X Factor English

Here are some useful links for you:

1. Listen to or read what AJ Hoge has to say about the way that English is taught in Japan. I had exactly the same experience. 
2. Look at the difference between a teacher and a coach (thanks again, AJ Hoge). You need a coach, not a teacher.
3. Learn about yourself with questionnaires like VARK,  Kiersey. together with Kiersey 16 personality types and Briggs-Meyers, the 8 intelligences,  8 styles of learning, how analytical, creative and practical you are, and many more. This will give you ideas about how to learn English better. 
4. Go through this powerpoint of a personal learning profile. It shows how useful it is to know about yourself.
5. Learn about motivation and psychology in a podcast, a video or by reading about it here (thanks again to AJ Hoge). 
6. Have a chat with a chatbot!
7. Language exchange on LiveMocha. 
8. Read and/or listen in Japanese and in English.
9. Learn from the man who learned Polish from Harry Potter! 
10. Hear what Richard Simcott has to say (in 2 or 3 minutes)