Teaching in the JP 2.0

[jasonbvr]

Removed........

[st2l]

Why did you remove all those posts?

[aldine]

Why are you removing all those posts? You're like a demigod of English teaching in Japan. Just imagine all the hopefuls and you're depriving them of your wonderful insights!

Hows it going with Fifths?


Geraldine

[jasonbvr]

Some of the posts were in response to specific questions and not useful to people looking for general information so I took them out to avoid confusion and make it easier to find useful stuff.

Then there were some posts that made it too easy to identify me or posts that would discourage potential employers from hiring me if they ran across them so they had to go.

Basically though, less is more.

I finish with Fifth this week actually. All the office girls are doing fine, I assume. I never actually go to Ashikaga, but things are business as usual.

[aldine]

[kpauner]

I am thinking of spending my 3 week long vacation in Japan, and also thought of teaching a little English while there. I heard of a simple way to teach english, that doesnt require much of me. (wouldnt want to work at a school and only able to be there for 3 weeks)
So i thought that those "conversation english jobs" that some foreigners take, how do they pay, and how do you get one? You know, those who teach at a cafe or something, and really only talking in english..

Cheers

[jasonbvr]

Honestly mate, that would be a bit tough. With only 3 weeks I doubt you are going to want to be working anyways. There are very few short term opportunities like that available to people without a work visa. However outside of the big cities in some parts of Japan there are places where Japanese people meet with English speakers, and the English speaking people receive a "gift" for attending. However you would have to know the time and place of these types of events before going. It is not like they advertise unless they put up flyers at the location. I know of one thing that goes on every Tuesday from 7 to 9, but it would cost you about 1,500 yen to get there from Tokyo and pays only 1,000 for attending. I guess just visit coffee shops and look for flyers could be an option. Sometimes prefectural and city halls have an English club that meets once a week, but often these things do not pay since they are more of a way to meet people.

[MMM]

And are you a native English speaker?