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- Japanese elementary school teachers lack confidence in teaching English
- February 22nd, 2011Category: Teaching in Japan
- Coming in just as Japan starts expanding English language education in the nation's schools – a recent survey has found that the majority of elementary school teachers who are about to start teaching English this April lack confidence in teaching the subject and feel ... » Continue Reading
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- Time to Reform Japan’s Education System
- January 24th, 2011Category: Teaching in Japan
- A nation that places traditional emphasis on the value of education, Japan is home to one of the most stressful and unyielding secondary educations systems in the world. Even after phasing out the six day school week, the country boasts one of the longest, if not the ... » Continue Reading
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- Types of Teaching certification
- January 4th, 2011Category: Teaching in Japan
- The majority of teachers in Japan aren’t aiming for a permanent career in education- at least not at first. Many people, however, come to enjoy teaching and decide they want to continue. The problem then becomes that while they have the desire to take on positions wit ... » Continue Reading
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- ETJ Expos for English teachers in Japan (Updated)
- November 5th, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- From October to early December, English teachers from all kinds of teaching environments will gather at the ETJ (English Teachers in Japan) Expos. This is the ninth year the Expos have been held, and they have become an essential event to attend for English teachers f ... » Continue Reading
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- NO Experience Necessary – A guide for new English teachers
- November 2nd, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- NO Experience Necessary is a timely ebook guide for the new teacher heading overseas for the first time, providing useful guidance and advice on how to teach and facilitate an EFL class, and helps individuals to avoid making the mistakes that new teachers commonly do ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese infants understand sounds based on native language by 14 months
- October 15th, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- Ever wondered why it can be hard to teach English to Japanese children? A new study has found that Japanese infants, by the time they are 14 months old, are believed to have tuned their perception to how sounds are sequenced in their native language even before learni ... » Continue Reading
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- English Teachers in Japan
- October 8th, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- English Teachers, a new web TV show, is a series of films showing the lighter side of life as an English teacher in Japan. The series follows Japan newbie Tom as he finds his feet, learns the norms and gets to grips with life in an eikaiwa. The series can best be desc ... » Continue Reading
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- Tales from the Eikaiwa: Teaching a lesson he won’t forget
- September 27th, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- If you teach private English lessons in Japan, then you have would perhaps fit into two categories. Some teachers find and build great rapport with their students, creating interesting classes which keep their students coming back for more. Others, of course, have a ... » Continue Reading
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- The end of the JET program?
- August 23rd, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- As part of the cuts being driven by Renho, the government minister in charge of reigning in Japan's huge public spending, there is a possibility that the JET program may be canceled, ending over 20 years of government-sponsored English-language teaching in Japan. If ... » Continue Reading
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- Working in the Field of TESOL
- August 12th, 2010Category: Teaching in Japan
- First, it is important to note that most foreign language teachers in the world today are not native speakers of the language they are teaching. For instance, in Japan, the vast majority of English teachers are Japanese nationals. This is generally not considered a pr ... » Continue Reading
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