Category Archives: Teaching English in Japan

How easy is working in a Japanese "Eikaiwa" conversation school

Posted on 23/07/2012 by alexcase

A rare good thread on GaijinPot on the topic here.

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TEFLer in Japan among the 50 Great Britons of 2011

Posted on 18/12/2011 by alexcase

I was hoping the TEFLer in Japan on the Independent on Sunday list  would be me for writing over 50 articles this year on earth-shattering topics like teaching ordinal numbers and 1st conditional games, but apparently saving people’s lives is … Continue reading →

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Minimal pairs for Japanese learners of English

Posted on 25/11/2011 by alexcase

I haven’t done lists of all of these yet (there are links to the ones I have), some might not have any actual minimal pairs in English, and I also realise that some of these are not things that would … Continue reading →

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Japan facing new demographic crisis

Posted on 09/11/2011 by alexcase

As well as facing the world’s most rapidly ageing society, according to a speech by a government minister yesterday Japan is also having to deal for the first time with its supply of foreign teachers getting older and older as … Continue reading →

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Similarities and differences between Korea and Japan

Posted on 07/11/2011 by alexcase

Now that I’ve done similarities and differences between Konglish/Japlish, the languages more generally and students from those countries, thought I may as well go the whole hog and do the whole countries. The lists are over on my JapanExplained blog here: … Continue reading →

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Differences between Janglish and Konglish

Posted on 27/10/2011 by alexcase

I seem to have got over the obsession that started with a huge list of Japlish, went on to a smaller but still substantial list of Konglish and then went on to list the similarities between them, so this might … Continue reading →

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Similarities between Konglish and Janglish

Posted on 27/09/2011 by alexcase

People who looked at the Konglish list I mentioned in my last post might have noticed how many of the words and phrases are marked “same in Japanese”. If English as a Lingua Franca does/ will exist, I would guess … Continue reading →

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Complete A to Z of Janglish (Japanese English)

Posted on 24/09/2011 by alexcase

PDF version for easy saving and printing: Janglish A to Z dictionary Worksheets for Japanese learners of English If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. The TEFLtastic Janglish – English Dictionary – Updated January 2014 Janglish, … Continue reading →

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The good news and bad news about teaching in Japan

Posted on 12/09/2011 by alexcase

The good news/ The bad news There will be a train taking where you want to go when you want to go there/ It will seem like the whole world wants to get on that train too Eating out is … Continue reading →

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Positive and negative developments in TEFL in Japan

Posted on 24/08/2011 by alexcase

This is going to be very subjective, but here are my impressions after being back here for almost a year: Positive developments Japanese students are losing faith in the idea that chatting with a foreigner in English is the way … Continue reading →

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