Powerful Verb “GET” 英会話で使える動詞２

If we want to have more Active Vocabulary, what shall we do?
Read books? Listen to Podcasts? Keep a diary in English? Watch dramas and movies?
Everybody enjoys English differently so any methods you like are great. HOWEVER, it is important to keep this in mind: We can improve our Active Vocabulary when we use the language for COMMUNICATION! Yes, we need to USE it to tell and listen to stories, ask and answer questions and make ourselves understood. So let’s learn useful verbs and use them!

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in Chiharu, Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts, 英会話上達のコツ by Chiharu  | March 12, 2024 | 3 comments

Powerful Verb “TAKE” 英会話で使える動詞 1

If you want to become a good English speaker, let’s build your active vocabulary. How? We focus on a handful of useful verbs we use every day! Today’s verb is “take.”

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in Chiharu, Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts, 英会話上達のコツ by Chiharu  | January 20, 2024 | 5 comments

Burkina Fasoから先生来日！Homestay in Otsu

Burkina Fasoから先生来日！Homestay in Otsu Chiharu スミス英会話大津校 Homestay in Otsu? Have you ever experienced this exhilarating moment of meeting amazing people? Edward and I just had such an opportunity at our home in Otsu, Shiga. In September, three teachers from Burkina Faso came to Japan for education-and-culture exchanges through my friend’s project called B-JAPE (Burkinafaso Japon

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in Chiharu, Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts by Chiharu  | October 26, 2023 | 11 comments

なぜか照れちゃう英単語５選

なぜか照れちゃう英単語５選 Five Words I Felt too Shy to Say Chiharu　スミス英会話大津校 Don’t you have some English words that you feel too shy to say? In fact I had so many! I cannot count how many words I had had a hard time using. Why did I feel shy of saying them? Maybe because I thought; 1.

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in Chiharu, Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts by Chiharu  | August 26, 2023 | 0 comments

The Little Mermaid and I -英語という足が欲しい-

The Little Mermaid and I -英語という足が欲しい-Chiharu スミス英会話大津校 My son and I went to a movie theatre and watched The Little Mermaid (2023) on Father’s Day. Needless to say, I have seen the 1989 animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures many times when I was a child. At that time, I was watching the dubbed

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in Chiharu, Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts, 先生のひとこと by Chiharu  | June 21, 2023 | 4 comments

「お疲れだね」は　”You are tired”じゃない？

「お疲れだね」は　”You are tired”じゃない？Chiharu スミス英会話大津校 友達は連日残業続き。仕事の合間にやっと会えたけれど、なんだかとっても疲れているみたい。いつもの笑顔が見られないし、顔色もあまり良くない。そんな時、「お疲れだね。」と一言声をかけたいけれど、「ん？英語でどう言ったらいいんだろう？」 My friend has been working overtime every day. I finally got to see her during a break in her work schedule, but she seemed very tired. She doesn’t smile and looks very pale. At times like that, I want to say something to her, but I don’t know what to

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in Chiharu, Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts by Chiharu  | April 17, 2023 | 3 comments

大津校 Weekly Newsletter Fun

Welcome to Otsu School’s Weekly Newsletter Challenge. Please read the blogs and other page links in the newsletter and do your best to answer the following questions. Sometimes you will find all the answers in one link. Other times you may have to search all of the links! We look forward to checking your answers

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in Ohtsu by Chiharu  | November 13, 2020 | 0 comments

Interview with Derek (2023)

Today let’s learn about Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi language coach, Derek Maeckelburg. Interview by Edward Iwaskow Edward Iwaskow (EI): Hi Derek. Thanks for joining me today. Derek Maeckelburg (DM): Hi Edward EI: OK, let’s go. First question. Where were you born? DM: I was born in Quebec, Canada. EI: Where did you go to

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in Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts, Tsukaguchi by Edward  | January 20, 2020 | 0 comments

「滋賀フリーマガジン　Odecake6月号」にエドワード登場！

「滋賀フリーマガジン　Odecake6月号」にエドワード登場！ By　Chiharu, スミス英会話大津校 近年、駅やスーパーマーケットの入り口などで様々なフリーマガジンを見かけることが多くなりました。そんなフリーマガジンを見かけると、私はついつい手に取ってしまいます。私の住む滋賀県にあるレストランやカフェ、ヘアーサロン情報を気軽に手に入れることが出来、とても重宝しています。行ってみたいと思う店のクーポンなどがついていると、嬉しくなりますよね。 先日、エドワードが「滋賀フリーマガジン　Odecake」の記者さんに、石山駅で

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in Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts, The Small Room by Mark  | June 14, 2014 | 0 comments

Thereは「そこ」という意味ではなくて「そこで、そこに、そこへ」なんですか？（編集版）

Thereは「そこ」という意味ではなくて「そこで、そこに、そこへ」なんですか？ by Chiharu スミス英会話大津校ブログ　 そうなんです！ 私たちが普段よく使っている There という単語は、大抵「そこ」という意味ではなくて、「そこで、そこに、そこへ」なんですよ。 There は形容詞、名詞、間投詞として使うことも可能ですが、ここで説明するのは英会話で大活躍の副詞。

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in Chiharu, Ohtsu, Teacher's Thoughts, 英会話上達のコツ by Chiharu  | April 19, 2014 | 11 comments