I Don't Speak Japanese

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fenghuangcheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shuozhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. English language is being spoken internationally. It unites people across the globe. Majority of the people around the globe knows a word or two. Non-English speaking country comes to an English speaking country to learn English. They come to America, Canada, Australia or UK. Countries like India, Singapore, Philippines, Pakistan, South Africa and Nigeria a...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Milton Kentucky and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I have decided to write about learners of english in japan. The japanese language is very complex. Not only does one have to learn thousands of kanji (japanese characters) to be able to simply read a newspaper, but there are so many expressions and customs that cannot be translated into any other language. Many foreigners residing in japan have huge communication problems because we always have to read behind the words that are expressed. It is simply not enough to be able to speak the language you have to...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Hampden North Dakota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: japan is well known to be one of the most advanced countries not only in Asia but also worldwide. They love their own language and well known to be nationalistic. In japan, compulsory education comes in these pattern; three years in kindergarten (Y?chien), six years in elementary (Sh?gakk?) and three years in junior high school (Ch?gakk?). On the other hand, it's not mandatory for students to go to high school/senior high school (K?k?) and universities because they can land a job after finishing junior high...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Beach Haven New Jersey and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Abstract Awareness of common problems for english learners in japan is essential for instructors teaching japanese students. Identifying these problems may help contribute to better teaching and ways to improve japanese students' language acquisition. Introduction It is generally accepted that japanese students find english difficult and hard to learn. Even so, the japanese government attempts to change that fact and continues to venture for better solutions to that problem. english learners do find...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Baudette Minnesota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I have had the privilege of teaching english in japan for the past three years. Even though english is taught in public schools in japan, compared to other Asian countries the japanese don't seem to understand english. I have identified some reasons why I think they have problems learning english. The first is grammar. Grammar in japanese is almost the complete opposite compared to english. In japanese the verb comes at the end of the sentence. Some people compare it to talking like Yoda. In english we say, “I...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas I first decided to take this TEFL course because I am currently teaching English in rural Japan. I plan and execute English lessons for Junior High School students, as well as serve as a cultural representative of my country and foster cultural exchange. Here's the catch though - I don't speak Japanese. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Gwendolen J. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. I've had to think a lot about how to get students to like me and the subject I teach without relying on verbal communication. I don't know enough Japanese to convey my outgoing personality, or to make jokes, or to ask questions about their interests. They don't know enough English to be...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Cowles Nebraska and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Learning a new language is always challenging, but the specific challenges individuals face are often the result of their native language and culture. Although japanese students begin learning english very early in school, years later they often still struggle. The numerous differences between the japanese language and english create many unique challenges and problems for japanese learners of english. The issues they face are mainly with pronunciation, grammar, and cultural differences that affect their speech....  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Butterfield Minnesota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Native japanese speaking students learning to speak english face a plethora of unique difficulties concerning both english grammar and pronunciation. I would like to discuss in brief detail some of the problems japanese students have with english vowels and consonant sounds. I would also like to discuss some of the difficulties japanese students face as a result of the extremely different grammatical structures between their native language and the english language. To begin with, the japanese sound system is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanding Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zibo Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Among the most glaring differences between Japanese and English is the writing system, unlike Japanese, English makes use of only two different Latin scripts, the uppercase script “ABCD” and the lowercase script “abcd” Japanese, however, makes use of three non-Latin scripts, these are as follows: Hiragana which is expressly used for native Japanese words,...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL McEwensville Pennsylvania and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Teaching english in japan is fun and rewarding, but does have its share of difficulties. A few of the biggest problems for japanese people are the english language itself, the simplicity of japanese pronunciation, and the modest culture japanese people live by. english is a very difficult language to learn, even for native speakers. It comes with rules, but also many exceptions to the rules. There are numerous grammatical, spelling and pronunciation inconsistencies. Starting with very basic sentence...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Throughout high school and college, I mainly focused on learning how to speak Japanese as my second language. Unlike English, Japanese is a fairly phonetic language. Two of its three writing systems, hiragana and katakana, are phonetic. This makes it easy for foreigners to learn because each syllable, also known as sound clusters in some circles, is almost always said exactly how it is spelled. The third writing system, kanji, is not and, as such, is much more difficult for foreigners to learn because kanji are essentially pictures that describe their meaning. They are much more difficult to learn and use in everyday speech. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Nicole H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Mysore and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: M.H. - Japan said: Abstract Awareness of common problems for english learners in japan is essential for instructors teaching japanese students. Identifying these problems may help contribute to better teaching and ways to improve japanese students’ language acquisition. Introduction It is generally accepted that japanese students find english difficult and hard to learn. Even so, the japanese government attempts to change that fact and continues to venture for better solutions to that problem. english learners do find...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Japanese is certainly one of the most interesting languages in the world thanks to its three types of writing (hiragana, katakana and kanji). This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Desiree I. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. After the outbreak of intercontinental travel (therefore with the appearance of commercialization and missionaries around the world) many terms of different languages, including English ones, also became part of the language of Japan. The main problem is that many sounds present in the English language are non-existent in the Japanese language; this means that the pronunciation of many terms has been adapted according to the language standards of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sanchahe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangluo Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this task, I will be talking about my personal experience of teaching languages (both English and Spanish) to Japanese people, in Japan. Japanese is known to be a very difficult, challenging language, with 3 different alphabets and a very unique grammar structure. Besides the special characteristics that separates the Japanese language from other languages such...