Letters in response to the Jan. 6 Learning Curve column by Teru Clavel, "English fluency hopes rest on an education overhaul." Letters have been edited for size.
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I have been an ALT/AET [assistant language/English teacher] in Japan for 15 years having taught at the same school with successive teachers. Very few of them can actually speak conversational English.
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