At Smith’s English schools in Japan, we do not call each other English teachers but instead Coaches of Communicative Confidence. We coach confidence in previously taught English skills, these skills being the English all Japanese are required to study in school by law in Japan or any additional English they have studied. All of my […]
Watching ‘Terminator: Genisys’ with Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi Students
Movie theaters in Japan usually have some movies that are in English with Japanese subtitles. This gives students of the English language in Japan a great opportunity to practice their English listening skills. These are important when studying English conversation. Listening and speaking work hand in hand, so improving English listening skills by listening to […]
A Supporting Role
I am an English coach at my little English conversation school in Otsu. I help my small but dedicated group of students to excel in English, with a focus on functional communication. For years I have introduced myself as an English teacher because this is the most common and simplest answer. In reality this is […]
