Eigo Doujou

I've got an idea for a movie; an idea for a movie and not a reality because it could never exist in the real world. It is merely an English teacher's fantasy world called Eigo Doujou. You may be familiar with the word doujou as a place where Karate and other martial arts are practiced. These are skills that are mastered only through rigorous training on the part of a student who is willing to endure anything to meet the impossibly high standards of the master. I believe that mastering English as a second language requires the same dedication.

In my little fantasy world, all students would join of their own free will based on their understanding that the fun comes from developing their skill and finding their own ways of expressing themselves rather than being led to believe that English simply a set of games and activities. For many students, when the card games stop being fun, English stops being fun.

In this world my classroom decisions won't be second guessed by third party interests or information. Fluency in English is the ONLY goal to which the class must aspire AS A CLASS.

English practice will not be given the lowest possible priority in students' weekly schedules while putting the highest possible expectations on the teacher. If you want to master the piano, find a piano master. If you want to speak crappy English, find a crappy English school. The dojo is for English mastery.

Much more to come on this...