"A good teacher can get you to JLPT N2-level in a couple of years,” one friend told me, whilst also cautioning, “but if you get a teacher who isn’t serious, it could take a great many years more, if ...

MISSION VIEJO – Carl Hankey Middle School students in Mission Viejo recently got a lesson in multiculturalism from visiting student teachers from Japan. Fifteen Japanese English teachers sent by their ...

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Regarding the July 8 Kyodo article "Japanese English teachers leave for U.S. looking to broaden horizons": This half-year teacher training program is an encouraging, and ridiculously long overdue, ...

One of the difficult things about teaching English in Japan is figuring out a way to maintain students’ focus and interest. Though English is a compulsory subject and proficiency can be extremely ...

Teresa Sakai, who majored in social sciences and English, is an assistant language teacher for the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme in Hokkaido, Japan. She graduated from USC last May. The Daily ...

Jeni Washeleski talks about her experiences in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). What was your work like as part of the JET Program, and what you do now? On the JET Program, I worked at ...