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Hello, I'm about to fly out to Japan to teach English and I need a grammar book, British English specifically. I've been looking in a few shops and found a few books, the Longman's A-Z one looked pretty decent, they had the Oxford one as well and I figured since I had the OED already it might be goo...

Er, the clue is in the subject.

While you're at it, could someone also please recommend a book for learning to read kanji, as well as a kanji - English dictionary, or some other device for telling a tin of beans from a tin of paint.

Thanks very much in advance!

Thanks for your advice. I've been taking lots of pictures but it looks like I need to stock up on lots souveniry type stuff.

I don't know if you've heard of the company, but it's Shane English Schools. I believe it's mostly conversational classes that I'll be teaching from elementary to upper intermediate and pretty much all ages. Basically I can take as many materials as I can carry in my suitcase. Thanks for your help.

I am a first time English teacher about to go to Japan for a year. I did my CELTA course just over a year ago and I'm a little concerned that I'm not quite up to scratch. Other than reading through my course notes, can anyone advise me of ways to prepare to make sure that I'm up to speed?