I'm currently looking into the JET Programme to teach English in Japan. I am also trying to find some good backup plans in case I am not accepted. Can anyone recommend any similar programs? My language skills so far are probably fair, but by no means can I speak fluently. I'll probably need something that will allow me to use English in a professional setting, but to work on improving my Japanese in my free time. Thank you.
Work abroad programs?
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See if any university in your area has a similar exchange. As far as I know, there aren't any of these big ones like JET. Why would there be, since JET has 6000 ALTs here?
If you can't/won't come here for job hunting, you are limited to a few eikaiwas and dispatch agencies that hire from abroad. You pay expenses to attend any interviews wherever they may be in your country (couple of locations in the USA, I think).
You won't need Japanese in most classrooms. It's usually prohibited anyway. Learn it for daily survival more than anything. It'll take years of concentrated study to be fluent anyway.
If you can't/won't come here for job hunting, you are limited to a few eikaiwas and dispatch agencies that hire from abroad. You pay expenses to attend any interviews wherever they may be in your country (couple of locations in the USA, I think).
You won't need Japanese in most classrooms. It's usually prohibited anyway. Learn it for daily survival more than anything. It'll take years of concentrated study to be fluent anyway.
