The Uni-Files - Authors Profile

A candid look at EFL life and lessons from a university teacher's perspective.

Mike Guest is Associate Professor of English in the School of Medicine at the University of Miyazaki. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, he has been living, working, and researching in Japan (not to mention lounging in the professors-only jacuzzi and taking lengthy, fully-funded research trips to 5-star beach resorts in Bora-Bora) for almost twenty years.

• Amusement/Fiction (2)
• Conferences (1)
• Culture (3)
• Grading (5)
• In the real world (5)
• Management (11)
• Testing (6)
• University (44)
• Activities (13)
• Courses (12)
• ELT university society (8)
• Grammar and vocabulary (10)
• daily workload (8)
• methodology (25)
• publications and research (5)
• rants (22)
• research (9)
• the political side (17)
• the students (25)
• what you didn't know... (13)
• working conditions (9)
• contracts (3)
• foreigners in Japan (10)
• internationalization (5)
• theory (6)

• A very brief blueprint for Japanese university English programs
• Getting involved- local politics, universities, representation and influence
• Riffing on 1) Extreme J student nerves 2) So-called "thinking outside the box", and 3) Self-introductions- Bah!
• One man, his son, and the J school system
• Blowing your top and hitting the ceiling- some thoughts on classroom anger management
• Introducing Jiro (cheers) and Taro (hiss)
• Japanese universities slip in Asia rankings- a few comments
• J universities as bastions of progressive policy?
• Why I never teach grammar tenses
• Privacy, transparency and why you must know what I'm looking at on the web

• Fixing poor student study habits: Notes to self
    - Mark Howarth
    - dhez abayari
    - Mike Guest
  
• Getting involved- local politics, universities, representation and influence
    - Mark Howarth
    - Mike Guest
  
• Riffing on 1) Extreme J student nerves 2) So-called "thinking outside the box", and 3) Self-introductions- Bah!
    - Walter
    - Mark Howarth
    - David
  
• One man, his son, and the J school system
    - Brett Iimura
    - Jan
    - DAve & Amy Long
    - Colin Skeates
    - Mike Russell
    - John Spiri
    - Mike Guest
    - Mark McBennett
  
• Blowing your top and hitting the ceiling- some thoughts on classroom anger management
    - Ryan
  
• Japan- Love it, Leave it, 'Change' it, Or...?
    - Mark Hunter
    - Mike Guest
    - Mark Hunter
    - Mark Howarth
    - Mark Howarth
    - Mike Guest
    - Mark Howarth
    - Brian Duff
  
• Introducing Jiro (cheers) and Taro (hiss)
    - Mark Howarth
    - Mike Guest
    - Brooks
    - Mike Guest
    - Julian Bamford
    - Mike Guest
    - Mark Howarth
    - Mike Guest
  
• Fear in the TEFL academic community and how it is connected to my utter lack of professionalism
    - Marcos Benevides
    - Mike Guest
    - Mike Guest
    - Ben Shearon
    - Mike Guest
    - Terry Fellner
    - Glenski
    - Mike Guest
  
• Q&A time: Everything you want to know about Japanese medical students and becoming a doctor
    - Alexander Astroth
    - Mike Guest
  
• J universities as bastions of progressive policy?
    - James Tink
    - Mike Guest