Japanese Survival Guide Point 7 – City Hall and Bureaucracy

Winding down my Japanese Survival Guide now, with principally the third last post unless something else springs to mind, folks it’s time to prepare for the red tape that awaits the foreigner when you come to work in Japan as an ESL Teacher. The irony of it all is that Japan is a principally capitalistic …

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Japanese Survival Guide Point 4 – The Classroom Part 2

Last Saturday I gave you a little bit of insight into the classroom. Today I continue, with the focus being specifically on the students and how to form a good student-teacher relationship.   Being a teacher is more than just teaching. Really, it is. I wouldn’t have had the good rapport I think I had …

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