I live in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City, not far from my school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School. Today as always on Wednesday mornings, I took an Amagasaki City bus to go to a Japanese lesson. The bus that I took (numbered “13”) runs between Hankyu Tsukaguchi Station (located near my school) and Hanshin Amagasaki Station. I caught the […]
Mister Donut ミスター・ドーナツ
My favourite breakfast on Sunday, the day off for both my wife and I, is croissants and other pastries from a local bakery here in Tsukaguchi that I’ve written about before on the Soapbox. However, that shop is sometimes closed on Sundays. Last Sunday and today (another Sunday), it was closed so I and my […]
Showing students how to pronounce English properly 正しい発音の仕方 －ある日のレッスン-
Learning proper pronunciation is important for students to speak English well, such as learning the proper pronunciation of “r”, “v”, “er”, “f” and “th”. The Smith’s curriculum helps me do that. I showed my last student how to pronounce “er” and “ir” (which have the same pronunciation) and “th” while doing a Smith’s Routine called “The Restaurant”, […]
