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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I can`t say for certain in your case, but it seems pretty common for English teachers to not have the opportunity to improve their Japanese all that much even while in Japan. Teachers tend to stick together so end up without much actual exposure to Japanese language. At least not in a way pushing them to learn any of it. Just being in Japan, unfortunately, is not enough on it`s own to learn/improve Japanese.
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This is why I love rural Japan, and intentionally chose to be in rural Japan.
I had no choice in the matter. I learned/improved my Japanese out of necessity. But when there are only like ten native English speakers in a given area...
Yeah. Immersion. It works. Big cities? Not immersion. Too many ways to avoid having to use the language.