Category Archives: Teaching English in Asia

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 →

Posted in Janglish, Konglish, Teaching English in Japan | 3 Comments

Two points go to Caucasians?

Posted on 22/10/2011 by alexcase

This attempt at explaining employability in Phuket has a point – many schools are racist or pander to their racist students, and many of those schools are in Asia. My two doubts are: – Shouldn’t they deal with it in a … Continue reading →

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Highlights from October's EL Gazette

Posted on 13/10/2011 by alexcase

– 300 Assistant Language Teachers laid off in Korea, with maybe more to follow. – EL Gazette in dispute with Bell over their responsibilities to stop passport retention in Saudi Arabia – Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, UCL, Birmingham, King’s College London, … 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 →

Posted in English as an International Language/ Lingua Franca, Janglish, Konglish | 3 Comments

Konglish list also much polished up and expanded

Posted on 26/09/2011 by alexcase

Although with “only” 408 entries it is still a lot shorter than the Japlish list I posted yesterday… Includes PDF version for easy printing: Konglish dictionary

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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 →

Posted in English as an International Language/ Lingua Franca, Janglish | 21 Comments

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 →

Posted in Teaching English in Japan | Tagged | 6 Comments

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 →

Posted in Eikaiwa, Teaching English in Japan | 1 Comment

Unhappiness over foreign teachers only rule

Posted on 15/07/2011 by alexcase

Typically for these kinds of situations, it’s the Malaysian government rather the British Council who are responsible for completely excluding Malaysian citizens from a new(ish) mentoring scheme. Story in The Star Online here.

Posted in Teaching English in Malaysia | 2 Comments