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I don't work in Japan, but I've met quite a few people who have and they tell me unless you have a university degree, preferably in English, don't bother going to Japan to teach English these days. I'd say the best bet is for you to get in touch with the Japanese embassy to your country and ask what...

I believe its good for the teacher to be friendly and fun, but they must also clearly be a leader for the class. Depends on what you mean by "leader". If you mean, you should be the one to control the class, the one who dictates what is learnt and what isn't, the one who is always the center of att...

Hi there, I do have few ideas for you however I just wanted to ask what you mean by it has "cost you the class" do you mean that the learning wasn't effective? What I mean is that I actually have the class taken from me and its given to a different teacher. Usually I only find out about a problem w...

Hello all: Do any of you have any advice or guidance on how to succesfully connect and work with the teens and early 20s age groups of students? I've been teaching for two years and I generally get along alright with students from around 25 years old and above, but connecting with younger ones has b...

Thanks for the advice. On a good day I can get a warm up to work with them, but a lot of the time I get a half hearted effort from them. I try frequently to get a conversation going, sometimes it works and other times they just see it as a nuisance. A few times I thought I had games they seemed to e...

Hello all, I'm new to the forums and hope I can find some help for a dilemma I'm in right now. I'm relatively new to the teaching field, just a little over a year of experience, and I need some advice from some more experienced teachers. I have a class at the school I'm working for right now that is...