Jack Wolfe
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- 27 Jan 2017
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Hey guys,
I've recently returned from 6 months abroad teaching English in Osaka. I had a great time, but my next destination is going to be China.
Does anybody here have experience with the differences between teaching in Japan versus elsewhere in Asia? My primary reason for going to China is just that there are more, higher paying teaching jobs there. But I'm otherwise quite ignorant on how it might be different from Japan.
Interested to hear what you guys think about other countries in southeast Asia as well, if you have something to share on that front. I've heard that some public/private schools in China and in other less developed areas are less picky when it comes to teachers compared to Japan. I'm fairly qualified and I've had trouble finding ALT work in Japan, let alone a regular teaching gig at a real school.
Side note: Who has a good recommendation for a small Japanese town to look for a job in? Somewhere in southern Honshu or Shikoku/Kyushu. Ideally not Kanto.
I have ~2 years experience teaching ESL children, a TESL cert., a bachelor's degree, and I'm conversationally fluent in Japanese.
I know not everybody here is a teacher but if you have something to say about your industry's work environment in Japan versus the rest of Asia I'd be very interested to hear it.
Cheers,
Jack
I've recently returned from 6 months abroad teaching English in Osaka. I had a great time, but my next destination is going to be China.
Does anybody here have experience with the differences between teaching in Japan versus elsewhere in Asia? My primary reason for going to China is just that there are more, higher paying teaching jobs there. But I'm otherwise quite ignorant on how it might be different from Japan.
Interested to hear what you guys think about other countries in southeast Asia as well, if you have something to share on that front. I've heard that some public/private schools in China and in other less developed areas are less picky when it comes to teachers compared to Japan. I'm fairly qualified and I've had trouble finding ALT work in Japan, let alone a regular teaching gig at a real school.
Side note: Who has a good recommendation for a small Japanese town to look for a job in? Somewhere in southern Honshu or Shikoku/Kyushu. Ideally not Kanto.
I have ~2 years experience teaching ESL children, a TESL cert., a bachelor's degree, and I'm conversationally fluent in Japanese.
I know not everybody here is a teacher but if you have something to say about your industry's work environment in Japan versus the rest of Asia I'd be very interested to hear it.
Cheers,
Jack