After many years experimenting with blogs, starting them, deleting them, starting them and then posting every day and then not posting for months and in some cases years, I thought I’d start again.
I’ve been working in EFL for nearly 20 years teaching teenagers and adults in monolingual and multilingual classes. I’ve taught all the main Cambridge suite of exams and IELTS. I’ve taught group and 1-1 classes. I’ve also taught business and ESP.
One of my specialisations is in teacher training. That is training Japanese people who want to teach Japanese to non-Japanese speakers and those who want to teach English to young Japanese learners of English in Japan. It’s what is known as TEYL (Teaching English to Young Learners).
This year, English lessons will become compulsory in Japanese primary schools. Therefore, many Japanese primary school teachers would like to improve their English language skills. Also many Japanese people see teaching young learners as an extra skill set they could have.
There’s more information on this link https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/03/486b6a277aad-feature-native-speakers-in-demand-as-japanese-schools-step-up-english-lessons.html from the Kyodo News website.