Teaching Abroad In Japan

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  As one of TEFL International’s newest TEFL training centers, the opportunity to gain an all-important TEFL certificate in Japan should be an attractive proposition to those that wish to experience the unique culture of Japan while gaining valuable TEFL certification. For many years, TEFL and Japan were synonyms for high salaries and limitless opportunities for qualified, hard working TEFL teachers. While high salaries and opportunities for teaching English remain amongst the highest in the world, the TEFL profession in Japan has seen a dip in demand in recent years.Never the less, Japan remains a prime location to earn your TEFL certificate and go on to gain that valuable first teaching position. Taking your TEFL in Japan will provide an unforgettable cultural experience while...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cheaper TESOL School and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: A.R. -Japan said: This is my second year working within the japanese school system as an Assistant Language Teacher of english. I neither had a background in english nor in teaching when I started working in japan, and while working with my students, it became clear that to be effective I would have to try to understand the english learning process from an ESL perspective. For this reason, I have simultaneously worked to improve both my japanese skills and my knowledge of english. Completing this TEFL course...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Class TESOL Weekend and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: R.D. - Japan said: This TEFL course has been extremely useful in honing and clarifying what I already know about teaching english in a foreign country, as well as offering a vast number of ideas and valid new points about teaching. Currently I am an ALT on the JET programme in Japan. As a result I began teaching english in a classroom with another teacher always present, but essentially learning on the job with little prior knowledge of TEFL teaching. As a result, some of the course content was familiar to me...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Peru piura and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit dealt with speaking and writing lessons that I can utilize when teaching students. I would like to teach in Japan, and shame and embarrassment is a very big problem in Japan. The steps to help encourage students to speak and write will be extremely useful such as creating a need to speak. I think if I made the speaking lesson less creative and more objective based that the students would not be so embarrassed as there is nothing personal attached it. Even though the fear of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Doing A TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K.A. - U.K. said: Differences in the japanese and english education experiences for the young japanese learnerMost schools in Japan have the same three-term system as in england, although the year begins in April, not September. When students begin the year in September in England it can be disorientating as they are half way through their school year in Japan. This can also be true for students returning at the end of the year. Homework in Japan is more rigorous than in England. The japanese students have daily...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Location TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K.D. – U.S.A. said: I have gained an incredible insight in the way of teaching. Before I took this course, I had prior teaching experience, but I didn’t really know what I was doing. If only I’d had this course before I went to teach on the JET program in Japan. I was never really good at grammar, but this course gave me a greater understanding of all of that. Now I can go into a classroom and have the proper confidence to teach things like grammar and correct tenses. Confidence is a good thing to have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Dates Combined TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.D. - Japan said: This course helped me not only to fresh up my english if it comes to grammar rules but also helped to notice where I have weak points and what I have to look up myself again. Throughout those units I recognised a lot of the organisation of TEFL classes that I had the joy of experiencing during my time as a language student myself. That was while I was learning japanese, but in the end the same principals work for every language. I learned that it is not necessary to be a natural born...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Accreditation Onsite TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: A.J. – Japan said: I have worked as an english teacher for 5 years now in Japan. When I began my position I had no qualification for teaching english as a second language other than the fact that I spoke english. My position was to teach oral communication but I soon found it necessary to be looking up the names of certain tenses and the usages of certain structures. This course has deepened my understanding of the tenses and grammar structures of the english language. It has especially helped me to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Miyazaki and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit focused on teaching special groups such as beginners, individuals, business, young learners and multilingual and monolingual groups. The portion on teaching business English was particularly helpful because I have no experience teaching this sort of English. It was interesting reading about the use of a needs analysis in order to better understand the students' strength and weaknesses in English, interests, needs, and goals for the course. This is something that I would like to try to...  [Read more]

