If you teach English at an eikaiwa, the higher ups will probably prefer that you arrive in Japan with little to no Japanese ability. This, they believe, improves the chance that you’ll comply with their “English Immersion” policy – i.e., the idea that one hour of exposure to English without translation per week can teach […]
Kojima Yoshio
Classroom Hoe-Down
Attention, English teachers in Japan! Are your young students suddenly disrupting your classes by doing something that looks like this? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpr6vTGfbqo&rel=1] If so, blame this man: His name is Kojima Yoshio and, apparently, he’s a “comedian”. His shtick involves appearing in public clad only in a Speedo bathing suit. His act […]