The most effective method for students to cultivate English pronunciation and listening skills is via speaking and body language of assistant language teachers. If the classes are badly managed by inexperienced teachers, students will come to hate English.

Thursday 02nd April, 04:05 AM JST

Mejiro University Prof Takashi Tada. Ssome cash-strapped municipalities are cutting back on hiring foreign teachers of English (Yomiuri Shimbun)

neverknow2 at 08:12 AM JST - 2nd April

Wrong yet again Japan!! The best way is to change the way it is taught. I can eat anything, but some things I don't like. Learn how to teach the fundamentals properly for the first time, and people might actually improve. Listen to native speakers and actually get the students to speak it themselves, not just listen and write, and then hope they can speak English!!!
Gavinova at 11:59 PM JST - 2nd April

I have noticed the pay for ALTs has dropped a lot. Difficult to see anything much more than 250,000 yen a month on the gaijinpot ads.
Good_Jorb at 12:41 AM JST - 3rd April

If the classes are badly managed by inexperienced teachers, students will come to hate English.

That could explain why Japanese overall have such poor English abilities.
Triple888 at 01:40 AM JST - 3rd April

Totally agree. It is the teachers that really influence a student's interest in the subject.
jessssicaaa at 09:05 PM JST - 8th April

The most effective method for students to cultivate English pronunciation and listening skills is via speaking and body language of assistant language teachers. If the classes are badly managed by inexperienced teachers, students will come to hate English.

Yes thats true. They need to get more english teachers over there who are actually born in an english speaking country ;P im currently at tafe soon to be at uni for teaching >;D ill come and help ;DD