I like about my job teaching English in Japan is being able to teach them proper English pronunciation. One [...]
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 [...]
Teaching English in Japan, living in Japan and being married to a Japanese woman has given me the opportunity to learn quite a bit about Japanese culture. One of the things that I’ve learned is that December is a busy month for Japanese people, including my students at my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of [...]
It’s always a lot of fun teaching English in Japan at my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県). Christmas is coming soon so it has been the topic of many fun conversations at my English conversation school in Japan. Many people celebrate [...]
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