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experience was very rewarding and not just financially. The pay was more than adequate, far more, unfortunately, than teachers would receive in the US. The hours were fair, and a lot of times I was paid to travel for work doing seminars for different...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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I discuss the good, the bad, and the funny regarding life at AEON working as an English conversation teacher in Japan. Was that a run-on sentence?
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Podcast
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seemed to offer a bit of the best of both worlds--their entire online learning library along with access to a real Japanese teacher. My hope was that the human teacher would give me a solid kick in the pants once in a while to keep me on a righteous...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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to its previous location in the hopes it would serve as an NHK guy repellent. So far so good. Welcome Party Our new foreign teacher Bryan arrived to replace Brad, the returning teacher. The welcome / farewell party went really well. I performed my 2...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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days later. There was even a picture from the live show I did at Afterhours. I went to Japanese class that day, and all the teachers in the class said, "Hey! You're in the newspaper!" One teacher copied the article and gave it to everyone in the class...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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to me just cuz I'm a foreigner. The foreigners here all seem to stick together. Since the overwhelming majority are English teachers, we all have something in common from the get-go. Instead of asking, "what do you do?" you could ask "where do you...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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It was quite different from the rusty truck. My hitchhiking days were officially over! Super Happy Fun Fun My fellow teacher Bryan and I put on a pronunciation class. My boss Akiko asked me to come up with a title for the class, so I suggested "David...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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The two and a half years I worked as an English conversation teacher in the Japan countryside were the golden days of my Japan experience. I talk primarily about daily life and spending free time in Tottori, Japan.
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Podcast
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me a ton of questions, and I did my best to follow along. Immediately after, I had to taxi to work and teach. Then we had a teacher's meeting during which the head teacher mad-dogged me to such an extent that even a retarded monkey could've read her...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Kayo had to carry me out. Yeah, I'm gonna miss this place. The Students Make the Class One thing I realized about being a teacher is that the students really make the class. Some classes I absolutely dread, while others I very much look forward to. I...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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notice that I'm all buff the next time you see me. Dave From Kansas My coworker Rebecca returned to England, so the new teacher Dave came. He's from Kansas and seems like a nice guy, but his name bothers me. I live way out in countryside Japan, and my...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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excuse to talk to random people. I met a cute Japanese girl this way and got her phone number. Turns out she is an English teacher in Tottori. Score! Japanese Class for Japanese People I started going to a new Japanese class run by the Tottori...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Countrysidehttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside
These stories come mostly from my early days in Japan working as an English conversation teacher out in Tottori Prefecture (2003~2006).
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Shopping & Sellinghttps://japanatron.com/directory/10416-shopping-selling
are critical in Japan, ne! MOO will help ya out. More info here: Market, Market, Market - How to Be a Freelance English Teacher in Japan Oikura Sell Off Big Stuff I usually sell my used stuff using Japanese auction sites like Yahoo Auctions, but I use...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Directory
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* Business Cards - Did you read my last article? You should. Market, Market, Market - How to Be a Freelance English Teacher in Japan * Hand Sanitizer - Cuz you ain't gonna find decent hand soap in a Tokyo train station. Now for the survival part. In...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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interactive, engaging all the senses to maximize retention. It's automatic lesson review feature quizzes like a real teacher, and it's the only software I've ever found that supports voice recognition, making speaking practice possible. It's by far the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Studying Japanese
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I Was A Freakhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10066-i-was-a-freak
of freaks. My math-teaching mom saw them upon return home: "You ruined the symmetry of your face." What a typical math teacher response. I didn't care. Her disapproval encouraged me all the more to continue this streak. The Nerf Hat A best friend of...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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things I will miss while others I won't. This should make for a good summary of the countryside Japan English conversation teacher lifestyle. Things I will miss: * Going to the most popular restaurant in Tottori on a Saturday night without a reservation...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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to do in Tottori train station (our school is inside the station). They requested a demo English lesson with a foreign teacher. My manager was happy to oblige as it meant free advertising for the school. She asked me to do it, so I was on Japanese TV!...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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to "recommend" some home study materials to all the students. Basically, I have to become a sales person, and the head teacher keeps pressuring me to make sales. I haven't made any yet and everyone else has several. She loves to remind me of that. I can...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside