Daily Archives: January 3, 2008

the mystery of English

January 3, 2008 – 10:09 pm

I’ve lived here for over 12 years now and the one thing that’s never changed is the Japanese love of English. Al Bartle said it best “It (English) is everywhere.” Japanese companies such as Toyota, Panasonic and Sony saw that having a company name written in English brought it more acceptance in not [...]

By Adrian | Posted in SSE Hirakata Corner | Comments (0)

English Made in Japan (和製英語)

January 3, 2008 – 5:21 am

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I want to point out some obstacles that Japanese students of English face. I could start with the fact that English pronunciation is hundreds of times more difficult than Japanese or the fact that Japanese has no articles or is not a prepositional language like English or [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Okamoto Corner, english in japan | Comments (1)