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DerbyJohn
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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 Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:20 pm Post subject: Apartment waiting ... should I apply now or later? |
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Hi
I'm a 37yo English teacher (BA Hons English + PGCE but no CELTA or TESOL), about to go to Tokyo this summer for my first EFL job and looking for some advice on jobhunting.
I'm in the lucky position of having a friend who lives and works in central Tokyo. His firm pays for his two-bed apartment (yes, you guessed: he's not a teacher, he's an accountant!) and he says I can stay with him, rent-free, until I get sorted. As such, it seems I can either approach employers now, while still in England, or wait until I get to Tokyo.
Would I be better off jobhunting locally? I've read that, if you can afford to do this, you'll often get a better job that way.
Also, it seems that Japanese employers are more concerned with professionalism and being a lively teacher than having a CELTA/TESOL. Is this true? Will my current career as a teacher of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) - one year's experience - in England provide me with just as good a foundation for EFL teaching?
Any thoughts gratefully received ...
John |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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As such, it seems I can either approach employers now, while still in England, or wait until I get to Tokyo.
Would I be better off jobhunting locally? I've read that, if you can afford to do this, you'll often get a better job that way. |
If you CAN, try contacting the employers that interest you and notify them when you will be in Tokyo, so they can consider setting up interviews. Extremely few places interview by phone, and I don't recommend doing that. You might as well try to save some time by lining these up before you go.
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| it seems that Japanese employers are more concerned with professionalism and being a lively teacher than having a CELTA/TESOL. Is this true? |
I don't know about the "professionalism" part. Some just want people who are enthusiastic native English speakers. As for the CELTA\TESOL, unless they advertise for people to have it, I'd simply play it down because you might sound like a person who will change their teaching format.
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| Will my current career as a teacher of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) - one year's experience - in England provide me with just as good a foundation for EFL teaching? |
Just as good as someone with a CELTA/TESOL, you mean? Hard to say. In the eyes of the employer, yes. In terms of you being more prepared, maybe and maybe not. |
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Akula the shark
Joined: 06 Oct 2004
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Location: NZ
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| Sounds like you're in a good position to find work once you get to Tokyo. Good luck. |
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