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clareh
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 Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:40 am Post subject: teaching in Kyoto |
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| I am planning to go to Japan to teach this year and am thinking of staying in Kyoto. If anyone would like to share their expereinces of living in Kyoto I would love to hear from them. Is it the kind of place a 21 year old would like to go? I hear its a nice balance of culture and city living. Can anyone tell me more about it and why or why not I should go (and any other recommendations)? |
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Glenski
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| and any other recommendations)? |
What are your qualifications, proficiency in Japanese, and personal interests? |
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clareh
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| Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| I have a degree in Journalism and CELTA. I have studied Japanese at school for 4 years but haven't spoken it for three (can read and write hiragana, katakana and some kanji). My interests I guess are reading, photography and going out. I guess I am looking for a place that will be lively enough to entertain me but still feel like Japan. I also wanted to know what time of year schools do most hiring? Is it around April and Septemeber? |
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Glenski
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| Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 6:39 am Post subject: |
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What type of schools? Eikaiwas hire year round. Places that start in April include high schools, international schools, and elementary schools, but they do their hiring earlier than that.
Your credentials are pretty average for most eikaiwa teachers, and unless dispatch companies don't care about your lack of experience, you aren't qualified for anything else except JET programme.
Don't fret about your Japoanese. You will only need it outside class. |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: teaching in Kyoto |
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| clareh wrote: |
| I am planning to go to Japan to teach this year and am thinking of staying in Kyoto. If anyone would like to share their expereinces of living in Kyoto I would love to hear from them. Is it the kind of place a 21 year old would like to go? I hear its a nice balance of culture and city living. Can anyone tell me more about it and why or why not I should go (and any other recommendations)? |
Clare
I am living in Kyoto (have just moved to the southern part of the prefecture) and couldnt really tell you anything you couldnt find in a good travel guide. Kyoto itself is pretty ordinary as Japanese cities go, but if you are into the temples and 'culture' there is plenty of that here too.
Not that I got out and saw all the touristy things that much its a nice place to live, but I think the prices are a little more expensive than Osaka and Kyoto people tend to be a little more on the snobby and aloof side, compared to Osaka. Great pubs here, too. Not so much in the way of teaching jobs and many people live in Kyoto and commute to Osaka for work. |
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clareh
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks for the info, I appreciate it. |
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chi-chi
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Location: Back in Asia!
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Hi,
I guess I am confused by the comment that there are not too many teaching jobs there. I am currently searching for work in the Osaka area, and IMHO, most of the jobs are in Kyoto, followed by Kobe, Nara, and Hyogo. I would go to Kyoto if I could. Stay away from the Wakayama area, there seems to be no work here. In Osaka proper, also especially Southern Osaka, there seems to be less work advertised than in the Kyoto area. |
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