Why English Is Tough in Japan | A New Japan
An interesting article on English education in Japan over at The Diplomat. Referring to the Japanese government’s making English classes compulsory in 5th and 6th grade (that’s the last two years of primary school for you non-U.S. readers) onwards, law-school graduate Hiroki Ogawa writes, The reality is that raw English ability alone is unlikely to [...]
JALT Presentation on the Immediate Method
A friend and I are giving a presentation this Sunday (July 19) about an EFL approach called The Immediate Method, developed in Japan by foreign-language instructors. Here are some of the documents I will use in my presentation: bperry1 (pdf) bperry2 (pdf) azraextra (pdf) Here’s the blurb from the JALT events website: The Immediate Method [...]
