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Japanese people are known to be well educated. In the case of English, most people have at least six years of English learning experience in school. However in reality, the majority of those people are not able to hold a short, basic conversation in English, even just a few lines of greeting. A language is a communication tool. If you cannot communicate with it, it is pointless to spend so much time and effort on learning it' Thus, clearly something is ineffective in the way that English was taught in Japan to my generation or to the generations who are old enough to prove this inefficient result. In this article, I try to describe the problems that Japanese people have and the appropriate teaching aspects in terms of their English fluency and pronunciation, from the perspective of both a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching English to a monolingual group of students come with certain benefits. These benefits range from using a single common language for vocabulary definitions, to creating a less intimidating environment for students, or the likelihood of having one culture of students for a teacher to cater to. But the benefits to teaching English to...  [Read more]

Japanese people are known to be well educated. In the case of English, most people have at least six years of English learning experience in school. However in reality, the majority of those people are not able to hold a short, basic conversation in English, even just a few lines of greeting. A language is a communication tool. If you cannot communicate with it, it is pointless to spend so much time and effort on learning it? Thus, clearly something is ineffective in the way that English was taught in Japan to my generation or to the generations who are old enough to prove this inefficient result. In this article, I try to describe the problems that Japanese people have and the appropriate teaching aspects in terms of their English fluency and pronunciation, from the perspective of both...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changjiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yiyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. English is causing many problems in Asian countries which can be seen just by the high demand of English teachers - including ESL teachers. One of the countries is Japan, a country with a good economy and a society well known for their kindness and politeness, but unfortunately also for the low number of English speakers. There are many reasons why English is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YanwAnghu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changde Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. There are several challenges Japan faces when it comes to learning English as a second language. Japanese culture is a bubble. Everything, including their ad signs, TV, games, government, studies, work and even the internet is filled with one language; Japanese. In a world of globalization, where your goods and services can come from literally any part of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Desheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shiyan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Throughout high school and college, I mainly focused on learning how to speak Japanese as my second language. Unlike English, Japanese is a fairly phonetic language. Two of its three writing systems, hiragana and katakana, are phonetic. This makes it easy for foreigners to learn because each syllable, also known as sound clusters in some circles, is almost always...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gedian KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Ezhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. What are Problems for Learners in Japan? Most of my experience in teaching students English as a second language has been with Japanese students. My students have been as young as four and as old as eighty. When I was first asked to teach, it was 1984; from there my journey began and my journey continues. The Japanese language phonology consists of five vowel...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I first decided to take this TEFL course because I am currently teaching English in rural Japan. I plan and execute English lessons for Junior High School students, as well as serve as a cultural representative of my country and foster cultural exchange. Here's the catch though - I don't speak Japanese. I've had to think a lot about how to get students to like me and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yishui Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shiyan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. What’s the most difficult part of learning a new language? Is it the writing? Perhaps it’s the reading or memorizing new vocabulary? Well for some it’s speaking the new language, specifically when it comes to pronunciation. Every language has its own unique ways or pronouncing their vowels and constants as well as how they form their sentence structure....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChenjiAhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhangjiajie Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I have been teaching at a senior high school as an assistant language teacher in Japan for the past year and a half. Here are some of the problems faced by my students and by myself in the classroom and some ways I have found to resolve them. The problem in every school in every country in the world is, of course, motivation, and this is a problem that can...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Siming Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Japan is currently undergoing a massive education reform, including English education. As an ALT in a small town, I am exposed to the consequences of these reforms, as well as on-the-ground problems of the materials the government produced. This report is not intended to speak for all of Japan, but rather my experiences teaching fifth through eighth grade students....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TuanshAnsi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Japan is an island nation and is a recognized homogenous society with a very small percentage of foreign permanent residence and more than half of the adult population lacks the necessary skills to speak English proficiently. Because of this, English as a Second Language is in high demand with young learners being a focus group in Japan. English is taught in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuetian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yueyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. No English environment causes problems for learners in Japan. In Japanese kindergartens children have 4 times a month or more depending on the kindergarten, English classes taught by an English native teacher. They will sing, dance, play and practice English in a fun way. Once at home they would use the new language as they had fun and remembered it. A year later,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MianhuA Yuanzhongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiantao, Tianmen, Qianjiang & S? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As someone of a mixed heritage, I have always had an interest in learning about cultures other than the one I live in in America. My father is Colombian and my mother is American, so growing up I felt obliged to learn more about the Colombian background I was fairly unfamiliar with. I never felt satisfied with the amount of exposure...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wanbao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Loudi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I am currently an English teacher living in Japan. I teach both Elementary and Junior High School English Language. Japan’s government allow the students to start learning English sometimes as early as Kindergarten. Most Elementary schools have a designated ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) that possess a native level of English. Even though English is a compulsory...