After my unfortunate accident on a bicycle couple of weeks ago, I had to spend six days in Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital. I broke my collarbone in a way that required surgery. As a foreigner with limited Japanese, I was naturally concerned how would I be able to communicate with doctors, nurses and other […]
A Day Out with Family at IKEA Kobe
Sunday is a day off for me from my job teaching English in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. It’s reserved for family and relaxing before starting another great week teaching English at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校), my English conversation (英会話) school in Tsukaguchi. On Sunday, March 4th, 2012 my wife, daughter and I went […]
The McGurk Effect – what’s that? / マガーク効果って何？
Hello from スミス英会話長岡京校！ Here is a fascinating video about the McGurk Effect. Huh? The what? McGurk was a fellow who identified the way our eyes sometimes help us hear. Say again? Eyes help us hear?? Yes! During conversation, our eyes lip-read continuously and our brains process this information like a computer, influencing what we hear. […]
