Is English Language Education Improving in Japan? | with Quint OB

#InsideJapan #Episode159

In this episode I spoke with my friend Quint, a professor at Waseda university. He teaches teachers of English in Japan, and we talk about why Japanese students often dislike and abandon learning English. What do many teachers, even trained ones, get wrong when trying to motivate young learners? This is one for the passionate teachers out there, and the people who want to know that there are talented and smart people working on the problem of demotivated English language learners in this country, and that progress is being made little by little. I hope you enjoy this conversation.

Find out more about Quint’s research at: quint.space

Timestamps (check your podcast player or the YouTube show for links):

00:00 Intro

01:13 Quint’s Background

02:41 Charlie and Quint both lived in the same tiny countryside town

04:15 What motivated you to go and get your masters?

06:24 Teaching elementary school teacher’s programs in Japan

07:12 Making English learning meaningful

11:44 Institutional memory and forgetting learned lessons

12:46 Sponsored Segment for https://JobsinJapan.com

13:17 Digital learning and the effect on students and teachers

15:17 BIG wins: positive changes you can make in your classroom today

18:39 Some things you should know as an untrained English teacher

23:16 Being a father in Japan

28:13 Outro

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Charlie Moritz

I'm Charlie and I've been in Japan since 2012. I started Live Work Play Japan to help foreigners in Japan to find their own version of success. I also wrote "The Smart Guide to Teaching English in Japan" which you can get on Amazon as a paperback or Kindle book.