Due to an ongoing pile-up of scandals and problems in the sumo world, sumo coverage has been limited on Japanese TV recently. Fortunately, Japan’s national sport and my personal favorite sport to watch is available via YouTube. What most people in Japan probably don’t know is that NHK broadcasts in other countries as NHK World, [...]
Here’s another preposition challenge for all you eager beavers out there. Think you’ll find this one challenging. Good luck. of /on / for / over / in / with / to / beyond / at / X/ Sometimes _____talent comes _____ the most unlikely of places, and _____ the most unlikely of people. I mean [...]
Google has become synonymous with search. Nowadays we “google” it. Surprisingly though the #3 search engine is actually youtube. You can watch chefs cook their specialty dishes, everything from green curry to foie gras. I admit that these days I find myself more and more drawn to it in order to get answers to my computer problems. [...]
As most of you know I’m big into the web…I spend hours each week shopping, checking headlines and keeping in touch with people. In my searches this week I came across an amazing video on YouTube that I think you’ll all enjoy watching. I can’t wait to see their next creation, who knows maybe someone [...]
I love Smith’s School of English seminars. They are a great chance to see fellow Smith’s franchisees that all do the same job as me and hear about the latest developments in the Smith’s system and English school industry in Japan from Smith’s founder Mark Smith. Important things are announced or discussed at seminars that are important [...]
I am a big believer in homework, just ask any of my students at Smith’s 英会話 Hirakata. Listening exercises (TV shows, YouTube), some sort of reading (ie. newspaper articles), the mini-English lessons or diaries are my personal favorites. It doesn’t really matter what they’re doing as long as they’re doing something. Learning anything takes time [...]
Growing up I loved to watch Sesame Street, it was educational in a non-educational, very entertaining way. As my son has now started understanding words I felt it was a good time to share with him some of my favorite episodes and thanks to YouTube it’s easier than ever. Over the past two months I [...]
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