  Japan has been a popular destination amongst English language teachers for many years due to its widespread job opportunities, good salaries and fascinating culture. Whilst there are other countries in the region where the cost of living may be lower and the wages a little higher, nowhere provides such an incredible mix of modern development and ancient traditions as you will find in this extraordinary country. If you are looking for excitement and adventure, look no further than Japan. In order to work legally you will need to be eligible for a work visa. The good news is the criteria is not as tough as many other countries as you simply need to possess a degree in any subject. The only other qualifications you need are a fluency in the English language, a professional approach...  [Read more]

  Japan has been a popular destination amongst English language teachers for many years due to its widespread job opportunities, good salaries and fascinating culture. Whilst there are other countries in the region where the cost of living may be lower and the wages a little higher, nowhere provides such an incredible mix of modern development and ancient traditions as you will find in this extraordinary country. If you are looking for excitement and adventure, look no further than Japan. In order to work legally you will need to be eligible for a work visa. The good news is the criteria is not as tough as many other countries as you simply need to possess a degree in any subject. The only other qualifications you need are a fluency in the English language, a professional approach...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Tachikawa Japan and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 4 discusses EFL has more tenses in English grammar than just the present, past, and future tenses. It discusses four aspects included within the present, past, and future tenses such as simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. It is important because it helps non-native speakers recognize the patterns of tense/time not always represented in the native language of a student.This chapter was a great guide on future tenses. I particularly liked the teaching ideas for each of...  [Read more]

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Japan can present the traveller with a bewildering combination of culture, manners, beauty, architecture and personalities. Whether one goes to Fuji San - mount Fuji, to admire it’s serene beauty, or one parties all night long in Roppongi - the nightclub district of Tokyo, one is constantly taken aback and presented with the unexpected. At times a shade frustrating, such as when you are on a train so crowded that you go three stops past the one you wanted because you cannot move. Hence, the ‘gaijin’, or foreigner learns to laugh about these things and accepts them as a part of life. A population of one-hundred and twenty seven millions is jammed into a landmass of one-hundred and forty five square miles. Indeed, the population density in the big cities is amazing. The official...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification United States Irvine and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit reviewed the teaching of the productive language skills: speaking and writing. I learned that teaching writing can be very difficult, especially in cultures where the prevailing language is not written with Roman characters. Since I live in Japan and expect to teach English here, there's a handful of challenges I will have to face. Teaching speaking skills, specifically punctuation, will also be difficult because their language is much more phonetic than ours. However, this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Easy TESOL Program and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K.B. - Japan said: Problems for learners in JapanIn Japan, there are some issues students face regarding learning english. Teaching here since 2000, I have seen many of these problems in the classroom, not to mention in my everyday interactions in english outside the classroom here in Japan. One problem that would become apparent to an EFL teacher in Japan is pronunciation. The japanese language consists of only five vowel sounds, a (“ah” as in “father”), i (“ee” as in “meet”), u (“oo” as in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Washington Tacoma and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I have always been very interested in teaching Business English but terrified as anyone who is not a business major. I have had an experience being an entrepreneur once but I think it does not guarantee any mastery in this field.Also, I was a former online business English Teacher a few months ago. It has really been great since all my clients are professionals from all areas of trade, commerce and business world in Japan. As of now, I am teaching children ages 8 and 11. The transition...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brooklyn Park Minnesota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 6 is about the Busines English World. It covers all important factors to be considered when teaching Business English in a foreign country especially when there are so many cultural differences with that country. The factors include Business etiquette, where, when and how to find employment along with possible interview questions and how to prepare a good CV. The last part deals with the international organizations wherein a teacher can join and get help in finding, securing and other...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Watson Michigan and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In this unit I learned about the various equipment and teaching aids available to me as an English language teacher. I learned that despite being in the age of technology, things like DVDs or CALL should be used sparingly, and always with a specific purpose. From my time teaching in Japan where in many schools all I had to work with was a copy machine and a blackboard, I know that even with minimal technology, English education can still be very effective. I also found a number of the links very...  [Read more]