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msimard
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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject: Just satrting to look around |
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Hi. Im a french Canadian with a pretty good english knowledge in speaking and understanding. I would'n consider myself fluently blingual but almost. So, what are according to you my chances to get a job in Japan or Korea teaching either english or french? Thanks too all of you who will respond.  |
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RyanS
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| It depends on your favourite hockey team. Most korean employers like the maple leafs. If you don't you'll have a hard time finding a job. As for soccer, You better be cheering for Argentina. |
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PAULH
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:08 am Post subject: Re: Just satrting to look around |
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| msimard wrote: |
| Hi. Im a french Canadian with a pretty good english knowledge in speaking and understanding. I would'n consider myself fluently blingual but almost. So, what are according to you my chances to get a job in Japan or Korea teaching either english or french? Thanks too all of you who will respond. |
If you have a Canadian passport and a four year Bachelors degree your chances are as good as anybody's working in Japan as you are considered a native speaker. Degree is required for your work visa and whether you get hired depends on other factors such as how you do on the interview, suitability etc. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Paul, while you're lurking, do you know if there is opportunity to teach French in Japan? |
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Glenski
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French is not as popular as English in Japan, but you can find some work in it.
As for general teaching requirements, I'll just echo PaulH's sentiments. Do you have a bachelor's degree? If not, your Canadian nationality may still get you in with a working holiday visa for a year. Depends on certain other factors.
http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/w_holiday/index.html |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Paul, while you're lurking, do you know if there is opportunity to teach French in Japan? |
Not if you're a Senator fan. They make you take a pledge of disallegiance. I believe Nova teaches French along with other obscure languages. 
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PAULH
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Paul, while you're lurking, do you know if there is opportunity to teach French in Japan? |
Possibly, the only places I know of are NOVA and Berlitz. Your choices are limited if you are applying out of the country, but NOVA employs French teachers and has info in French on its company website.
http://www.teachinjapan.com |
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RyanS
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| Gordon wrote: |
| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Paul, while you're lurking, do you know if there is opportunity to teach French in Japan? |
Not if you're a Senator fan. They make you take a pledge of disallegiance. I believe Nova teaches French along with other obscure languages. |
Yeah Senator fans are banned from Korea both north and south. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Gordon wrote: |
| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| Paul, while you're lurking, do you know if there is opportunity to teach French in Japan? |
Not if you're a Senator fan. They make you take a pledge of disallegiance. I believe Nova teaches French along with other obscure languages. |
Most of the Senators speak Czech!
Ah yes, pity that the language of love has become obscure. Vive l'anglais and the sound of honking geese.  |
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msimard
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:27 am Post subject: Re: Just satrting to look around |
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Thanks for responding.No probs with the degree but Im just wondering how much of a language do you need to handle to teach? As i was saying, im not fluently bilingual.....it's mostly on specific subjects here and there that i need a bit more vocabulary. Could it cause me any problems to get a job?What about the interviews, are they tough to go through? Thanks.
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| msimard wrote: |
| Hi. Im a french Canadian with a pretty good english knowledge in speaking and understanding. I would'n consider myself fluently blingual but almost. So, what are according to you my chances to get a job in Japan or Korea teaching either english or french? Thanks too all of you who will respond. |
If you have a Canadian passport and a four year Bachelors degree your chances are as good as anybody's working in Japan as you are considered a native speaker. Degree is required for your work visa and whether you get hired depends on other factors such as how you do on the interview, suitability etc. |
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Jizzo T. Clown
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When I was at Nova MM, all the French teachers were native speakers. All the Chinese teachers were native speakers. All the Spanish teachers were native speakers (and I believe they all came from Spain). Same with Italian and German.
So I'm pretty sure you need to be a native speaker of the language you plan to teach. |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: Just satrting to look around |
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| As i was saying, im not fluently bilingual.....it's mostly on specific subjects here and there that i need a bit more vocabulary. Could it cause me any problems to get a job?What about the interviews, are they tough to go through? |
I think you're saying that your ENGLISH is not totally fluent/native, rather than your FRENCH. Is this the case? If so, then perhaps finding work teaching French will be easier for you. |
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Glenski
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| Im just wondering how much of a language do you need to handle to teach? As i was saying, im not fluently bilingual.....it's mostly on specific subjects here and there that i need a bit more vocabulary. Could it cause me any problems to get a job?What about the interviews, are they tough to go through? |
How much Japanese do you need, is that what you're asking? Hardly any, as it's usually prohibited in the classroom. How much you'll need for daily living is a different story.
Interviews with NOVA are conducted in your home country, but you must bear the expense of traveling to their limited locations at their scheduled times (few per year), and you may have to go through 2-3 days of interviewing. Do a search to see what NOVA interviews are like. Some will say they accept anyone with a pulse, but that's an exaggeration. They want fresh-faced newbies, yes, but you must have some level of intelligence and show it, plus show some sincere commitment to living and working in Japan. Being a manga fan, for example, will not cut it. |
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msimard
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:19 am Post subject: Re: Just satrting to look around |
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Im french but I don't have any pedagogy in teaching french. I sould have asked instead.....What are my chances to teach french with a degree that as nothing to do with teaching. Thanks
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| As i was saying, im not fluently bilingual.....it's mostly on specific subjects here and there that i need a bit more vocabulary. Could it cause me any problems to get a job?What about the interviews, are they tough to go through? |
I think you're saying that your ENGLISH is not totally fluent/native, rather than your FRENCH. Is this the case? If so, then perhaps finding work teaching French will be easier for you. |
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PAULH
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:48 am Post subject: Re: Just satrting to look around |
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| msimard wrote: |
Im french but I don't have any pedagogy in teaching french. I sould have asked instead.....What are my chances to teach french with a degree that as nothing to do with teaching. Thanks
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The degree is a requirement for immigration to process your work visa. It could be in basket weaving for all immigration and NOVA cares.
Most new teachers arrive here with no training or previous teaching experience whatsoever and get some basic instruction in teaching methodology when you arrive in the country. You will probably mentor with one of the veteran French teachers and observe some classes before getting students of your own (about a week after you get here, they dont muck around).
Im not aware of any courses to teach French as a Foreign language but the same principles hold true for French as they do for English when teaching a lesson . Students here lack input and exposure to spoken language so you will mainly teach them conversation patterns. Grammar is included but is usually weaved into a lesson and not taught explicitly. Students dont learn French at school so you will be teaching raw beginners, false beginners (can read and write but not speak it) and anything up to fluent non-native speakers. Students simply need lots of speaking practice and lots of chance to hear and use the language they are learning. The text book you use will do most of the work for you as well as cassette tapes and CDs etc. |
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