Being a non-English using country, just like other nations in Asia, the demand of English in Japan is extremely high. According to the website Bachelors Degree Online (n.d.), Japan is in the top 10 countries that desperate for English teachers. Even though English is compulsory in the national curriculum from the fifth grade, the lessons focus mostly on grammar. Therefore, Japanese students’ level of English is not really high. According to Hongo (2014), Japan ranked 40th out of 48 countries in TOEIC scores. Moreover, Japanese learners of English show less proficiency level than other countries, especially in oral communicating using English. As a result, beside English education from the government, Japanese people tend to look for more English
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Opposite to the country’s national curriculum for English study, these school focus more on developing students’ communication skills, ability to use English orally rather than grammar knowledge. Students who come to English Conversation School are often looking for improving their school studies, developing international business skills and social skills or preparing for travel. In other cases, Japanese parents usually send their children to these schools to make sure that they can early build up English foundation. In order to satisfy all those demands, English Conversation School in Japan normally would provide their students with conversation-based lesson. The goal in these school is to help Japanese learners be able to speak in English (Schoolius, n.d.). Therefore, the need of English native teachers in Japan is extremely …show more content…
According to Rogers (2010), the language school industry in Japan is often looked down and ridiculed. For a teacher who works in an English Conversation School in Japan, he/she tend to hide their real job to avoid the judgement from the people around them. Deny the truth of being a language school’s teacher is a common thing to see in English native teachers in Japan. Perhaps in many cases, in order to get a job as an English teacher, all you need is a degree from an English-speaking country or even less such as having English as mother tongue. Compare to those conditions, experience is not really important. Therefore, people in Japan tend to look down on Eikawa teachers for their job (Mineta,
Opposite to the country’s national curriculum for English study, these school focus more on developing students’ communication skills, ability to use English orally rather than grammar knowledge. Students who come to English Conversation School are often looking for improving their school studies, developing international business skills and social skills or preparing for travel. In other cases, Japanese parents usually send their children to these schools to make sure that they can early build up English foundation. In order to satisfy all those demands, English Conversation School in Japan normally would provide their students with conversation-based lesson. The goal in these school is to help Japanese learners be able to speak in English (Schoolius, n.d.). Therefore, the need of English native teachers in Japan is extremely …show more content…
According to Rogers (2010), the language school industry in Japan is often looked down and ridiculed. For a teacher who works in an English Conversation School in Japan, he/she tend to hide their real job to avoid the judgement from the people around them. Deny the truth of being a language school’s teacher is a common thing to see in English native teachers in Japan. Perhaps in many cases, in order to get a job as an English teacher, all you need is a degree from an English-speaking country or even less such as having English as mother tongue. Compare to those conditions, experience is not really important. Therefore, people in Japan tend to look down on Eikawa teachers for their job (Mineta,