Month: February 2016

• Assistant Language Teachers in Japan getting the raw end of the deal

  Being an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Japan used to be a prestigious job. It was government funded with high infrastructure and support. But since the mid-2000s the government had started to source for teachers from the private sector. During its heyday an ALT would earn a minimum 300,000 yen (USD2,639 as of writing) as the basic minimum…

  Warren Tang

  15 February 2016

• Periscope Tip: scope length

  I had a great blab with Masashi (@soycamino), Keizo (@kanji_k) and Dave (@DaveinOsaka) yesterday. It was my first time to Blab. It is not as fun as Periscope but then again Blab is for a different purpose altogether.  One thing I had learned from Dave in the short short time that he was there was…

  Warren Tang

  10 February 2016