Name Pronunciation Oh Ten

[ikanaide]

English teachers not doing their jobs

My english teacher is amazing 

[bluaki]

My english teacher is amazing  

Unlike nearly every middle/high school English class in America, your classes probably teach about things like grammar and word roots and making your statements sound coherent

[ikanaide]

Unlike nearly every middle/high school English class in America, your classes probably teach about things like grammar and word roots and making your statements sound coherent

I don't learn english in school. 

[bluaki]

I don't learn english in school. 

That wasn't my point, but I thought Japanese schools teach everyone English. I see English classes mentioned fairly often in anime.

[Classic]

anime = real life?

Jirachi, is that you?

[ME##]

English should be only about learning grammar, how to construct sentences and vocabulary.  It shouldn't try to be a literature class as well. 

[bluaki]

anime = real life?

Jirachi, is that you?

I generally assume that most details like that I see in anime are based on real-life Japan

I'd think that anime creators would, when making a generic realistic school setting, base it on real schools

[Thyme]

I generally assume that most details like that I see in anime are based on real-life Japan

I'd think that anime creators would, when making a generic realistic school setting, base it on real schools

i agree

[ikanaide]

I do english class at school. However, that not the teacher that is amazing.
English at school is too easy. I learn better english.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

English should be only about learning grammar, how to construct sentences and vocabulary.  It shouldn't try to be a literature class as well. 

agreed

[ME##]

agreed

I hope you enjoy being my Secretary of Education 

[Kalahari Inkantation]

I hope you enjoy being my Secretary of Education 

how can students be expected to make use of literature in the first place if they can barely grasp the language it's written in

[ME##]

how can students be expected to make use of literature in the first place if they can barely grasp the language it's written in

I know not. 

[YPrrrr]

English should be only about learning grammar, how to construct sentences and vocabulary.  It shouldn't try to be a literature class as well. 

I think students should be able to pick it up after 8 years

[ME##]

I think students should be able to pick it up after 8 years

However, they clearly aren't able to.