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Blog · May 22, 2009

Phrases …. and confidence!

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Recently, we’ve been fortunate to welcome new students to our Tsuruhashi School, so it was with great delight that I had the opportunity to introduce the Phrase Card lesson to a number of these students.
For native English speakers, phrases and idioms seem quite obvious and natural in everyday conversation, but they can be difficult to interpret and comprehend for students of English. The way that these lessons have been structured makes it uncomplicated and fun for the students to learn their meanings and when to use them. In follow up lessons I have elicited the phrases that I had coached previously, and to great satisfaction the students have confidently put these new phrases to great use in their comments and answers. The confidence that they have obtained by using this unique learning approach is amazing and I look forward to many more successful and rewarding Phrase Card lessons!

Paul
Smith’s School of English, Tsuruhashi

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  1. Ken says

    May 23, 2009 at 4:08 am

    John it’s great to know that you are happy with the phrase cards as throughout the Smith’s School of English curriculum there are quite a few similar lessons which enable students to not only speak English but also which help them to think in English.
    Ken,
    Smith’s School of English – Koenji

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  2. Ken says

    May 23, 2009 at 8:15 am

    Sorry Paul I have just noticed that I called you John. I wish there was a facility for us to edit our comments.
    Best wishes for the continued success of your school.

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  3. Alex says

    May 23, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Hi Paul,
    It was a pleasure meeting you and Mike a few weeks ago.
    I agree with you on those phrase lessons. I’m glad they are included in our curriculum and the possibilities are endless in creating lessons. I especially like having the higher level students choose 4 or 5 at random and then giving them a couple of minutes to create an imaginary story. The stories they come up with can be pretty hilarious as sometimes there is no obvious relation between the phrases they have chosen. Give it a go!
    Good to hear from you here on the soapbox,
    Alex

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