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 [...]
On November 23, a Japanese national holiday, I’m going to be off from my great job teaching English in Japan at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, my English conversation (英会話) school in Tsukaguchi(塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県). Some of my students, my wife, daughter and I will be going to Nunobiki Herb Garden (布引ハーブ園), a [...]
In an earlier post, “Enjoying Japanese Lessons in Amagasaki“, I mentioned that once a week, I take Japanese lessons in Amagasaki organized by Amagasaki City International Association (尼崎市国際交流協会), part of Hyogo Nihongo Volunteers’ Network. Since that post, our class location has been moved from Amagasaki City Medium and Small Companies Center to Sanshibikku Amagasaki (サンシック尼崎) which is [...]
Today I had a memorable moment in my 6:00pm student’s English conversation lesson 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). Part of the lesson was spent reviewing material that I’d taught my student before called “Go” Means “Become”, which teaches how “go” [...]
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 [...]
Students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) come from many walks of life and need English conversation (英会話) for all kinds of reasons. Let’s take my three newest students who all started studying with me just this month for example. One is a high school student who wants English to study abroad one day, one [...]
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 week Smith”s School of English Sakai Higashi スミス英会話 堺東校 （月謝） and Smith”s School of English Nakamozu スミス英会話 なかもず校 （月謝） had an end of month dinner for students and friends. We regularly have dinners or lunches with English conversation schools’ students which is a great way for students to practice their English conversation in a social environment. Sakai Higashi restaurants [...]
Some vending machines offer drinks at reduced prices near my English school (英会話), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Drinks that used to be 120 yen are now 100 or even 80 yen. This is an example of the deflation in Japan that is going on now. Lower prices can bring lower [...]
In an earlier post, “Action-Reaction“ I wrote how all of our actions result in some kind of reaction from others, and if you make others happy, chances are you’ll be happy too. I strongly believe that by making others happy, we make the world a better place, we really do. It’s important making an effort to [...]
Something I enjoy doing in Japan, besides teaching English in Japan at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校), is eating delicious food. What I really like about Japan is that I can enjoy both Japanese food and Western food. Japanese food offers very tasty dishes, however my favorite dishes still remain hamburgers and pizza, [...]
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