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Job related websites
If you're looking for a teaching position in Japan or it's time for a change, browse these working / job / teaching related sites.

TesolMax.com is a teaching specific site. Job boards and teaching related resources are their only listings.

Ohayo Sensei has a comprehensive selection of teaching positions in Japan posted, ranging from conversation schools to universities.

Japan Times Jobs has a searchable database for English teaching jobs in Japan by location. Non-English teaching jobs also.

Jobs in Japan posts many openings for teachers in Japan and covers numerous other work fields.

Smith's School of English provides English speakers the opportunity to own their own business teaching English to students in Japan.

Gaijin Cafe. A Japan portal for teaching jobs, classifieds, forums etc.


Lesson plans and other teaching resources
Running out of ideas and textbooks? Then these links are just what you need. Heaps of lesson plans and other useful teaching materials.

Onestopenglish.com has free resources, e-lessons, web guides, competitions and much more for English teachers in Japan.

English-to-go has pretty much everything you need. Teachers get your lesson plans now!

ESL Images provide teachers with fun, colourful and attractive ESL images and flashcards, and a large variety of ESL lesson plans.

Genki English has lots of ESL games, ESL songs and plenty of ideas to make your English lessons even better!


Tips for teachers in Japan
Set your lesson fees. Don't undervalue yourself. If you charge too little you won't earn the respect of your students. You may want to have a cancellation policy. Private students will cancel on you. You can partially solve this problem by stating from the beginning that you will charge lesson cancellation fees.


Scheduling

Keep a teaching schedule for lessons you have set, don't want to suffer those double-booking-blues!


Getting ready

As a teacher, have some sort of level check for your first meeting with a student. It serves two purposes. It makes the teacher look professional and helps determine what text you'll use. Even if your student only wants a conversation class, a level check can help you guide the conversation to topics that will help them improve in the areas where they have weaknesses.
Got a range of teaching materials? Show them to the students, it makes the teacher look even more prepared and professional.


In the lessons
  • Punctuality is always good. Teachers rushing in late and having to compose themselves is a hassle.

  • Having your lesson plans and teaching materials ready before your students arrive makes you look prepared and eager.

  • Ease into the lesson with some small talk to get your students to relax. Speak slowly and clearly.

  • Choose ‘user friendly’ topics. Basically if it's not something you would talk about with your granny then it may not be appropriate to teach in a lesson.

  • Grade your speech to your students level and try to be sensitive to signs that may indicate that they don't understand, e.g: avoiding eye contact, going quiet, pained quizzical expressions!

  • Doing a brief review of the last lesson can help identify problems they may have. It also shows that you're keen. Teachers may want to keep lesson records.

  • When possible, teachers should try to incorporate the theme of the chosen lesson into the warm up.

  • Throw in a few comprehension checks along the way as students often say they understand when they actually don't.

  • Allow a bit of time at the end of the lesson for a 'warm down’, and ask students if there are any questions about the lesson.

  • Homework can be fun (?), even in the form of quizzes and word games. Make sure you know the answers though!

  • Final points... Schedule the next lesson... Get paid... Don't forget your student's name!

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