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I’m having lots of interviews and finding that the people who interview me are looking positively at my time teaching English in Japan. After analysis, I can agree. There are stories about teachers who come back to their country four years behind... ...full story at Undercover in Japan

from Undercover in Japan on Tue, Apr 22 2008

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25 Nov 08		TEFL teachers rock!  »  TEFLtastic No, really! Research shows that the best teachers of deaf kids are ones with TESOL experience, according to this Detroit newspaper. And I thought our only transferable skill was being able to translate from Cockney to understandable English when standing...
28 Feb 08		I want  »  Undercover in Japan I’ve been in Japan for almost 4 years without once going back. I want to go home. I want to have conversations with almost everybody I speak to in English rather than a minority of people. I want to be able to understand what the people at the...
18 May 08		The disadvantages of teaching in Japan  »  TEFLtastic “My first two years in Japan were spent teaching English… The students… studied English- or should I say, English was taught in their presence. Nothing ever seemed to sink in. Years of classes and endless tests and still they...

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