JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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kirmak
I taught at NOVA for a year. I loved my students and did my best to teach them within the confined system that was in place. There was a system in place for NOVA that worked for some students. The problem was that if students thought that by attending English language school once a week for an hour would help them become fluent in English then they were mistaken. Ultimately I believe it came down to the student and their desire to learn English.
I currently live in Los Angeles where I have met Japanese college exchange students whose English is worse than some of the students whom I have taught. These exchange students are surrounded by native speakers yet still speak mostly Japanese and have very limited English capabilities.
So I believe instead of knocking the English-language schools in Japan, we should be looking at the students and their determination to learn the English language.
Posted in: What is your impression of the English-teaching industry in Japan? Have things improved since Nova's collapse or are there still bad apples in the barrel?