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_Ocean_Drive_
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Registered: Jul 2004
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Re: Teaching English Abroad

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Originally posted by RJT
So I'm hoping Jay will have some input on this, but also that there are maybe more TA's than I think who have done this before. I've got an interview with a company (AEON) to teach in Japan for a year starting this fall, and I'm pretty excited about the possibility - but I guess I'm just looking to get to know the kinds of things that I might be forgetting about that could become major issues.

As for the details, I really don't know specifically where I'd be outside of knowing it would be in Japan. I've wanted to visit Japan for ages, and genuinely think I wouldn't have a problem transplanting myself for a year to somewhere unfamiliar. It's just definitely time to take advantage of my degree and this seems like a prime opportunity - I'd be making as much (if not a bit more) than I would as a first year teacher in the states, better benefits, subsidized rent, and I think it's just the kind of experience I want to have on my resume when I pursue teaching/graduate school further.

So have any of you (beyond Jay) done this? Known someone who did? What did you/they think?



I've really heard nothing but wonderful things from the handful of people I know personally who've done programs in Japan and South Korea (most have stayed beyond - some well beyond - their first year), but I feel like with hearing all these positive stories I've got to be missing out on something.

Any help/info/insights would be much appreciated - just trying to go into the interview prepared.

Also (somewhat related), I've really been trying hard to learn more about the subtleties of Japanese culture (so as to at least avoid some inevitable social faux pas), as well as learn a bit of Japanese (though this is of course proving quite difficult) - anyone have anything "big" they think I should know provided I were both offered and accepted the job?


Hey! I've been living in northern Japan (Tohoku region) since August last year. Having an absolute ball and plan on staying a few years yet. Good pay, low bills and cost of living, but transport is horrendously expensive. I know who have lived here for 12 years and more.

AEON took over NOVA, so I don't know what their reputation is like, although a Japanese girl friend of mine has an interview with them soon in Tokyo, so I think they must be doing quite well if they're hiring again.

Ageha is the best club in the world incidently. Been there 3 times now.

If there's anything you want to know, please ask!

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Originally posted by RJT
It's mostly just conversational English - which is big business in Japan (and other parts of Asia) apparently.

Still trying to get a grasp on how they actually really go about it, to be honest.


Sounds like you're going to be teaching at an Eikaiwa ipbj(English conversation school). They are becoming big business over here. Programs like JET are on their way out, as more JTEs (Japanese teachers of English) can speak English better and better so the need for ALTs is slowly but surely declining. What your eikaiwa entails is more chat than actual teaching. Most people go to eikaiwas 'cos they wanna hang out with foreigners and learn on the go. They don't want text books or anything like that, they just want to chat and have you correct them. You'd need to have very advanced Japanese to teach grammar anyway. You're goig to be there as something to practice off.

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So here's something I've been wondering that the TA's may be able to help with - anyone know of any Japanese EDM forums? Better yet, any that have even a single subforum that is in English?

I really have no intention of giving up at least trying to play out - whether or not I'm actually able to should I wind up in Japan is, of course, another story entirely.


http://forum.isratrance.com/forum-japan/

There are some awesome beach bombs every year all over the country. I definitely recommend them.


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elFreak
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Registered: Feb 2008
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it might be just me, but for a few days before i left i had butterflies in my stomach like mad and i got scared. It really id worth it. A few days before you will be wtf (maybe its just me again), but once you get there and see how much of a king you are you will realize that you will be hard off to find a job that makes you feel this way.

If you want to make good money and be truly appreciated asia is the way. Japan is much cooler as a place, but if you want to make real cash, go to south korea, and visit japan when you can. I made 10 k this month (extenuting circumstances and im not trying to brag, you know i have a piece of the pie).Its a question of what you want. Japan is a cooler country, whereas Korea you can make the same salary in half the time. Either way do womb..that club is sick and pm me for membership info. You have more chances of playing in korea though.


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bas
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Hey what the fuck. You better NOT be leaving the country


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RJT
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Hey what the fuck. You better NOT be leaving the country



Find out in about a week or two for sure. Interview is next Sun-Tues.


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elFreak
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prepare yourself with this.

www.engrish.com


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Lira
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Find out in about a week or two for sure. Interview is next Sun-Tues.

