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| Vote for which nationality of ESL teachers seems most represented in Japan. |
| Australians |
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26% |
[ 7 ] |
| Americans |
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34% |
[ 9 ] |
| Kiwis |
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3% |
[ 1 ] |
| Brits |
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15% |
[ 4 ] |
| Canadians |
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15% |
[ 4 ] |
| Irish |
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3% |
[ 1 ] |
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RingofFire
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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| chollimaspeed wrote: |
| Why didn't you have "Other" in the poll? |
Because I doubt there is an "Other" nationality that is going to receive the most votes as to which nationality is most dominant among ESL teachers in Japan. |
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Apsara
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| "Other" nationalities I have come across teaching English are Singaporeans, Filipinos, Indians and Japanese- Japanese citizenship but spent a large part of their childhood in other countries. Only a very tiny percentage though. |
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chollimaspeed
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| RingofFire wrote: |
| chollimaspeed wrote: |
| Why didn't you have "Other" in the poll? |
Because I doubt there is an "Other" nationality that is going to receive the most votes as to which nationality is most dominant among ESL teachers in Japan. |
Japanese, perhaps? |
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Sweetsee
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:58 am Post subject: |
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| Californian here! |
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Yawarakaijin
Joined: 20 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| Canadian. |
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RingofFire
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| chollimaspeed wrote: |
| Japanese, perhaps? |
That's not what the poll is intended for and you know it. |
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chollimaspeed
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| RingofFire wrote: |
| chollimaspeed wrote: |
| Japanese, perhaps? |
That's not what the poll is intended for and you know it. |
Well, "Korean" could certainly be there. There's much more chance that they make up the largest group of ESL teachers by nationality. Certainly more likely than Irish or Kiwis.
Perhaps you're only talking about "native" speakers, OP? |
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alexcase
Joined: 26 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Have you really met Korean English teachers in Japan? |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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Location: Hong Kong
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| chollimaspeed wrote: |
| RingofFire wrote: |
| chollimaspeed wrote: |
| Japanese, perhaps? |
That's not what the poll is intended for and you know it. |
Well, "Korean" could certainly be there. There's much more chance that they make up the largest group of ESL teachers by nationality. Certainly more likely than Irish or Kiwis.
Perhaps you're only talking about "native" speakers, OP? |
I don't know, do Koreans in Japan account for most of the ESL teachers over there? I had no idea. Seems unlikely, but I'm not there.
I've taught English in Korea for too many years already, and while their English is better than your average Japanese person, I can't imagine that making them qualified in Japan to be teaching Japanese the English language.
Maybe you've misread the question and thought it was 'what's the largest non-Japanese ethnicity in Japan?' instead of in regards to ESL teaching? |
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wabisabi365
Joined: 04 Feb 2007
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Location: japan
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By the back-and-forth banter here, it would seem someone has some sort of agenda, and feels the need to make you "think" more deeply about your question. I think most people understand the OP's intention. There are indeed Korean teachers of English. I have met one. One. In ten years. I work with her.
I think someone's trying to throw a wet blanket on your polls. Oh, and also make you "think".
Sorry. Need more coffee. After that nit-pickers won't even register on my radar.
Back to work.
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chollimaspeed
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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| wabisabi365 wrote: |
By the back-and-forth banter here, it would seem someone has some sort of agenda, and feels the need to make you "think" more deeply about your question. I think most people understand the OP's intention. There are indeed Korean teachers of English. I have met one. One. In ten years. I work with her.
I think someone's trying to throw a wet blanket on your polls. Oh, and also make you "think".
Sorry. Need more coffee. After that nit-pickers won't even register on my radar.
Back to work.
ws365 |
I think the question has been misunderstood by a number of posters. One poster has said "Kiwis" are most represented and one has said "Irish". I don't believe either person posting that believes it so perhaps they posted their own nationality thinking that that was what the poll was asking for.
I also doubt very much that British represent the largest number of ESL teachers as well.
OP, just out of interest, what is your purpose for finding out the largest number of foreigners teaching ESL here?
If it turned out that Australians were the largest group, for example, by a couple of hundred just ahead of Americans and Canadians I wonder what use that fact would be.
In my experience, Australians made up the largest number of ESL teachers when I was at NOVA because they had a lot of people from there on working holiday visas. Friends from other eikaiwa companies such as GEOS tended to be highly represented by Canadians whereas the lower levels would be taught by Japanese teachers. At ALT dispatch companies and GABA non-native teachers are employed alongside native teachers with Fillipinos making up a large number, others would come from Nigeria, Egypt, Iran etc... |
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Mr. Kalgukshi
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| Offensive posting deleted. Thread locked. Member sanctioned. |
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