http://www.eltnews.com/features/interviews/ I found this wonderful interview with Kumiko Torikai on the subject if teaching English in Japan. I for one was constantly stunned by some Japanese English language schools only employing Americans. Instantly, I felt as if my version of English was not interesting, or in some ways, incorrect. Last year, while I was still searching for 'couple jobs' online, I found the perfect school. Upon contact, they refused to even give me an interview on the basis that I wasn't from America. Apparently the students they had were only interested in American culture and American English. Honestly, I was hurt. In reality, English is English. If I were to speak with an American, an Englishman, a Singaporean, I can understand them. Occasionally there is a cultural word or two thrown in there that confuses us, some words are spelt differently, but all in all, it is the same. However, I did not like this quot...
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