Last month I decided that I’d go to see the “Masterpieces from the Collecdtion of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur” which is made up of 90 paintings by world reknowned artists. Winterthur is a small town in Switzerland which thanks to the generosity of wealthy art lovers has amassed an outstanding array of works of art. This […]
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 […]