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