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somchai
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 Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:50 am Post subject: Teaching English to Japanese nurses. |
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| I am sure that this topic has been done to death on this forum but here goes anyway. I have been toying with the idea of teaching medical(nursing) English in Japan. There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on the net regarding this. I have been a Registered Nurse for 18 years and plan to obtain some TESL qualifications prior to undertaking this venture. Is there much work available in this area in Japan? If so does the trend appear to be increasing? Is there a strong demand, particularly to teach nursing English? |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:09 am Post subject: Re: Teaching English to Japanese nurses. |
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| somchai wrote: |
| I am sure that this topic has been done to death on this forum but here goes anyway. I have been toying with the idea of teaching medical(nursing) English in Japan. There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on the net regarding this. I have been a Registered Nurse for 18 years and plan to obtain some TESL qualifications prior to undertaking this venture. Is there much work available in this area in Japan? If so does the trend appear to be increasing? Is there a strong demand, particularly to teach nursing English? |
Somchai, your best bet is nursing hospitals where student nurses train and semongakkos (technical schools) where nurses might study some English as part of their course. I think there is a demand for it as many nurses have to deal with foreign patients and speak English in hospitals.
To get jobs teaching English (which is all you can do as you will not be able to practice nursing in Japan without a Japanese licence due to the language barrier among other things) you would have to be qualified to teach in a teaching institution and qualify for a work visa. (Do you have a degree by the way, as you need it for your visa?). A lot of it is also connections and meeting the right people as well. |
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azarashi sushi
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Location: Shinjuku
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| Is there much work available in this area in Japan? |
I don't really know exactly... I imagine there is some demand but not huge. A while back I taught English classes at a semon gakko in Tokyo for nurses and hospital admin staff. So it is possible. |
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David W
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Just make sure you get them to wear their uniforms to class.   (yeah yeah I know, not helping) |
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somchai
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| David W wrote: |
| Just make sure you get them to wear their uniforms to class. (yeah yeah I know, not helping) |
That is a prerequisite. |
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Rice Paddy Daddy
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I taught airline stewardesses for a while.
WOW 
Have fun! |
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Gordon
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When I was in Korea, a friend of mine taught English to prostitutes at a brothel. There was a US army base nearby and some of the cheesy lines he would teach them. 
He never did tell me how he was paid though. |
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taikibansei
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I taught an English class to nurses at a rural prefectural university for four years. Frankly, it's not as interesting as it sounds. Student English levels were amazingly low. (The university actually had to waive English test scores on the entrance exams in order to ensure a sufficient number of students.) Also, at least at that university, there were disappointingly few students who, uh, did justice to the uniform. 
Probably, such gigs would be your best bet. Remember, though, that most likely they'd just be part-time positions. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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My Japanese sister-in-law is a nurse in Sapporo, and she used to work in Tokyo, too. Not much call for using English, she says.
On the other hand, I just got turned down for a teaching position to nursing and doctor students at a university in Hokkaido. It was meant for regular as well as medical English.
I'd rate the need for such teachers as low.
Look at this link for some additional information.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/viewtopic.php?t=871 |
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