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TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Starting in April, I'll be working as an ALT in junior high school (maybe elem, too) in Tokyo or Chiba.

ne01 · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 23

hi liz, i'm new to the alt scene, so could you please lend me some of your wisdom.. arigatou gozaimasu!!

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Ne01,

So, do you have some questions about the job?

ne01 · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 23

liz,

to answer you q's. no this will be my first time for both alt and japan.
my view of an alt is i will be assisting the japanese english teacher in pronunciation, etc. "a living dictionary"..haha

will you be working for a company/program (eg. interac, jet) as an alt?

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Neo1,

As an ALT, your job can range from radio voice for examination recordings, activity club leader, sports coach, pen pal, sheriff, shoulder to cry on, English teacher for teachers, foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, adjudicator for speech contests, #1 mop pusher, eater of absent students' lunches, tour guide for visiting dignitaries, mediator for indignant Japanese teachers, kendo target practice, hapless taster of home economics cuisine, table tennis umpire, object of ridicule and hopeless crushes.

ne01 · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 23

you'll be with interac? so will i. but i don't know the city yet. they haven't told me any info at all. what about you?

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Neo1,

I've been following the thread on Interac