[dogsbody70]

Hi James-- I guess that if teaching English-- you have learnt/learned a great deal because it can be in the teaching that we actually Learn?

I have to agree that you cannot beat EXPERIENCE in Anything.

That is why I always believed the old apprentice system was the best way to learn.

It also must help if the teacher also has some insight about the students own language and possibly that must help to explain.

I believe that as Japanese is Sooooo different especially word order-- and learning to use our alphabet--compared to the kana and kanji of Japan-- it must be a mammoth task for them to learn English .