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TOEFL Booster / But anyway, watch for digressions Lawrence J. Zwier Special to The Daily Yomiuri In the listening section of the Internet-based TOEFL (iBT), the lectures are meant to sound like spoken English, not like written English. They are not simply passages read aloud. In an effort to make them sound like actual lectures in a real classroom, the Educational Testing Service has built lifel..

Who teaches the teachers: Amount, quality of JET training a perennial issue Tom Baker Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Some of the assistant language teachers (ALTs) who come to this country on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme are professional educators in their home countries. But most are not. Training is necessary for them to do their jobs well, and opinions vary as to whether the pr..

City offers teachers network of resources Midori Matsuzawa Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer During an English lesson earlier this month for her class of sixth-year students at Meiji Primary School, Kyoko Kawamura used a TV screen connected to a computer. After reviewing the previous lesson, the homeroom teacher asked students to turn their attention to the TV screen. "Where do you think this conversat..