Category Archives: JET

Is there any need for Assistant Language Teachers?

Posted on 24/10/2010 by alexcase

Longstanding rumours that the Japanese government are thinking of doing away with JET (the famous scheme for putting foreign graduates into schools as “human tape recorders” or “genki” sources of fun and games) have been followed by news that the … Continue reading →

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Losing my best students

Posted on 06/11/2009 by alexcase

Getting back to my paranoid fears of the last post (because a blog might be time consuming and pay nothing, but unlike seeing a therapist it’s free), there definitely does seem to be one kind of student I have lost … Continue reading →

Posted in ALT, Classroom management, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Eliciting, JET, Pairwork and groupwork, Problem students, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in China, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Korea, Teaching shy students | 3 Comments

The first English teacher in Japan

Posted on 07/01/2008 by alexcase

… was called Ranald MacDonald (no relation to the most famous American clown in Japan*, I believe) and was also the first English teacher to discover that Japan can be both an adventure and safe and pleasant, being at least … Continue reading →

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