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Avatar Posted by jcollin3k 15 hours ago (http://matadorstudy.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: japanese-english japanese students
This page has a note written by a Japanese student about "pants." It is written in the usual Japanese-English and the funniest part is asking at the end if the teacher feels the same way. It has 1,133 Diggs right now, so I don't know if that makes it legit or not. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 10 days ago (http://anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: english test language offensive
The ultimate test for English language learners is the Test of English for Offensive Communication. For Japanese students who have mastered TOEIC and Eiken, the final hurdle is the TOEOC. Devised by an Englishman in Osaka, mastery of Offensive English will ensure complete understanding when immerse read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 54 days ago (http://gaijin-in-japan.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: degree fake certificate sponsor visa
To get a working visa to teach English in Japan, you need a university degree. There are, however, some people who make or buy fake certificates to get a job in Japan. Here's what happened to someone who was found out. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Mike 63 days ago (http://www.japanisdoomed.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: comedy satire teaching english nhk
So the Japan Times suggest NHK run a 24/7 English learning channel. Yeah, as if anyone other than students would watch that. Here's 3 ways to get people learning English the fun(/slightly insane) way! read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 77 days ago (http://neilduckett.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: teach english student salary english
The owner of Benesse Corp. is on the Forbes' Rich List thanks to his English school chain, Berlitz. Meanwhile English teachers in Japan are up in arms about the low salaries Berlitz pays, so Neil is here to remind us that there's more to teaching than just money ;) read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 85 days ago (http://www.jdonuts.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: engrish mall shopping
A clever use of "Engrish" photos to tell a story. It also highlights the overwhelming use of English or romaji in the naes of retail stores. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Keith 116 days ago (http://www.esl-kids.com)
Category: Teaching English
Guys I'm only doing this because I really love the site and Nick will not self-promote himself. This site is fantastic and has so much resource for Kid's ESL and I hope everyone here can get the word out!!rnNick please let this get through as it is about time everyone on Japan Soc knew how tale read more »
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Avatar Posted by GaijinGuide 173 days ago (http://gaijinguide.blogspot.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: jet podcast interview alt
A short 8 minute podcast on the JET Interview by a fellow who has just completed his. It also includes a nice soundscape of Grand Central Station in New York. A candid and informative post. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Shuttlecock 184 days ago (http://www.bradstephenson.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: love japanese teaching english
A needed to be said post about the assumption that Japanese people don't say "I love you". read more »
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Avatar Posted by Hawaiibadboy 190 days ago (http://waikiki2yanai.blogspot.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: eiken english test elementary students
One of my classes had their first Eiken experience and it was a good one! read more »
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Avatar Posted by Hawaiibadboy 195 days ago (http://waikiki2yanai.blogspot.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: english dictionary kids game
A easy little game to get comfortable with the good book! read more »
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Avatar Posted by pocky 207 days ago (http://www.japanprobe.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: english language education tv
A Japan Probe follow-up to an outrageously bad English learning program broadcast Saturday. Where did they find this guy and his obscure English lessons? No wonder Japanese have a complex about never learning the language when they have teachers like this. read more »
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Avatar Posted by thechemist 209 days ago (http://www.angelfire.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: humour esl
This is a great article from a satirical ESL news site "Gaba Teachers Association."

I just posted an interview with them on DailyJ and I was looking through there articles and thought I'd post this.

There are a lot of other funny articles on the site as well. read more »
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Avatar Posted by thechemist 209 days ago (http://nipponster.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: interview esl gaba dailyj
"Tom Cruise snaps, blasts Eikaiwa schools in Japan as 'psuedo' education"

With tongue and cheek headlines like that how can one pass it up. GTA describes itself as the onion.com of ESL news. Check out this interview for a behind the scenes look at everyone's favouritest English teach read more »
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