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dthompson
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 Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject: Kitami Institute of Technology |
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| Does anyone have any info about this place? |
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taikibansei
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Kitami Institute of Technology |
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| Does anyone have any info about this place? |
Just that it's quite cold for about six months out of the year. Also, they tend to run searches for foreign faculty a LOT....
Judging from their website, you'll probably be teaching 共通講座 courses--i.e., lectures in general English skills--to classes of would-be engineers, electricians, scientists, etc.
The specific program's website there is down right now, so I can't tell you anything more. At many universities, though, these classes tend to be large and difficult to teach--e.g., 40-50 mostly male students in one class, many with little to no English ability. |
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AndyH
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I taught in Kitami last year, and it is a nice city. A bit remote, and it does get cold in the Winter, but the people are friendly and it has a comfortable atmosphere. I didn't know anybody who taught English at Kitami Institute of Technology, but I taught a few of the students and professors at the Eikawa where I worked. I never heard anything bad about the place from them.
I wouldn't worry too much about the cold. Apartments in Hokkaido have good heating systems (much better than in the Tokyo area!), and I was actually much warmer inside my home in Hokkaido in the winter than where I live now, in Chiba!
Kitami has a population of around 120,000, and there aren't a lot of foreigners there, but there are some good restaurants and bars. Also, the countryside is beautiful.
Best of luck. |
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taikibansei
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Good points, Andy.
It probably should be added as well that, as a former national university, the salary is probably going to be extremely high. I'd imagine that you'd be able to save a lot of money over the five years of the initial contract.... |
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dthompson
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:07 am Post subject: Kitami Institute of Technology |
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Thank you for your replies.
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