When I ask students why they want to learn English a common response is because they want to be able to watch movies without subtitles. When I ask those students who their favorite actor one name always comes up – Johnny Depp. One of my students is such an avid fan that she even traveled […]
dreams
Sitting across the table from my students in my classroom I often hear about students’ dreams. As they come to Smith’s 英会話 it comes as no surprise that many of them say that they want to speak English fluently but it’s not the only thing I hear; some want to live abroad to experience life, […]
Japanese cars
During the X-Mas break I had a chance to talk to my best friend from high school and he told me about something he had seen on TopGear – an English show on the BBC that focuses on the latest and greatest cars. However his favorite episode was called “Killing a Toyota.” As he explained […]
