Japan

Are you TEFLing in a school, college, kindergarten, summer camp somewhere right now in the world? Does that institution have any TEFL vacancies at all? You might be interested to know that we're launching our very own Jobs Board on our site in the next few weeks, and the good news is that it's totally FREE for employers to sign up and advertise as many jobs as they like. You can reach over 90,000 TEFL...

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Hello everyone -  Qatar is offering special prizes for the best photo's from around the world!   Since coming to Japan i haven't been home. I came to Japan in 2010, lived to tell the tale of the great japan earthquake and tsunami and continued to stay and support my community, friends, schools and students of Miyako City in Iwate!   Although Japan has a long way to go - things are getting rebuilt and...

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Well, as of last Thursday, I officially finished my undergraduate English degree. I have 4 hours of exams to go, and then that is the end of college for me, well at least for the next 2 years or so. So now, its time to start planning my move across the world to teach. I have decided to concentrate my efforts on Japan, and I have been looking at Interac and JET, but it seems...

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Calling all TEFLers around the world! We're putting a new video idea together, it's just for fun, but we'd love as many people around the world to take part as possible! The idea is that you're going to be passing an inflatable globe around the world, showing how far TEFL can take you. We'll start it at TEFL Towers here and pass it along! How far it goes is up to you all :) We'll...

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Ok after not hearing about the part time job which isn't bad as it would have been a long way for very little, even though the job sounded fun. I have applied for 2 positions I saw appear as I was looking online both with Heart English school as an ALT, I hastily but carefully emailed resume and got reply few hours later. They even called me in the evening, again it sounds desperate lol...

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Booyah!! I'm going to pick up my passport today at Home Affairs, which might be long, but it'll be worth it. All thats left before I leave is... lets see... Embassy.. Finish the course... Get a job... Visa... And a whole lot of other shit. It'll be great getting everything done though. I think I'll go have pancakes today.

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After recieving slightly worrying post that the school may be dodgy still found interview exciting lol I even managed to navigate my way to Kawaguchi alone, using my wifes hand written guide :D The school itself looked ok they have 2 branches in the same road and from what I saw when I arrived they have alot of kids to look after at the school. It was a little disorganised but they were prparing for...

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or as we say in japn ... さしぶり。(sashiburi) It has felt like I have been on spring vacation for a very long time...which is one of the reasons for my absence on this site - mainly because I would come on this site to pass time whilst at work! And guess what!...I'm now back at work!   This is in fact my second day back after about a 3 week spring vacation (March 23rd~April 16th)....

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Hey guys, I have just started my TEFL course and completed module 1 and 2 and checkpoint 1. I am already going travelling round India and Myanmar in December and January, so looking to find a teaching job that starts around Feb, March time!  There are so many amazing jobs and countries available so thought I would try to find out about others experiences!! Thanks x

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Yesterday I finally paid for the TEFL course and I am quite excited, even though I got home quite tired. I had to walk to the damn bank and then back home because I don't have a car. It was worth it though. One day I'll be in Japan and then moving on (if I want) to a different country and buying shit I don't really need and looking at all the different people there...

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