Saturday, October 15, 2011

When it comes to English teachers in Japan, is there any preference between British and American English?

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Generally speaking, the preference is for American English, because that is what the majority of Japanese come into contact with. However, I worked with native speakers from nearly every country. The people who have trouble finding English teaching work are those from countries where English is universally taught at a high level, but is not truly the native language. India and the Philippines are some examples. I had friends from those places who spoke English as well as any Brit or American, but couldn't get work because they were not "native" speakers.

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