Teach English in Japan
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Japan is a fascinating country to visit on a gap year or career break however, the relatively high cost of living in Japan often puts many gap year travellers off visiting.
A great way to travel around Japan, without having to break the bank, is to teach English in Japan.
The Japanese are generally extremely enthusiastic scholars of the English language so there are plenty of English language schools throughout the country in which to teach English. Apart from the pay, if you teach English in Japan you'll also find the work extremely rewarding. It's an immensely satisfying feeling witnessing a student's language skills develop and improve as a direct result of your teaching.
To teach English in Japan you don't need any specific qualifications - you simply need to possess good people skills and plenty of enthusiasm! As long as you have these two key attributes, combined with the training you receive before you start work, with our help you will be able to teach English in Japan on a gap year work placement.
If you want to teach English in Japan, Real Gap's ‘Paid work in Japan', provides plenty of back-up - both before you go and once you're there. In order to teach English in Japan you'll have to apply for a special visa beforehand as well, but Real Gap can provide all of the necessary assistance with this.
The main base for Real Gap's programme in Japan is in Tokyo, and there is a dedicated job search service there that will help you find a suitable language school in which to teach English.
If you want to teach English in Japan outside of Tokyo there are also support offices in eleven different locations in Japan. Therefore, wherever you teach English in Japan, there is almost certain to be a local support office nearby should you need it.
One advantage if you teach English in Japan is that you don't need to sign any long-term contracts that tie you down to one particular language school or area for a long period of time. On the contrary, if you teach English in Japan work can be as casual as you like.
This approach means that you can combine your teaching English in Japan with plenty of travelling around the country. If you plan to spend all or a large part of your gap year in Japan you can, if you prefer, teach English in more than one location.
If you teach English in Japan this flexibility means that you can either concentrate on saving up plenty of money or, if you like, work only occas
Travellers who teach English in Japan generally find that they, in turn, would like to learn some Japanese while they're out there - and doing so greatly adds to the overall experience.
There's obviously plenty of time to attend Japanese classes in your spare time if you want to and travellers who teach English in Japan also find they pick up quite a bit of the language as a result of their work as well.ionally in order to supplement your funds now and then. |
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