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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 45 days ago (http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca)
Category: Culture | Tags: esl humility humble praise
Former ESL teacher Ashley Clayton writes about her experiences in Japan. "In the past month, I've been reminded how my eyes are blue. I've had my blond hair petted like a show dog. I've even had girls grope my breasts!" She describes the tendency to apologize all the time and how working hard read more »
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Avatar Posted by Deas 160 days ago (http://www.letsjapan.org)
Category: News | Tags: crime esl sahashi police
It's about time, already. Former President of NOVA, Mr. Nozomu Sahashi was taken in for "voluntary questioning" and then arrested. He and Toshihiko Tamura, of NOVA Kikaku, were charged with embezzlement. read more »
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Avatar Posted by thechemist 326 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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Avatar Posted by thechemist 326 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 LongCountdown 351 days ago (http://www.longcountdown.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: esl english japanese tv aerobics
This is an old post of mine, featuring a classic ESL video in which a Japanese woman is mugged by two foreigners, and she uses the English she learned in aerobics class to stop them from killing her! Brilliant stuff. Japanese TV at its best! read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 355 days ago (http://tvinjapan.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: pick up nanpa tv esl english
Here's a video clip of a TV show in Japan. The older Japanese men have to use English to chat up a young blonde Swedish girl. Hiromi Go's English is impressive, and he wins the girl, too! read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 387 days ago (http://www.gaijinpot.com)
Category: Teaching English | Tags: gaijinpot china esl salaries
A debate over whether salaries from teaching English in China will be competitive with those in Japan. Will rising salaries draw teachers away from J read more »
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