スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。
I think the more upbeat and energetic we are with our lessons, the more students will respond. This week was a very upbeat week for me and my students responded with some really creative English usage. Here are some samples of things my students came up with:
[Teacher] Mr. A, what did you do last weekend?
[Mr. A] I went to Maibara City.
[Teacher] Why did you go to Maibara City?
[Mr. A] I went to Maibara buy “Moriyama Melons” for my mother.
Mr. A obviously has a knack for aliteration! Here’s another super student slip of the tongue:
[Mr. B] It’s very hot and …. and …. human today. (pause) Mushi-atsui wa “human”?
[Teacher] Close…. h u _ _ _ (written on the board)
[Mr. B] Sore wa (mumbled)….. HUMID! (shouted very loudly and happily).
[Teacher] Excellent!
[Mr. B] Please…. Turn on the air con.
Mr. B was having fun and it showed. Lovely rhyme and rhythm from a mid-level student, and also a great weather report. In her homework today, another student had this gem using some recently studied idioms:
[Mrs. C] ” ‘Karoushi’ is often caused by working oneself into the ground.”
“Empathy between strangers occurs when people are in the same boat”
“I need to study hard for TOEIC so I don’t bomb it”
Obviously Mrs. C has a great grasp of these idioms and also a strong active vocabulary!
I had such fun with my students this week and it refreshed my love for teaching. Students DO say the darndest things, and this week mine were especially on the ball.
Writing from Super Sunny Southern Shiga,
Edward, SSE Ohtsu
Ed, I can tell you are enjoying your job! Me too! I always have a nice laugh when a student says something funny. Which reminded me of what another franchisee told me he sometimes does when a new student joins one of his classes. Instead of having the current students introduce themselves, he introduces them for example by saying “This is Ms. T (who is actually a very quiet “office lady”). She is an exotic dancer and likes to sleep in the nude”. Of course he apologizes afterwards but he waits for the others to get the joke and laugh. This really breaks the ice for the new student. Always a lot of fun at Smith’s.