There’s little point in trying to teach little Japanese kids how to write a cover letter in English. But what do you do if your livelihood depends on it? Where do you draw the line?

Click for: 52 reasons why teaching English for yourself in Japan is a great idea.

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Think teaching English is a mug’s game? Well, it’s got a lot more in common with tech titans Netflix and Amazon Prime than you might think.

Want more biz advice? There’s a whole lot in my book if you click here: https://freetalktefl.substack.com/p/the-tower-english-way-how-to-start

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If you are, it means you owe it to yourself to get your s**t together. One way is to think about funnels. Another is to buy my book, The Tower English Way, How to start and run your own little English school in Japan.

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It’s a good question, but I’m not sure I have the answer you want to hear. You could try starting your own playgroup…

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Here’s a heads up for my latest scheme… an English school in a box. What’s that? Watch or listen to the video and find out.

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QR codes are your friend. At least, they can be in teaching spoken English and especially to help kids to read. Watch the video for more.

Here are some useful links, as mentioned in the video:

* A blog post I wrote last year of how to teach phonics to Japanese kids.

* All 42 videos of me doing the phonetic sounds of English for my new improved workbook.

* Here’s a link to details about The Tower English Way on how to teach English for yourself in Japan.

* Here’s are links to the new workbook:

Available from Amazon.jp here.

Available from Amazon.com here.

Available from Amazon.uk here.

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To the teacher: Are you sick of scouring the internet trying to find material that will stimulate your intermediate or advanced students of English? Are you sick of spending your free time planning and prepping for lessons? The Free Talk Conversation series if for you.

You can get the Free Talk Conversation 3 combined textbook, workbook and video series from any Amazon site around the world.

(P.S. The price for the textbook goes up tomorrow, so if you want one, I’d get it asap.)Links to the top 3 sites are here:

From Amazon.co.jp here: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DYYMQXP7 From Amazon.com here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYYMQXP7 From Amazon.co.uk here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DYYMQXP7

Want to know more? Check out the welcome video on YouTube here:

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I’ll be at the Good Heavens British bar in Shimokitazawa to help raise money for Matthew Dons (see his GoFundMe page here) in his increasingly urgent fight against cancer. Come on out, donate as little as ¥500, and have a chat over a beer. Tomorrow is a national holiday after all. Cheers!

Patrick

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Sure, it’s maybe too late now, seeing as it’s Feb. 14th already, but in general, if you can figure out an English-language-learning angle to whatever annual events happen, you are doing everyone a service. More written thoughts on that on this post here.

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Well, OK, not so much the birds. But certainly the bees.

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