#English teachers in Japan

[01tsubomi]

cultural perspective being indispensible in media consumption but looking back i find it so funny that for years and years before teaching in japan i thought it was another suspension-of-disbelief surrealist kagepro thing that haruka and takane spent all their time in a homeroom class for just the two of them and now the maximum number of kids we've ever had in my special needs class is 3

#granted i work at a really small school but having separate classes and teachers for 1-4 special needs kids is really standard in japan #i know there are specialized high schools but i think most kids go through public school no matter what #i'm no expert on the subject but i think the approach is interesting #the fact that they're willing to dedicate that much personal attention - separate homeroom classes #and other teachers teaching individualized curriculum for all subjects - is nice #i also feel like i'd be planning really different content for english class with each of my two usual students than i am for the both o the #so that's just part of my job but again. that's just part of my job #yuukei yesterday was already one of the most grounded parts of kagepro #but knowing just how normal mr. tateyama's homeroom class is in cultural context it really is just an ordinary teen love story #i think i might've felt even stronger abt that when i was 16 #personal #kagepro

[icecream-and-gadreel]

Had a student in her late 60's who was frustrated about LGBT debates in Japan. The government put tons of money into libraries that only had LGBT books, which she thought was a waste of time.

I was ready to "Let's agree to disagree" with her, but then she said "It's so frustrating, we never had these debates back in the day. It's a part of our culture! Samurai had boyfriends because they couldn't bring a woman to war with them. Transgender people were common too. We didn't have these debates until Western views got popular here. Building a library isn't helpful, they need to do things to actually protect gay people!"

So yeah anyway we love her, we adore her, pass it on

#We then discussed the phrase “putting a band-aid on a gun shot wound” #she was so damn lovely ugh #personal #japan #eljeebeeteeqwa #being an english teacher is LIT boys lmaoo

[bulbalisia]

university stress strikes again ................ maybe i will stay in the states after all, i'd hate to miss out on a good opportunity but i don't want to hurt my future with incurring horrible private debt.. i think that as long as i get a degree it'll be okay and i'll make it out alive, but it is something i have been considering quite a bit. the uni here i am mainly thinking about does not have my preferred major, though (and not even actual classes for it in general), so i'm more than a bit disappointed there really. though i can take related-ish classes. it sucks but i'll figure it out, it'll be more than okay in the end and my path is bright!! just need to believe.......................

#i think if i stay here for another two years i will likely do english teacher in japan stuff after graduation possibly... #bc i do want to set myself out there and get my roots in so to speak #✧talking〜くだらない話 #✧メンタル

[nordic-language-love]

one thing i kinda want to mention about my classes is that last time i taught this one class the kids mocked literally everything i said and wouldn’t listen to me and were more or less impossible to teach. this time they asked me things and when i could understand and give an appropriate response they were so happy and encouraging. it really does make a difference being able to speak the language.

#you don't need to be able to speak japanese to be an english teacher in japan #but my GOD it helps if you at least know what the kids are trying to tell you #these are the same kids who told me my kanji is shit btw lol

[antirepurp]

rumor has it prof tenmei isn’t even a real teacher, he just shows up to lecture people about art history

#jjba #noriaki kakyoin #purp doot #so those stone ocean related snippets i've been sharing? yeah im lowkey developing that setting further #introducing professor tenmei kakyoin who seems to know the cujoh kid #and whose friends call him noriaki for some reason #survivalist art teacher who has to fight for any funding #and lets people smoke in class as long as they don't set off the fire alarm #presumably from japan but his english is terrifyingly good so no one's quite sure about his exact nationality #smoking cw #smoking tw

[roylustang]

Very not excited to go to school tomorrow and have everything be different

#PLEASE PLEASE DONT HAVE RANCID VIBES PLEASE #ASAI SENSEI PLEASE STILL BE HERE I’ll kms if asai sensei is gone #I have a new VP and I’m sure it’s another very kind woman but I’m still not looking forward to it #tbh I’ll kms if jousei sensei or minato sensei is gone too #i think I’ll be fine at my other school for some reason #but I do hope taniguchi sensei isn’t gone either bc he’s my running buddy #extremely curious about what they’re gonna do with the 2 fifth graders for English #that graduation ceremonies gonna b really funny but I won’t be here for that #japan #also curious what they’re gonna do with the 4th graders who already went thru the 4th grade English curriculum #if asai sensei is still there I bet she’ll be the 3-4th grade English teacher again #she does not teach from the textbook in those grades lol

[chainsandcherries]

just had an edible, gonna watch The Tale of Princess Kaguya 💕

#when i was an english teacher in japan Kaguya-hime was an optional chapter in one of our textbooks #i've never seen this movie but i am fond of the story because of all the memories i have with my kids 😭

[highsummonertemptress]

Black in Asia Library

#books #black in Asia #English teacher #Korea #Taiwan #China #Japan #literature #Chinese books #Japanese books #Taiwanese books #Korean books #babylon east #the korean single and obese #being black in Asia #teacher black my year in China #hollow men

[sharkjunkie]

Starting over

I'm moving to Japan to teach English in a few weeks and need somewhere to park my thoughts and experiences. I'd like to look back on this blog and see what I was thinking and feeling during my time away from home. I'm trying to manage my expectations for my own sake but I can't help but feel so hopeful about what this experience will give me.

A brand new start where nobody knows who I am or who I was. It feels surreal that I actually get a chance to live as whoever I'd like to be and not who I am right now. I know Ron always tells me that running away from everyone and everything still means I can't run away from myself but I feel like I'm not running away from myself. I've changed so much in the past four years and I just want to run away from the person that everybody thought that I was. I went from skipping high school every other day, barely passing my classes, and wanting to die to graduating college early, on the deans list every semester while working, and getting a job abroad right out of school. I think everyone can't see who I've become just because of who I used to be and I need time and a neutral environment to let myself be who I am without the weight of opinion holding me back.

