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[ncrebel1]

No worries. I have no doubt he's well intentioned.

[Mr. Kalgukshi]

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[Vince]

I never saw that teaching experience outside of Asia didn't count. It is indeed experience, and most interviewers will be interested to see how you do in the teaching demo.

[Sanura]

http://recruiting.ecc.co.jp/location/index.html <-- this page of their website has a map of all of the school locations, in case you missed it (it is not a big link, so I could see why you could!).

As you can tell, most of the schools for ECC are clustered around the major cities, though of course there are some that are out of the way. If you decide to interview for them, make a note on the form they get you to fill in that you would really prefer a metropolitan area. My best advice? Just be as polite as you can about it, and there is a decent chance you'll be ok because of the high concentration of schools in those locations. Keep in mind too, that if you're posted somewhere on the edges of a metro area, there's nothing stopping you from moving closer in and having a slightly longer commute time to work, if that is more your style.

You will not be guaranteed a location before you'll need to buy your plane ticket, and you may not even know it until the last minute, so if working in a less metro area is going to be an absolute deal-breaker, then it may not be for you... but keep in mind that if you're wanting to come in mid-year, there's always the new academic year contracts where you can request different locations (admittedly, you might not necessarily get a different area, but you can request them).

Be happy and energetic in the interview, ask lots of (relevant) questions, and do a little research about the company before you go, so that you can show some commitment to getting a job there when they ask those little questions to test that. IE, knowing what ECC stands for, etc. You're confident in your ability to pass the grammar test, but do a bit of reading up beforehand anyway... the more prepared you are the better, and it is one killer of a test. It also covers a few basic teaching terms as well, that you may have already been exposed to - but possibly not... so yeah, might want to renew those in your mind too, before you sit the exam!

Hope that helps!