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences I work in two schools. I am an assistant language teacher at one commercial (low-level English) high school, and an integrated (high-level English) academic junior high and high school. I have had experiences with different kinds of students, Japanese-English teachers, and classroom atmospheres. In Japan, students take an entrance exam to get into high school. If they scored low on the entrance exam, then they are placed in the lowest ranking class. Each school has a certain number of classrooms for each grade. Both of my high schools have six classes total for each grade. There are usually around forty to forty-two students in each class as well. Teaching forty plus students in a crowded classroom is difficult. And unlike many stereotypes of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bǎihe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Even though English is a mandatory subject in Japan, most students end up High School without even a basic level of English. Some facts about this is the measure done by TOEIC that ranked Japan 40 out of 48 countries, and on the TOEFL they score as one of the worst countries in Asia. Teaching English to Japanese native speakers may be a challenging experience with a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhaoan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yan'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. There are several pronunciation problems that students of English will face in Japan; however, I will focus on two. The first of these problems they face, is the fact that Japanese doesn't not have some of the same sounds in its' alphabet as English does. For example, Japanese does not have a hard R sound; instead it has a sound that is a mix of R and L. So, when...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Newfoundland and Labrador? Are you interested in teaching English in Cape St George, Newfoundland and Labrador? Check out our opportunities in Cape St George, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! The problems for learners in japan. As we hear all the time and the fact that language different between english and japanese make tough for learners to acquire language....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New Brunswick? Are you interested in teaching English in Miramichi, New Brunswick? Check out our opportunities in Miramichi, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! The problems for learners in japan. As we hear all the time and the fact that language different between english and japanese make tough for learners to acquire language. english and japanese has big...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Ciudad Guayana and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: G.Z. - U.S.A. said: As it is well known, there are many languages throughout the world. Some coincide, have identical words, or take their pronunciation from each other. Although this may be the case, there are still languages throughout the world that don't share the same pronunciation. With this being the case, when a person studies a language foreign to them, they have trouble coming up with the right way to say a word. A number of Asian languages share similar difficulties in pronouncing certain letters, but this...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Le Raysville Pennsylvania and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: As it is well known, there are many languages throughout the world. Some coincide, have identical words, or take their pronunciation from each other. Although this may be the case, there are still languages throughout the world that don't share the same pronunciation. With this being the case, when a person studies a language foreign to them, they have trouble coming up with the right way to say a word. A number of Asian languages share similar difficulties in pronouncing certain letters, but this article...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Doneika D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. I am currently an English teacher living in Japan. I teach both Elementary and Junior High School English Language. Japan’s government allows the students to start learning English sometimes as early as Kindergarten. Most Elementary schools have a designated ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) that possesses a native level of English. Even though English is a compulsory subject in Japanese Junior High and High Schools, these students struggle with achieving even daily conversational English. In this summative task, I would like to highlight the two problems that greatly affect learners of...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Cleona Pennsylvania and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Being a native speaker from japan poses a number of problems and difficulties for esl students. There are a number of factors to consider. These are the alphabet, pronunciation, and other differences between japanese and english, exposure to english, the school system in japan, and the culture. Some english speakers say that japanese is one of the hardest languages to learn, but for the japanese it may just be the opposite! One of the biggest obstacles that japanese students face that their native language uses...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences There are several pronunciation problems that students of English will face in Japan; however, I will focus on two. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Brandie K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The first of these problems they face is the fact that Japanese doesn't have some of the same sounds in its' alphabet as English does. For example, Japanese does not have a hard R sound; instead, it has a sound that is a mix of R and L. So, when students from Japan go to say rice, for many it will come out sounding more like lice. This can cause some confusion as not everyone will understand that this is due to a lack of having this sound in their language and therefore they...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhongyuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ankang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Observed teaching practice has many benefits for teachers. Three points I would like to focus on are that an experienced observer can give critical feedback, an observer can help identify and solve problems, and teachers -new and experienced alike- can get and share ideas. The first and most obvious thing teachers can gain from an observation is advice for what...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences English is my first language, however, I studied Spanish throughout high school growing up in the Midwest and eventually received a Master’s degree in Spanish Literature. I learned to speak Spanish very well after becoming a high school Spanish teacher for eight years and then a principal for elementary and secondary schools for 26 more years speaking Spanish to new immigrant students and parents the whole time. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Rex P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. In reflecting on the title question I first asked myself how Spanish had influenced me over the years. The first obvious answer was that I became bilingual and began communicating...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Staples Minnesota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Putting the ‘L' back in english As a non-native english speaker, I thought that english in japan was taught the same way it was in canada. When I started my work as an assistant english teacher in the country 3 years ago, I quickly saw what a misconception it was. english education is slowly becoming important in the japanese school system, but the Roman alphabet is such a big part of the english language that having to learn it alongside the new language represents an additional challenge. Also, english has...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Richlands Washington and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Putting the ‘L' back in english As a non-native english speaker, I thought that english in japan was taught the same way it was in canada. When I started my work as an assistant english teacher in the country 3 years ago, I quickly saw what a misconception it was. english education is slowly becoming important in the japanese school system, but the Roman alphabet is such a big part of the english language that having to learn it alongside the new language represents an additional challenge. Also, english has...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chisha Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baoji Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. We naturally feel nervous when doing something new. Our confidence can dip even further when that something new involves a foreign language. I will tackle three questions related to students here in Japan. First, what can we do to create an environment in which students feel confident speaking in English? Second, how can we help students stop being afraid of English...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Ann Arbor Michigan. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Ann Arbor Michigan, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Ann Arbor Michigan. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL East Jordan Michigan and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: “Parlez vous Anglaise?” Do you speak english? It was the first sentence I mastered when learning french. The second was, “Je ne parlez pas le Francaise.” I don't speak french. I had the wrong...  [Read more]