This year I held the Christmas party at the school. We moved the white board that normally divides the classroom into two areas aside. We had 18 attendees and shared a lot of good food, drinks and conversation. I provided a large amount of KFC chicken and some Amanohashidate wine. The students brought some great […]
English Monster or Accounting Monster?
My student over the past year and half wrote a nice comment and I thought I would share it with you all.We recently covered a topic about Mr. Kikuchi who was written about in the Japan Times. Mr. Kikuchi is known as the ‘English Monster’ because he has taken the TOEIC 50 times and never […]
Vocabulary Lessons are Fun Too!
Last week I had three students and decided to use the vocabulary lessons. These are an interesting part of the Smith’s curriculum. They consist of many units each comprising 12 words. The words are random and unrelated for the most part. Some are nouns. Some are verbs and some are adjectives. Some can be used […]