| There is, in Japan, a great demand for
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| | premiere English teaching jobs in Japan
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| native English speakers teaching English,
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| | come through the JET program, overseen by
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| but most of that demand comes from
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| | the Japanese government. The JET
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| private English "conversation schools",
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| | program, while it does include employment
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| or Ekaiwa, or JET, the Japan Exchange and
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| Teaching Program.
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| | daily basis, is really designed to expose
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| Teaching English in Japanese Ekaiwa
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| | the Japanese people to foreigners.
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| Ekaiwa are very common in Japan, and are
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| | Most of those teaching English in the JET
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| "schools" in which those teaching English
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| | program are assistant teachers in
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| will be actually offering individual of
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| | Japanese middle and high schools. They
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| small class sessions of conversations.
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| | must be under forty, and have both
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| Ekaiwa give Japanese of every age a
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| | excellent language skills and a college
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| chance to engage in real English
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| | degree--although the field does not
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| conversation; teaching English in this
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| | matter--and they are not allowed to
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| way can give the teacher a chance to see
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| | choose the part of Japan in which they
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| their students progress in a very short
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| | will be working. If accepted to the JET
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| time.
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| | program, however, their airfare will be
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| There are chains of ekaiwa in Japan,
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| | provided. For more info see on Teaching.
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| rather like there are chains of ballroom
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| | Those accepted to teach English in the
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| dancing studios in the US. The premier
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| | JET program will have to have great
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| chains include Geos and ECC, which have
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| | interpersonal skills, because they will
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| upwards of two hundred ekaiwa, but there
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| | be immersed in a foreign culture and left
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| are thousands of smaller schools.
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| | more or less to their own devices as far
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| Salaries and working conditions will vary
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| | as seeing that their basic needs are met.
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| according to the money behind each
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| | And they will be responsible for
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| operation.
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| | representing their native countries while
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| Those wanting to teach English in the
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| | in Japan.
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| Japanese ekaiwas can contact one of the
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| | Given a choice between the ekaiwa and JET
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| recruitment offices that the chain ekaiwa
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| | English teaching positions, most of those
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| operators have established abroad, in
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| | considering a job in Japan opt for the
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| particular in the US, UK, Canada, and
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| | JET program, which offers better salaries
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| Australia. While the better schools in
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| | and, most of the time, better working
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| the most desirable locations may require
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| | conditions. But if you are young and
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| degrees in English and teaching
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| | resourceful, and want to see Japan while
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| experience, many ekaiwa only require a
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| | getting paid for doing something that is
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| college degree.
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| | second nature to you--speaking
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| The JET Program
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| | English--an ekaiwa job can be just the
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| Many people, however, find that the
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| | ticket!.
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