English Teacher or English Coach? Hello! It’s Derek from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi. I have around 20 years of experience teaching English in Japan. I’ve been teaching English in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Japan since 2002. Or should I say coaching English? Is there a difference between teaching English and coaching English? Let’s examine that. Coaches […]
A Great Smith’s Golden Week Holiday
The Smith’s Golden Week holiday was from April 24 to May 5 and I really enjoyed it. I spent part of my holiday in Okayama Prefecture where Akemi, my Japanese wife is from. I had a really good time with family and spoke lots of Japanese with them which was very good for me. I […]
Having a Great Time
I’m having a great time owning and running my own Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi franchise school in Japan and teaching English conversation there to my very kind students. Today, after doing some local promotion for my school, I told my wife, Akemi that it was exciting building my school (building the student body). […]