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Geek Culture / Teaching English in Japan

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 15th Nov 2007 06:17 Edited at: 15th Nov 2007 06:18
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hoy

Does anybody here have experience teaching English in Japan? I am looking to take a gap year after I finish my college Art & Design foundations year and am interested in attempting something like this. The market has changed since the Nova crash (50% of Japan's English schools caved leaving thousands of westerners unemployed)so perhaps finding work is not the same anymore.

I guess I'll be needing contacts too...

anyway, figured i'd try out here and see if anyone's dived before.

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Posted: 15th Nov 2007 06:47
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No I don't.
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Jeku
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Posted: 15th Nov 2007 10:09 Edited at: 15th Nov 2007 10:09
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I looked into it about 5 years ago, as a Canadian. Most of the schools and Japan's government's JET program required you to have any degree. I didn't end up pursuing it but was in contact with an agency in Vancouver. Good luck with that

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5Louiz
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Posted: 15th Nov 2007 14:27
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Maybe you find one or two pupils willing to pay for individual classes while you do not get a real job. A friend had the experience of teaching Portuguese to one Chinese dude. He said it was a pain. But he earned some important extra money.

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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 15th Nov 2007 14:45 Edited at: 15th Nov 2007 14:46
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Lots of American spouses stationed in Japan do it. Very few speak Japanese, but I believe that you need a degree, at least to teach English at any decent place.

Judging by the atmosphere while I was there, I would guess that nobody would pay for you to come and do it since there are so many Americans living there under SOFA status already and it costs them nothing besides the paycheck to employ them.


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Kentaree
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I remember recently seeing something about one of the biggest companies in Japan that hire people to teach English firing a lot of people, as they're not making enough money, so you might be out of luck. I'll look around to find that story...

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 15th Nov 2007 15:41
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Quote: "I remember recently seeing something about one of the biggest companies in Japan that hire people to teach English firing a lot of people, as they're not making enough money, so you might be out of luck. I'll look around to find that story..."


Quote: "The market has changed since the Nova crash (50% of Japan's English schools caved leaving thousands of westerners unemployed)so perhaps finding work is not the same anymore."


Anyway, I figured it was kind of a far shot...I heard there is potential with private tutoring, as even someone without a degree can progress someone's English, but again, that's through contacts.

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