A teacher of English sends Geoff Pullum some puzzling exam questions on an arcane corner of grammar. Japanese students are not just drilled on such sentences, he finds, but examined on them in ...

What is the grammar-translation method? The grammar-translation method is widely hated by EFL/ESL instructors, even without clearly defining what the method is. It often serves as a catch-all for the ...

Japan's only public broadcaster NHK provides this reliable Japanese language course for free. You can easily start learning basic grammar and vocabulary by listening to the story of Anna, who ...

These courses, reference works, and workbooks offer assistance on the journey to Japanese proficiency.

Now you can learn Japanese grammar with cute cartoon illustration – via James from Japan Probe. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to ...

English learners may improve their writing skills in the language if they focus on making good arguments rather than mastering complex grammar and vocabulary, according to new Japanese research ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

As a presenter of NHK’s German language programs on television and radio, Marei Mentlein is a familiar figure to students of German in Japan. She also writes a regular column introducing ...

Regarding Ai Shiinoki's Jan. 6 letter, 'Using Twitter to learn English': Frankly, I feel disgusted when I hear the argument that English education in Japan is rather useless or that English ...