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingfeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. ITTT’s TEFL course presented information about different teaching methodologies, as well as the positives and drawbacks of each method. The course also mentioned how students culture and first language can have a profound effect on learning approaches. Therefore, naturally the teaching styles practiced in ESL classrooms vary greatly across the world. I have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gonghe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As a native speaker, English appears to be one of the easiest languages to learn, when compared to languages like Japanese, Chinese, and more. However, once I had experiences abroad both as a student, and as a teacher, I realized that English was not as straightforward as I once thought. There are a lot of aspects about English that make it extremely difficult for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shenfugang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhuzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Japan has ever been a country that separates itself from the outside world. Until 1853 Japan’s gates were almost closed for every foreign who would come to cross the border. However, since July 1853 the Japanese started to get more and more influenced by the western culture. But also due to the end of World War II, the Japanese government as well as the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liangxinbao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yueyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In the context of a Japanese student learning English as a second language, the difference between formal and informal language and when they’re appropriate to use can be rather confusing. In Japanese, there is a more rigid structure to what is and isn’t formal language, with various codified levels of formality, for various social interactions. A big...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WushengguAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suizhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. So, you’ve just finished a delicious meal of sushi at your favorite sushi restaurant in Tokyo. The waitress comes by and leaves the check at your table, you place your money inside, hand it back, and she shortly returns with the receipt. You proceed to place a generous tip on the table to thank her for her wonderful service, and you show yourself out of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChuAnjing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayannao'er Shi — Bayan Nur? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I have attempted to learn three new languages during my life Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. As an English native speaker Spanish should have been the easiest for me to learn, but it was the language I struggled with the most. The reason for this started to become clear as I began learning Japanese and then Chinese. The things I did not do while...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dahuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This essay will be a comparison of my personal experience teaching English in Barbados, a country whose main language is English versus teaching English in a rural area in Japan, a country whose main language is Japanese (not English). Firstly, I will briefly discuss definitions of teaching. Secondly, I will summarize English education for young learners in each...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in AlAtanemole Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hulunbei'er Shi — Hulunbuir? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Japan is an interesting country to visit. For most visitors, it is known as a place with lots of things to do and lots of things to see. However, there is a side of Japan that we do not see. There are many expectations and rules that society has created which have hindered the Japanese people who wish to learn. Japan has a very hierarchical...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Angsu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in E'erduosi Shi — Ordos? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Well in my own point of view, I think parents should learn English too. Why? Here are some of my reasons, also I will share my experiences being an ESL teacher for almost five years now. I started teaching online in October 2015, my students are Chinese during that time. I had a hard time communicating with my student's parents because they have zero...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChengguAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wulanchabu Shi — Ulanqab? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. When attempting to learn a foreign language, the language’s phonology is often overlooked within the instructional process. In particular, the concepts of phonemic awareness, word-level intonation and sentence-level intonation are not known by students or seldom taught in classes that teach foreign languages. As someone who enjoys learning new...  [Read more]

A few weeks ago I went up to my Japanese friend and told her ?Good Afternoon? in Japanese. She smiled and told me that while correct, Japanese people don?t usually greet each other in that manner. I thought it was odd because that?s the way I learned it back in my university days. She equated it to saying, ?How many times do you greet your friends by saying, ?Good Afternoon? or ?Good Evening??? After thinking about it, I realized that I rarely use the standard ?Hello? or ?Hi? but rather ?Hey? or ?What?s up?? While completely acceptable and understandable for Native English speakers, I didn?t know that this simple greeting could cause a bit of confusion. When I taught English in an elementary school in Korea, I had a co-teacher whose English abilities were quite good. We often had many...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huhehaote Shi — Hohhot? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. For Japanese speakers trying to learn English, there are many sounds in the English language which are problematic to learn. These sounds include the widely known l and r problem, as well as the th sound, such as in thirsty and thursday, and finally habits learned through Katakana. This essay will go deeper into the problems discussed. It is widely known,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longgu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Watching anime has been my favorite hobby ever since I was little and I have been watching every episodes using English subtitles since Nihongo or Japanese language is not my first language. I was quite fond of mimicking some Japanese words or phrases that I’ve heard only from anime scenes and I also loved singing Japanese anime songs. From being so exposed to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zherigentu Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xilinguole Meng — Xilin Gol? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. One can know every word in the English language but without knowing how to string them together it is nearly impossible to effectively communicate with others. That’s where an understanding of English grammar becomes essential. Though it would be imprudent for a teacher to dive into their first lesson and focus solely on grammar, at some...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAjiAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Japan is a country continuously changing at a rapid pace largely due to globalization and marketing. With its growing popularity and necessity, difficulties are sure to arise for people learning English and specifically, in Japan. To fully understand all the problems learners face in Japan, it is important to realize why English is so widely being studied in the...  [Read more]