Does Using English Make It Work? The World of Japanese Language Education Expanding Through the Indirect Method
I am IZUMI, a Japanese language teacher living in the US 🇺🇸 🇯🇵
Yesterday, I received an unexpected phone call.
It was from the mother of a student I used to teach at a Japanese language school.
“Teacher, are you still teaching Japanese?”
“There is an American high school student who wants to study Japanese, and...”
I was suddenly presented with such a delightful offer.
The fact that our connection remains even after all this time is truly something I am grateful for, and it warms my heart.
What would you do if you received a job request like this?
“An American high school student wants to learn Japanese, could you please teach them?”
When asked that—
“Oh, no! I can't speak English...”
Many people might instinctively shy away.
But please think about it carefully.
What is being requested is not “teaching English,” but rather
“teaching Japanese.”They are not looking for English proficiency in a Japanese teacher.
If you learned English in junior high and high school,
by just knowing a few simple tricks, it is entirely possible for you to teach Japanese to foreigners.
Because I have had the same experience myself, I can share practical methods on “how to make it understood” and “how to explain things.”
Recently, the number of people learning Japanese has been increasing rapidly around the world, and their ages and backgrounds have become increasingly diverse.
Furthermore, due to the rapid spread of online lessons, there is a growing demand for learning not only the “direct method” but also the “
indirect method” of teaching Japanese using English.Because of this, the number of people applying to our Japanese Teacher Training Course is increasing every year.The sixth cohort is currently in session.
Those who want to teach Japanese online, active Japanese teachers who have already started online instruction and are aiming to improve their skills, and those who have been asked to “teach Japanese” but are
worried about how to teach it
...
People with such varied motivations from both Japan and abroad are taking our course.
It is a style where you can learn in 12 sessions (each about 1.5 hours long).
If you wish, we can also proceed with private (one-on-one) sessions with careful, personalized attention.
What I will introduce from here on are real-life testimonials from those who have completed our course.
Please try to get a sense of what our “Japanese Teacher Training Course,” which teaches the “indirect method” using English, is like through their voices.
What is it like to teach Japanese using the “indirect method”?
If you have such questions, please feel free to try our 1-hour free trial lesson first ↓