God I'm scared. But I'm also excited. And nervous and anxious and impatient and so fucking ready. I just need to remember that starting over is something that I've wanted for a long time and I finally have the opportunity to do it.

#japan #expat #moving abroad #teaching english #english teacher #starting over

[mauls-fair-in-love-and-war]

I was joking around the other day and said that the English teachers that didn’t like me in school were just homophobic but then I realized I may have been into something

#looking at you ‘the great gatsby was straight’ and ‘everything has a good heterosexual explanation’ and ‘I lived in Japan for four years #except I lived on a military base in Okinawa and only went places as a tourist but tout myself as an expert constantly’ #but shoutout to my other English teacher who was lovely and gave us an assingment that was basically to write animal farm fanfic #no I do not have access to it anymore sadly

[june-again]

"if you are a foreigner that wants to teach english in japan, and you couldn't come to japan, what would be your dream job?"

— dogen (youtuber)

#june shines #this was a really good thing for me to mull over #my initial response was to be a language teacher because YES that would be wonderful #but idk #i'm also thinking about #environmental sustainability #like seriously now #but that's SO much harder #but yes #i could easily do that in japan too #there are a lot of things one could do #in japan #that aren't necessarily teaching english #still like #there's just the opposite side of it for me #which is that i want to teach english as a foreign language and idc where i am in the world #so #idk. #COULD DO BOTH #NOTHING'S STOPPING ME FROM DOING ONE FOR AWHILE AND THEN DOING ANOTHER #realizing that english teacher could be a plan b or just one part of a life of many careers #is very inviting #what's stopping me from getting a ba in environmental and sustainability studies and then using it 10 years afterwards #or upgrading #or #whatever the hell i want if i just want a ba might as well do something i'm interested in UNFORTUNATELY i am interested in a SHIT TON #not math tho #i love math but i could never get behind all that conceptual nonesense #ANYWAYS #hello im thinkin too hard

[vulpine-poltergeist]

nooo not me slowly realizing that without the constant fear of abusers breathing down my neck i can actually breathe and have ambitions for my life and my brain chooses… *spins wheel*

TEACHING ENGLISH IN JAPAN.

#i am already learning Japanese so like… in a few years??? it could work out??? #current goal is to do it by age 35 i am 23 right now i got plenty of time to figure it out #12 years is a fuckton of time lets GOOO #naturally this all assumes my wife will be on board when i bring it up with her #i have a feeling she’ll be wary of it but i think once i get into college she’ll be more on board #also because i wanna LEAVE this country before elephant shit hits the fan #i at least wanna VISIT japan someday. #probably get a BA in english and teaching here #work at the nearby school for a few years #save up money #and visit! #and then decide from there #either way despite the current environment i do wanna teach #be that teacher with gratuitous pizza parties. lets go

[lowreyglobalconsultants]

What is your favorite English word?

Sometimes when teaching English, it is great to engage the students in exploring language purely. No I don't mean drilling them on grammar rules, they will mutiny and steer the ship to free talk in no time. I mean the words and the peculiarities that exist within the realm of the language.

I started doing an activity I called Think Fast, in which I would ask them a question and they would then have to say the first answer that come to their mind (no repeats, no thinking time). Completely wrong answers are okay too, the point is to see their comprehension capabilities. One of my favorite questions in that series was, "What is your favorite English Word?" Naturally I have asked this in other contexts as well. Here are a few of my favorite answers and some thoughts on them when appropriate;

I love you (hmm not a single word)

Gotcha

Sleep/holiday (same idea so I lumped them)

bargain

difficult

easy (they were in different classes, I swear)

Of course I often offer an answer but I never standardized but sometimes my answer are quite random such as;

onomatopoeia

luscious

modest

perpendicular

How about you? Do you have a favorite English word?

*note- I am Canadian and the actual spelling should be 'favourite' as British English dictates. However, I have been studying in an online American university so have taken to American spelling, apologies to my Canadian brethren.

#japan #language #English #English study #teaching english #teacher #word #words #teaching ideas #favorite English words #Canadian using American spelling

[allegra-j-joann]

So I work as an English teacher in Japan and working with non native speakers has treated me to some absolutely ridiculous realisations about the English language and some absolutely hilarious lines from students, but my favourite has to be the junior high school student I have on Saturdays, I taught her the phrase "be a couch potato" when discussing bad habits and at the end of our lesson, instead of saying "have a good weekend" or "get some rest" like usual, she told me "I hope you'll be a potato" this ll took place last week.

Today she sent me an email that she'd be absent from class, she's just finished her exams and is exhausted, I don't fault her for that, but she ended the very polite email with

"I must be potato today,

Sincerely, (name)"

I'm not sure if I should correct her grammar, teach her email etiquette or just let this wonderful meme stand.

#funny #potato #esl #teacher #english teacher #japan #tefl

[joshkaymedia]

Apply for an english teaching job in Japan with free visa

#jobseekers #jobsearch #jobs #employment #education #english teacher #japan travel #trending

[claiai]

okay maybe I will go back to school to become a high school history teacher.....

#ive been thinking...its not so bad #I cant be a resident sub forever #I gotta get going 😭 #high school teachers make alot here I can retire at 60 and be okay #I like history and I kinda miss it actually #ive been doing too much english #but I think I will try to apply to japan this year even tho lol idek how ill do that haha I have no bugeting skillz