Everyday is Learning

 

The other day, I was watching British TV show and there were few words that I have never heard of in so many years of learning English. I have been teaching English for almost two years now  but I still feel that I have more to learn weither it is English words, about Japanese culture , Japanese words or pop culture. I believe that language is often change as the time goes by. Even in Japanese many words develop with next generations and the new words develop. Some words get shorten, some words get borrowed from other culture.

Learning English is not only about learning the language itself but also about culture. With globalization,English have been spoken by many thus some may say that English language itself has changed.  What I am getting at is, there is no one way to speak English anymore.  As long as you can use English words to comminucate with other people, you are English speaker.

I often have parents who consider that having "native" English speaker teachers would be better in long run because children will get used to how native people speak. But in classes where children are just left to wonder on what they were said and often end up guessing everything they are told to do so, I find that Japanese English teacher who can speak native English and can explain/help children link English and Japanese would be more benefitial to the children especially when a lesson is once a week.