Within the Smith’s English curriculum is an advanced section in which our students of English conversation are asked to read a news article and then discuss it. The first in the set is about the mysterious crop circles of Australia, Europe and America which inspired the blockbuster hit “Signs” starring Mel Gibson and Joaquim Phoenix. In […]
Katakana and Teaching English Pronunciation 英語の発音 in Japan
One of the things that I enjoy being able to do for my students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) is teaching them proper English pronunciation (英語の発音). I have earlier written some posts on this subject, including Showing students how to pronounce English properly 正しい発音の仕方 －ある日のレッスン- . Yesterday, a student asked me how to […]
Welcome to New Students
I always have a great time teaching English conversation (英会話) in Japan to my wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校). Teaching English in Japan may be my job but it often doesn’t feel that way because I’m having so much fun! (^.^) It is always great having people come in for a […]
