Teaching - 3 Answers
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You need to know that even though Japanese pay great lip-service to the Communicative Approach, they are still very much Grammar Translation/memorization and exam driven. If you are lucky to be teaching at an international school you'll be able to teach creatively, if not you'll be teaching out of a textbook and giving exams. Also, foreigners are seldom allowed to be independent high school teachers, rather they become a revered "aide" to the resident Japanese teacher. I would suggest you go to eslcafe.com and look around their discussion forums. They have one on Japan where all the ESL teachers in Japan or prospective teachers can ask questions or just vent. So, why don't you ask your question there, you might get much better and detailed responses from the "horses' mouths". Good luck
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If you're lucky, you'll be able to create your own lessons and activities, but that may not be the case, depending on the school. Your main purpose being there is to put a human face on the English, motivate the kids to practice speaking, and correct their mistakes.
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how they teach lol
