Next up in the “Teaching in Asia” interview series is my friend Philip, who some of you may know as ToLokyo on YouTube. Philip graduated from university in 2003 with a degree in English Education – Secondary and a certification to teach grades 6-12 in Florida. During college, Philip did an internship abroad in Saipan. [...]
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Caught Doing Good: Teaching English in Korea and Japan
Posted in Japan, Japanese Culture, Teaching English Abroad, tagged Caught Doing Good, constantine in tokyo, constantineintokyo, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, Korea, life in Japan, life in Korea, South Korea, teaching, teaching English, teaching English abroad, teaching English in Japan, teaching English in Korea, ToLokyo, Travel on September 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Skating in Sendai: Teaching English in Japan
Posted in Teaching English Abroad, tagged constantine in tokyo, constantineintokyo, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, JET Program, life in Japan, Sendai, teaching in Japan on September 3, 2010 | 13 Comments »
For the second installment of my interview series about teaching in Asia, I sat down with my friend Nino. Nino and I both attended Boston University and shared several Japanese classes with each other. Since I always thought he was much too cool and good-looking to talk to, I actually didn’t get to know him [...]
われわれ日本人: We Japanese, You Gaijin
Posted in Japan, Japanese Culture, JET Program, tagged ALT, constantine in tokyo, constantineintokyo, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, JET Program, life in Japan, teaching in Japan on June 23, 2010 | 21 Comments »
I was recently asked to answer a few questions for the new website iShare-Japan about my experiences since I have moved to Japan. As some of you know, I have lived in Japan for almost a year; my so-called ‘Japaniversary’ will be on August 3rd. That’s no where near long enough to have developed a [...]
Midnight Runner: One Man’s Experience Teaching English in Rural China
Posted in Teaching English Abroad, tagged ALT, China, Chinese, constantine in tokyo, constantineintokyo, Harbin, Henan, teaching English, teaching English abroad, teaching English in China, teaching in Japan, Xuchang on May 24, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I sat down with my friend Phil to talk with him about his experiences teaching English in rural Henan, China. Phil has been an English teacher at Xuchang University since October 2009. However, his experiences in China reach far back – from a brief month teaching in Xi’an, Shaan’xi during college to an abortive attempt [...]
C’est la vie Golden Week
Posted in Japan, JET Program, Ramblings on May 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Golden Week is over and so is Constantine’s Crazy Japan Traveling Extravaganza: Part Two. I now have more raw video footage to add to my already enormous backlog of videos that I need to edit together and post on YouTube. The editing will be slapdash and half-thought-out, as usual. =P So this upcoming month will [...]
A New School Year…
Posted in Japan, JET Program on April 22, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I’m not going to lie to you, readers, and say that I didn’t have certain reservations about the new school year. I was utterly blindsided when I saw the amount of changes that occurred at my schools over haru yasumi (spring vacation). We’re talking new vice principals at BOTH schools, two new English teachers at [...]
Assistant Japanese Teacher?
Posted in Japan, JET Program, tagged constantine in tokyo, constantineintokyo, Japanese, JET Program on April 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Every person why applies to the JET Program knows that they are going to be assisting in teaching English in some way during their time in Japan. The title ALT can mean anything from BigDaikon‘s infamous ‘glorified tape recorder’ to being given the responsibility of designing and teaching all of your classes (which is my [...]
JET Program Application Process: How Does JET Select Candidates?
Posted in JET Program, tagged ALT, application, interview, Japan, Japanese, JET Program, slection process, teaching English in Japan on April 15, 2010 | 49 Comments »
Last Updated: Sept. 4th, 2010 A Note: Please keep in mind the information in this post is based on the content found in Importing Diversity: Inside Japan’s JET Program by David L. McConnell – one of the few published academic studies of the JET Program. Throughout this post, I continuously note when the data was [...]
Goodbyes
Posted in Japan, JET Program, tagged JET Program, life in Japan, teaching in Japan on February 4, 2010 | 5 Comments »
It’s February, which means that the Japanese school year is nearing an end. Last week, I had my final class with my 3 third year Advanced English students. These three boys are a really amazing bunch of kids, I was constantly impressed by their English abilities and interest in Western culture. They all wrote me [...]
A Day in the Life of an ALT
Posted in Japan, JET Program, tagged JET Program, life in Japan, teaching in Japan on December 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This week is Christmas, so I’ve been teaching Christmas classes. This really just involves me having my students watch a segment from “A Sesame Street Christmas Carol” and baking them gingerbread cookies. (Hey, it’s the last class before winter vacation, if you think you’re going to get the kids to do any work you’re probably [...]
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