We talked about grammar and the English Center Test in the last post. We saw that in the first section we looked at, Part 2, Section A, that what looks like grammar questions, are in fact, testing usage. They do not test grammar. Next, I will look at the only section that really requires that …
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Jan 21
Teaching in Japan, Is There Grammar on the English Center Test?
Today, I want to talk about the English Center Test and grammar. If you do not know what the Center Test is, and you teach in Japan, you need to learn. There is a myth that grammar is important to do well on the Center Test. This is wrong. Students only need to …
Jan 01
Teaching in Japan–What are your goals?
I am teaching in Japan now at a high school. The classroom is each teachers temple, and teachers here are often left to their own devices. This can be great, but if you want to more than that “funny foreign person,” you need to succeed. To do that, you need to have goals and plans to achieve those goals. …