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In Defence of English Teaching
By Kevin Burns

I have one of the greatest jobs in the world. I get paid to do what I love doing. I teach English in Japan. I have always enjoyed meeting and conversing with interesting people, only now I get paid for it.

Yet, teaching at English conversation schools ("Eikaiwa") seems to be a much-maligned profession, especially on certain websites. One of those is Arthur Caversham's The Truth About Shane and Nova Pages at [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/6455/]

Let me examine some of his claims.

1. "Eikaiwa" schools employ teachers with no teaching experience.

So what? Some of the best teachers in the world are like a diamond in the rough. If you hire people who hav...
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