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Category Archives: Teaching in Japan
A TEFL box of tricks
Props and accessories can be very useful in the TEFL classroom. Today, I’d like to share with you my “TEFL box of tricks” – the essential items I take to every class. 1. Name cards I have found name cards … Read More
Being a female English teacher in Japan
Today is Girl’s Day in Japan, but what’s it like to be a female teacher of English in this traditionally patriarchal society? I interviewed Beth Konomoto, an EFL teacher with extensive experience in Japan, to find out. Why did you … Read More
Choosing language role models carefully
The demand for native-speaker teachers is high There is no doubt that the demand for native-speaker teachers of English in Japan, Asia, and the rest of the world is high. In many cases, the only requirement for getting an English … Read More
Using students’ L1 in the English language classroom
A perennial debate in the TEFL world is whether and to what extent teachers should use their students’ L1 in the classroom. In the case of English teachers in Japan then, then question is: should we use Japanese in the … Read More
Interview: Teaching Young Learners of English in Sendai (Part 2)
In the first part of this interview, Mario Passalacqua discussed the best and worst things about teaching young learners of English, and reopening his English school four days after the biggest earthquake ever to hit Japan. The interview with Mario … Read More
Interview: Teaching Young Learners of English in Sendai (Part 1)
In this interview, Mario Passalacqua talks about teaching young learners of English, and living and working in a post-tsunami Sendai. Mario moved to Japan to teach English in 1997, after graduating with a B.A in English Literature and obtaining a … Read More
English teaching in Japan: A Japanese perspective (Part 2)
In part one of this interview, Aki talked about the lack of work/life balance for many Japanese people, the benefits of working in an English conversation school, and the impact on her job of the Japanese notion of ‘customer service’. … Read More
