Spending Christmas and the new year back home and spending Christmas and the new year somewhere else is never the same. There are things that you miss at home, and there are things that you long for elsewhere. It’s never quite the same. However, there are some really neat, meaningful experiences in Japan that can […]
Learn from Case Studies: 8 Students Share their Secrets to Improving Your English
As a teacher, I sit on one side of the table. Students sit across from me with the hopes that I’ll be able to crack the code for them. What code am I talking about? The code to improving your English. What some people don’t realize is that language is much more than a bunch […]
End of Year in Japan, Smith’s School of English, Sagamihara
Hello from Smith’s School of English in Sagamihara. December and January are special months in Japan. As we wind down this year, I’ve been thinking about how these two months have changed over the years. My first experience with Christmas and New Years in Japan was in 1982. Nobody really celebrated Christmas, and New Years […]
