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[Alik]

as far as how i presented myself i made an effort to look pleasent and smile and whatnot in the actual lesson i said "like" as opposed to favorite. the lessonplan would theorehticly be for my eyes only so I used favorite.

as far as appearence. Fresh shaven dressed in buisness attire black suit blue shirt. One thing that i feel may be noteworthy. I lost some weight so the clothes were slightly big on me, with the coat on I dont think one would notice however I did have problems with my pants always kind of slowly liding down my butt. So i was forced to readjust them on occasion.

Do you guys honestly think it was possible that my lesson was "too good"? honestly? I mean i guess its a hard concept for me to wrap my mind around that they want someone inferior, but looking at the state of the world i shouldnt be surprised.

Thank you everyone for the advice. I do think one thing maybe i could have done in my presentation was get through the introduction to the colors faster. during the rpesentation I said the color twice and wrote it on the board and then repeated a final time. While I dont think it was neccesarily wrong, it did slow me down when I could have done it just as swell slightly faster and moved on to other subjects.

I guess my question is this: should i reevaluate my lesson plan and come up with something new? or stick with this? Im wondering about my choice of subjects and maybe thats where I went wrong. I dont know.

in the presentation for favorite I made sure to model. I said: "Please look at me. Mr. Major, What color do you like" I grabbed red "I like red" i then made a hugging motion to the card to model or at least give them an idea of what i meant by like.

thank you everyone for you input i need all the input i can get as quickly as i can for the next go at it

[GIR]

[ripslyme]

[Mapleblondie]

Yep, I almost didn't make it through with ECC because the interviewer told me he thought I was overly qualified too, as I have my BA (double major in English and Japanese), and a B.Ed for secondary schools in Canada. He told me right at the interview NOT to let on that I have that extra education because my trainer in Japan will likely not have the same qualifications. I barely knew what to say except "ok". Depending on your education and experience, that definitely might have been a reason contributing to the decision. There are so many possible reasons...And from what I have heard, one of the biggest ones is if they think you are going to have severe culture shock and not be able to handle living and working in Japan. If you've lived abroad, or especially if you've lived in Japan before, that shouldn't be an issue though. I would suggest that you just make sure you practice answers to possible questions you might be asked in the individual interview section, and try try aain to be presentable, enthusiastic, and prepared.

[Alik]

as i think about it im starting to think i blew the test it seemed easy but i missed 3/5 spelling words imMinent EmbarRass and bureacracy

i capped the letter i didnt put in, oh and bureacracy i was kind of off in as i spelled it beauracracy. so 3/5 spelling wrong thats bad and makes me wonder about the rest of the test.

the 2nd part had fix the sentence without rewriting it. I assume they meant to edit it DOL style by marking mistakes and putting the would be correct answer in its place. What i found odd is i mangled the first one to the part it wasnt clear what i wanted to do i asked the recruiter and he said it was ok to rewrite the sentence...... soooooo idk

then there was comparing words: sensible vs sensitive, and want vs hope

im guessing they wanted to know the difference between them i said sensitive meant you were receptive to the stimuli around you, whereas sensible was making rational decisions

want and hope was tricky cant say i remember exactly what i put.

what do you guys think? is it possible i blew the test ~.~ all that prepping and its a ^$(&^$) 10 Q test thats stopping me ~.~ please help me out with this;-;

as far as lesson plan ive decided to develop a new one but im still keeping the old one. Im going to tweak the old one too. The idea is im making a new one that incorporates what i learned at the interview.

(for example i intend to wear a light colored suit as they said is good in japan) i intend to make a lesson with a "grammatical emphasis" whereas the colors are good theres really no grammar issues involved so maybe thats a sticking point.

the general consensus though is that my colors lesson is good in fact most say its very good, but again no grammatical emphasis, and the recruiters may not have liked that. That said ensuring i have one that does may bolster my chances in NY

[miffycat]

I think you are overanalysing. Loads of people don't get thru the 1st part and many more don't get thru the 2nd. They are looking for a certain character type that is pretty easy-going on a personal level but conscientious when it comes to work - difficult mix to assess. I think where most people fail to make the cut is during the initial period in the morning before any of the presentations start. If you don't make smalltalk in a genuinely friendly way to everyone around you at that point, you can forget it. They won't take to you. You are observed from the moment you get to the building and sign in. They look at you through the eyes of a prospective student. You need to look friendly, happy and approachable at all times.
It's also worth bearing in mind that even if you make it through all of the initial stages and arrive in Japan, you might not make it beyond the training week even after that. Not everyone manages to finish it out successfully.
As for having low-hanging baggy trousers, there was a trainer that used to have trousers exactly like that. Didn't seem to be a problem for him.