Tag Archives: teaching English

Back Out Doing Flyers

On Tuesday, after teaching English to great students and receiving a fresh new batch of Smith’s flyers at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Perfecture (兵庫県), Japan, I went out and handed out flyers for the first time in months. I wore my Smith’s School of English red sweatshirt, which is [...]

Smith’s Students Emailing Each Other in English

I’m having a great time teaching English in Japan. I am always happy when my students mention using English outside of classtime 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), located  in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan . Today a student of mine really surprised me and made me very [...]

Looking Forward to a Great Year

It’s great living in Japan and teaching English in Japan at my English conversation school(英会話), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi(スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi(塚口町), Amagasaki City(尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture(兵庫県), Japan. 2010 promises to be a great year for me. The highlight of this year will definitely be my first child being born in August and all the things that will come with that. Wow!  I [...]

Smith’s Teachers Galore at COSTCO

Last Sunday I was off from my job teaching English in Japan to wonderful students 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) in Tsukaguchi(塚口), Amagasaki City(尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture(兵庫県), Japan.  I and my wife went shopping at COSTCO in Amagasaki City. I love COSTCO(コストコ) in Japan, as I mentioned in an earlier post, Enjoying Shopping [...]

Another Happy Student

It’s always great when students say something nice to me about the lesson they just had or my English school before leaving 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 Prefecture(兵庫県), Japan.  I earlier wrote about this in “A Kind Invitation from a Student” and “An Excited Student“.  Today yet another student [...]

A Great Two Days Off with my Wife

Monday of this week was a Japanese national holiday, so I was off from my rewarding  job teaching English in Japan 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), located  in Tsukaguchi(塚口), Amagasaki City(尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture(兵庫県), Japan.  I was off on the day before that as well (Sunday), so I had 2 days in [...]

A Kind Invitation from a Student

I love making students happy with my English lessons 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) in Tsukaguchi(塚口), Amagasaki City(尼崎市), Japan.  This week, after taking a lesson with me and before leaving, a student said something about taking my lessons and being happy.  Great! She then invited me to come to her house with my [...]

Still Influencing Others Positively

It’s always great when students mention that they have read my posts in English or Japanese translations of them about my job teaching English in Japan and living in Japan. In one of my posts, Influencing Others Positively, I mentioned how it looked like my posts had influenced others in a positive way. Last month at my English [...]

Putting Smiles on Students’ Faces

I love putting  smiles on my students’ faces at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi. Whether it’s because of something I say or something I  do, seeing them smile or laugh is great! Why? Because it means they having a good time! It creates a positive environment which is good for both teaching English and learning English. Smith’s School [...]

My Favorite Restaurant – Kani Douraku Sakai  かに道楽 堺

スミス英会話堺東・なかもず校講師が書いた記事。                                      日本語のメインサイトはこちら→((スミス英会話 堺東校)(スミス英会話 なかもず校)   KANI DOURAKU かに道楽 堺    This is my favorite restaurant in Osaka. 100% crab!! There are many of these restaurants scattered about the place with the most famous being located in the heart of Osaka on the Doutonbori in Namba. The giant mechanical crab is a well known landmark and a very popular photo opportunity for [...]

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