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EDisher
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 Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:28 am Post subject: Teaching in Japan |
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Hi
I have never taught in Japan and want to get an Idea of the best way to go about getting a TESOL job in Japan. I have a graduate Diploma in TESOL and a clean police record.
What would you suggest.
Any schools I should avoid?
Is getting a Visa a difficult process and how long does it normally take. |
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kpjf
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching in Japan |
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| Not sure what a "graduate Diploma in TESOL" is exactly, but if you have a BA/BSc you could try http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JET/ which starts its application process in October. They arrange the visa for you and is one of the most popular ways to start off teaching in Japan. |
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TokyoLiz
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:35 am Post subject: |
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To get a sense of teaching positions and conditions, see http://www.ohayosensei.com
To get a Certificate of Eligibility, the document that allows you to work in Japan, takes 1-3 months to process.
http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/01.html
JET Program is a great way to go for a new teacher in Japan.
You didn't mention a location or job type preference. There are many on Dave's who could give you advice on regions. |
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jkozera
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| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching in Japan |
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| kpjf wrote: |
| Not sure what a "graduate Diploma in TESOL" is exactly, but if you have a BA/BSc you could try http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JET/ which starts its application process in October. They arrange the visa for you and is one of the most popular ways to start off teaching in Japan. |
that would be an MA in TESOL
basically the same thing as getting a BA in Applied linguistics and a TESL cert but costs a lot more and opens more doors for you for shelling out the money. |
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GambateBingBangBOOM
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| jkozera wrote: |
| kpjf wrote: |
| Not sure what a "graduate Diploma in TESOL" is exactly, but if you have a BA/BSc you could try http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JET/ which starts its application process in October. They arrange the visa for you and is one of the most popular ways to start off teaching in Japan. |
that would be an MA in TESOL
basically the same thing as getting a BA in Applied linguistics and a TESL cert but costs a lot more and opens more doors for you for shelling out the money. |
Except that it probably won't open more doors in Japan because people don't know what it is and an astonishing number of potential employers seem to not ever really bother actually looking up the university which awarded it and the actual program. The same thing has led people with MAs from Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin and the Ancient Universities of Scotland to get away with claiming that their MA is a graduate degree, although that is simply what those schools refer to their undergraduate degree as, or the MA is an 'honorary' degree that is given to anyone with an undergraduate degree from that school who sends a processing fee, and the university is pretty upfront about saying that the MA is NOT a graduate degree [Cambridge does it that way and they call is an MA Cantab]. Actual masters degrees (graduate level degrees) from those universities have different names (M.ed, M.S., MPhil etc).
It's just like a university one-year (postgraduate) CTESL (previously known as a "B.Ed TESL" at at least one school, sometimes known as a "TESOL-Certificate") {maybe the same thing is also known as a "PGCE in PCET (ESOL)" in the UK) is equivalent to a masters degree in language teaching. In Japan, it's called a "certificate" and therefore is given approximately the same weight as a "Learn to Teach English in, like, 40 hours at the YMCA and, then TOTALLY Go Overseas, eh!" private certificate offered through private companies and advertised in the classifieds of papers. |
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