No doubt there is a lot of bad English to be found in Japan. Even in Tokyo, where one would thing it would be easy to find a native English speaker, there are plenty of egregious “What the eff is that sign trying to say” signs and pamphlets. But even sneakier are the little weird [...]
I may be teaching (and I use that word loosely) English here in Japan, but I’m no linguistics expert. This, of course, doesn’t stop my teachers from asking me questions and acting a bit perturbed when I don’t produce an answer on the spot, or not being satisfied when I say that it’s just some [...]
I feel incredibly fortunate to have the JTEs I have, they are all nice and I get along with everyone. That said, there is one teacher I somewhat dread teaching with who I shall refer to as Clueless-sensei. He’s a very nice guy, but I’m almost positive he never intended to be an English teacher. [...]