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Avatar Posted by Deas 11 days ago (http://aaron.madlon-kay.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: translation japanese problem english
Former CIR Aaron wrote a very nice post about the problems one faces when translating place names in Japan into English. Even Google is doing it wrong! His suggestions for knocking off the extra "city" or "town" make a lot of sense to me, and so does his reasoning about tautological place names read more »
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Avatar Posted by mikesblender 12 days ago (http://www.mikesblender.com)
Category: General | Tags: sapporo english hokkaido business
Why would an English teacher need to take a business trip? That's the first question I would ask upon reading the above title. Has my company gotten so powerful that I'm now flying around the country just to teach? read more »
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Avatar Posted by matigo 14 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: teach english language instruct
There have been an incredible number of people that claim to be teaching English in Japan, when really they're just here to escape reality. While I don't pretend to take the job with absolute seriousness (it has to be fun, after all), there are some things that people should know before crossing read more »
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Avatar Posted by kwech 53 days ago (http://kwech.squarespace.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: tefl teaching english japan students
Cutest, happiest, ESL students of all time! Kawaii alert! read more »
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Avatar Posted by matigo 77 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: Business and Economy | Tags: english school jobs 2008
This past weekend has seen a lot of money change hands, and a lot of people lose their jobs. According to every report that’s coming out of CNN and the Wall Street Journal, this isn’t over, either. But how will this affect many of the foreign residents here in Japan? read more »
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Avatar Posted by smoother 125 days ago (http://www.japanitup.com)
Category: Photography | Tags: engrish english sign picture
A photo taken at Round 1 with butchered English telling you to take your shoes off before entering. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 127 days ago (http://everything2.com)
Category: Foreigners | Tags: language english gaijin culture
You may have noticed the "fake gaijin accent" on TV and in the other media for a while now. It seems like recently it's increased with the likes of the "Kaiten SUSHI" segment on Haneru no Tobira and various characters from the drama Nodame Cantabile. This article seems old, but i read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 127 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 Mike 181 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 194 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 Japanite 217 days ago (http://www.gadling.com)
Category: Foreigners | Tags: learn english americans
Japanese people that get back to Japan after a long stay in the US, want to find Americans to practice English. read more »
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Avatar Posted by Shuttlecock 233 days ago (http://www.bradstephenson.com)
Category: General | Tags: japanese english banks banking
One of the most frustrating things about being an English speaking person in Japan is encountering half arsed English translations that has been edited or adapted for "English speakers". A lot of the time in Japan instead of having an English translation available of the Japanese content (whether read more »
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Avatar Posted by matigo 257 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: General | Tags: english international blog languages
According to some recent internet surveys, only about 30% of internet users have English as a first language, and an astounding 800,000,000 speak another language full time. Considering how many sites are trying to make a dollar online or draw in a huge readership, shouldn't we target these peopl read more »
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Avatar Posted by matigo 264 days ago (http://www.j2fi.net)
Category: General | Tags: katakana english language learn
There has been talk about the necessity of the katakana character set, and the obtusely irregular usage of Katakana English, a variation of English that often leaves native speakers of the language scratching their head in confusion.

A specialist believes the problem exists in the scho read more »
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