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- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for TestsIt’s the best of times and the worst of times, exclaims the unusually Dickensian CNN, for English teachers as they find themselves more accountable than ever for the academic success of their students, while balancing new technologies that change time-honored … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core StandardsThe federal government, notes Education Week, is intending to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. The proposed grant competition would push the country toward more uniformity for the definition of … Continue reading → […]
- Vietnam: Pilot English Teaching Project is Hit by Staff Shortage and Poor SkillsFactors including a serious lack of facilities, as well as a shortage of qualified teachers have adversely affected the Ministry of Education and Training’s pilot English language teaching programme for primary school children, notes VietnamNet. Read more on this… Post … Continue reading → […]
- Would you have done this for a job?Simple question: would you have done what this person did to try and get a job in the Gulf? She flew me to Qatar on a 1-way ticket (despite my several written requests for a return ticket since it seemed … Continue reading → […]
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Category Archives: japan
(Poor) use of English stirs fear of job loss for Japanese
Tokyo: In the cafeteria at the headquarters of Japan’s top online retailer Rakuten, employees with furrowed brows can often be seen trying to comprehend the company’s strictly English language menus. The online giant, notes Asia One Business website, is swapping … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Japan, News, japan
Tagged Japanese Ministry of Education curriculum guidelines
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Japan: Why do English teachers have to be native speakers?
In Japan, non-native English-language instructors from South Asian countries are challenging cultural stereotypes and putting a new face on the industry, exclaims the Japan Times. It hasn’t been any easy task, but is this a good thing? Read the full … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Japan, News, japan
Tagged making the Japanese fluent in English, native speakers
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Japan & United States: Multicultural Awareness in Okinawa
The AmerAsian School in Okinawa (AASO) is unique in that it enrolls almost exclusively biracial American-Japanese students, and has developed an original bilingual, bicultural “double” curriculum. Founded in 1998 by five Okinawan mothers, the privately run, K-9 school of 80 … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Asia, japan, north america, united states
Tagged The AmerAsian School in Okinawa (AASO)
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Japan: Schools cancelling overseas trips because of swine flu
Japan: According to a report in the Daily Yomiuri, many schools may cancel or postpone summer trips aborad because of swine flu. Some schools may make trips inside Japan instead of going overseas. Both parents and teachers are becoming increasingly … Continue reading
English for Career Development: Japan and the English Language
Japan: Yomiuri notes that with the rapid progress of globalization, the English language is playing a growing role in people’s lives. This special section takes an overview of how Japanese interact with English, by featuring several individuals who utilize their … Continue reading
What would happen if there was a major earthquake in Japan?
Guest piece from David Paul, editor of eltnews. The British Embassy in Tokyo and the Consulate in Osaka have been making a concerted effort to get British nationals in Japan to register with them. They are worried about what will … Continue reading
English classes face cash crisis in Japan
Some local governments can’t afford native speakers for primary schools Japan: Yomiuri.com notes that, though many municipalities plan to employ native English speakers or bilingual people to teach public primary schools’ fifth- and sixth-grade students’ English classes in April, a … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, japan
Tagged local Japanese governments can\'t afford native speakers
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Raising bilingual children in Japan takes time, effort and money
Japan: Notes the Japan Times – ‘An American friend recently asked me a difficult question: How do you bring up a bilingual child?’ Asks Roger Pulvers. ‘She and her Japanese husband now have a 2-year-old son, and they are keen … Continue reading
NIC opens doors to curious teachers in Japan
Japan: December’s unexpected announcement from the Education, Science and Technology Ministry that high schools would be required to teach in English as much as possible also acted as an impetus for Ochi, notes the Daily Yomiuri. The ministry’s proposal was … Continue reading
Talking the ‘right language’ to beat the recession
Scotland and Japan: Trainee architect Michael Gilchrist had one year to go before qualifying in his chosen profession… then recession struck and the former Charleston Academy pupil found himself redundant from the Glasgow firm for which he was working. With … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Europe, japan, united kingdom
Tagged Charleston Academy, teach English as a means of escaping the recession
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