Cool, I have an interview next Monday concerning a possible graduate course in linguistics in Japan, starting in 2009. Personally, I'd love to have the opportunity to eat noodles with you and talk about Sellars, English as a Foreign Language, and possible reasons why you and Tony sport fashionable haircuts


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RJT
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Cool, I have an interview next Monday concerning a possible graduate course in linguistics in Japan, starting in 2009. Personally, I'd love to have the opportunity to eat noodles with you and talk about Sellars, English as a Foreign Language, and possible reasons why you and Tony sport fashionable haircuts




When would you be starting your position? That would be epic. It would be really cool, and somewhat random, if both of us wound up spending a significant time there simultaneously.



And there's just one reason for the haircut m8, so that'd be one short conversation.


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Lira
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When would you be starting your position? That would be epic. It would be really cool, and somewhat random, if both of us wound up spending a significant time there simultaneously.

That would be cool (and random) indeed

Well, I'll probably go there next March and I'll spend, at least, 3 years there. Nothing is certain, however. I'm applying for a scholarship there, and I've just passed the written exam, and the interview is the final stage. I usually do quite well in these interviews (I've been through this twice already), and the only reason why I haven't gone to Japan yet is because the Japanese government always spoils my fun in the last minute. This time around, however, I'm quite optimistic, because they seldom turn graduate students down.

I'll cross my fingers for both of us then


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Personally, I'd love to have the opportunity to eat noodles with you and talk about Sellars, English as a Foreign Language, and possible reasons why you and Tony sport fashionable haircuts


why would you waste your time with RJT when you could spend your time hunting down big-bossomed asian honeys? talk about wrong priorities. he doesn't even have any decent music to share.


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RJT
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quote:
Originally posted by Lira
That would be cool (and random) indeed

Well, I'll probably go there next March and I'll spend, at least, 3 years there. Nothing is certain, however. I'm applying for a scholarship there, and I've just passed the written exam, and the interview is the final stage. I usually do quite well in these interviews (I've been through this twice already), and the only reason why I haven't gone to Japan yet is because the Japanese government always spoils my fun in the last minute. This time around, however, I'm quite optimistic, because they seldom turn graduate students down.

I'll cross my fingers for both of us then


I'll do the same.

If you did head there in March, you'd basically be there the second half of my first year. I'd likely only stay a year, but who knows - that's a long time away. I've also begun applying to a few graduate schools in the Netherlands and then a few out East back here as well, so in the end I really don't know where I'm going to wind up in the next few years.

If I travel, I'll definitely be accomplishing the whole goal I had in going to school.


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why would you waste your time with RJT when you could spend your time hunting down big-bossomed asian honeys? talk about wrong priorities. he doesn't even have any decent music to share.



Well, for one, my break up with my girlfriend was a fiasco, and we ended up getting back together just a couple of hours after we (were supposed to have) parted ways... so I don't think that would be appropriate.

Besides, talking about (Wilfrid) Sellars with him is definitely part of this boobic enterprise, as it is important to find out whether we can know things about perceived breasts independently of and, in some important sense, prior to the conceptual apparatus which we use to perceive the said breasts themselves. Just ask Rob!
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I'll do the same.

If you did head there in March, you'd basically be there the second half of my first year. I'd likely only stay a year, but who knows - that's a long time away. I've also begun applying to a few graduate schools in the Netherlands and then a few out East back here as well, so in the end I really don't know where I'm going to wind up in the next few years.

If I travel, I'll definitely be accomplishing the whole goal I had in going to school.

I'm happy to hear that, it sounds like a phenomenal opportunity for you


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pkcRAISTLIN
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Well, for one, my break up with my girlfriend was a fiasco, and we ended up getting back together just a couple of hours after we (were supposed to have) parted ways... so I don't think that would be appropriate.


yeah, but youre not in japan yet. i had a mate that travelled there with his longterm girlfriend of 7 years. they stayed together maybe 3 months. haha. yellow fever baby!

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Besides, talking about (Wilfrid) Sellars with him is definitely part of this boobic enterprise, as it is important to find out whether we can know things about perceived breasts independently of and, in some important sense, prior to the conceptual apparatus which we use to perceive the said breasts themselves. Just ask Rob!


oh god. i can just imagine that. just make sure you do it in a japanese titty bar or something, else god might take away your genitals for being such a pair of poncey fags. or end the conversation on a massive rampage of sexual assault; i rape therefore i am!


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