MacNamara, has been selected as English language tutor to the Officials of the Imperial Household of Japan. Miss MacNamara is a talented pianist and_ elocutionist jand first came to Japan on a Shakespearean recital tour of the Far East. Her excellent diction and wonderful elocution—she studio ed the drama in all its aspects for many years under the famous acfor, Ben Greet—resulted in an offer being made to-her to remain in Japan and teach English to Japanese dits. The offer was accepted and the results she produced were so satisfactory that she now has been asked to occupy one of the most important and best-paid teaching positions in Japan.
Nearly every one of the higher officials attached to the Imperial Household of Japan has a fair knowledge of the English tongue, but it is to enable them to acquire the niceties of speech requisite for jthe fluent use of the language that has prompted the Japanese - Government to enlist the services of Miss MacNamara. She has considerable experience in teaching English and employs a method all her own. Miss MacNamara is of ithe belief that the Japanese are ivory good linguists—far better linguists, in her opinion, than Britons or Americans. The fact that the Japanese are always eager to learn and especially have evinceed a keen desire within recent years to be able to master the intricacies of the English tongue will, according to her, considerably facilitate and accelerate her task of imparting to her pupils sufficient j knowledge of the language to enable them to speak correctly and with ease.
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