Hello, my name is Benjamin Smith. I am from Marblehead, Massachusetts and I graduated from the University of Vermont with a double major in Japanese and Computer Science in 2023. I started out college at UVM as a Computer Science major and freshman year I decided to take Japanese at the recommendation of my orientation […]
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Ben
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on January 8, 2024 | Leave a Comment »
Zoe
Posted in Japanese Consulate, Teaching English In Japan on March 15, 2023 | Comments Off on Zoe
I grew up in South Burlington, Vermont. I began my study of Japanese my senior year at South Burlington HS, then continued to UVM where I majored in Japanese with a minor in Asian Studies. I also completed a year of study abroad in Japan, and obtained a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) […]
Ciara
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on August 27, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Hello, my name is Ciara Takayanagi and I graduated from UVM with a double major in English and Asian Studies in 2017. I studied Japanese for two years at UVM and studied abroad in Tokyo at Aoyama Gakuin for a semester my junior year. Then, after graduation, I got my Master’s degree in TESOL online […]
Jessica
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on June 1, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
1. Hello! My name is Jessica, and I am a 2017 graduate with a BA in Japanese (my minor was Asian Studies) who is currently working as an ALT through the JET Programme in Kagoshima, Japan. I had the wonderful opportunity to study abroad at Aoyama Gakuin in Tokyo for about half a year. 2. I […]
Chris
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on June 1, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Hey there, my name is Chris Mahmood. I graduated from UVM in 2017, with a major in Japanese and a minor in Computer Science. I’m a first generation college graduate from rural Vermont, currently working in Akkeshi, Hokkaido on the JET Program. I began studying Japanese at St. Johnsbury Academy while I was a […]
Cristen
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on January 3, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Hello! I’m Cristen Braun, a college graduate of the University of Vermont, a state I am also from. While I was there, I majored in Global Studies with a minor in German. That resulted in a semester where I studied abroad in Salzburg, Austria. I took Japanese for fun during a year and a half […]
Kevin
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on October 16, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
Hello, my name is Kevin Sword. I graduated from UVM in 2017 with a major in Japanese. I went to Japanese Language School at Middlebury College in the summer of 2016. I did not get a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate before applying to JET. I’d suggest not bothering with one as […]
Devon
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on August 21, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
1) My name is Devon Boy, I’m 26 years old and I graduated from the University with a major in Linguistics and a minor in Japanese. I studied Japanese for 3 years at UVM. I’m half Puerto Rican and half German. I graduated in 2018. 2) I wanted to visit Japan and live a life […]
Stephanie
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on June 20, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Stephanie. I graduated from UVM in 2007 with a major in English and double minor in Japanese and Film/TV Studies. I started studying Japanese in High School. While I was an undergrad I worked as a student assistant for international student exchange programs at Saint Michael’s College during the summer. The groups […]
Monica
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on February 24, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Monica. I studied Japanese at UVM for around 3 years, or up to the Semi-Advanced classes with Ueno-Sensei, and my study at UVM was my only real exposure into the Japanese language. I also did a short intensive Japanese program abroad at Rikkyo Daigaku in the summer of 2016 for three weeks. […]
Alexandra
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on May 3, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Hello! My name is Alexandra Sebastiano. I’m half American and half Colombian. I grew up in Burlington, Vermont. I was at UVM for five years and graduated in 2017. I double majored in Italian Studies & Asian Studies, with a minor in Spanish. I studied Japanese at UVM for about four years. I unfortunately didn’t […]
Bobby
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on April 28, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Bobby Coutu. I’m half American and half Japanese. I grew up speaking Japanese with friends and family, but never really studied the language (so my reading and writing skills are minimal). Regardless, I do have a passion for foreign language and have studied Italian, Spanish, and French. I studied abroad in Perugia, […]
Alex
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on November 30, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
1) Hello! My name is Alex. Glad to share my experiences so I’ll just dive right in from the start. I started learning Japanese in my senior year of high school through an independent study program utilizing Rosetta Stone software and a couple of weekly phone calls to the Japanese embassy. Since then I took […]
Erica
Posted in Corporation, Teaching English In Japan on November 30, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
1) My name is Erica Williams. I’m 33 years old and grew up in Burlington, Vermont. I was always interested in Japanese culture such as Bonsai, J-pop, pottery, and animation. I started to practice Karate in my early twenties which led me to visit Japan in 2010. In order to prepare for that trip I […]
Colin
Posted in Corporation, Teaching English In Japan on September 30, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
1)Your background and/or self introduction (including how many years of Japanese study at where, your heritage, study abroad experience, which year you graduated,?your major/minor, etc.) My name is Colin Flinn and I graduated in December 2012 with a BA in English and a minor in Japanese. I first started studying Japanese when I entered UVM […]
Sam
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on November 6, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Background My interest in Japan comes from a ten day homestay on a cultural exchange program during my junior year of high school. I majored in Japanese at UVM, but never had a chance to study abroad. As graduation approached I wanted to continue studying the language and culture of Japan. Judging my speaking and […]
Grace
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on November 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Grace graduated in May 2013 and worked as a JET in Minamisanriku until August 2015. About her experiences: https://graceisinjapan.wordpress.com/ Grace participated in the Match Corps/Teacher Residency at Match Community Day Public Charter School through the Sposato Graduate School of education in pursuit of a Masters in Effective Teaching. Now in the second year of […]
Nicolas
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on May 15, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
This is from Nicolas-san who graduated in May 2015. Before applying to any of the companies that I did, I tried to do as much research as I could in order to determine whether or not I was interested in that particular company. Then I actually applied to several places, and the applications were fairly […]
Molly
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on January 5, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
1) I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts with farms and marshes and went to Boston every once in a while, but didn’t really like the city. I went to UVM with a major in Japanese and minor in Asian studies. My junior year of college I studied abroad at Toyo University […]
Fernanda
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on January 5, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
1) Your background My name is Fernanda. I graduated from UVM in 2009 with an English Major and Japanese Minor. I studied abroad during the Spring semester of my Junior year at Aoyama University in Tokyo. I studied Japanese since freshman year, but that was the first opportunity I had to really use it. I […]
Sean – Teaching English in Japan
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on November 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
1) My name is Sean. I started learning some basic Japanese as far back as middle school, but serious instruction began as a freshman at UVM, due in large part to the support instructor Suzuki-Carlson. I took three full years of Japanese, supplemented with Japanese conversation, at UVM in my course of study in Japanese, […]
Sarah – Teaching English in Japan
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on November 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
1) Your background I have a sort of different background than many people who did the JET Programme. I grew up in Ohio and went to Wittenberg University, majoring in English Literature and minoring in Studio Art. I thought about teaching abroad right after college, but I took a job at a ranch in New […]
Ian – Teaching English in Japan
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on November 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
1)Background a.Ian b.23 years old c.African-American d.from North Carolina e.Took Japanese classes 2 years in high school, 4 years in college. f.BA Mathematics & Japanese, minor in Economics, University of Vermont class of 2013 g.Did not study abroad in college, but this is my second time traveling to Japan. I’ve been in the country since […]
Cait – Teaching English in Japan / Graduate School
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on April 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Hi! My name is Cait Hoffmann and I graduated from UVM with a BA in Japanese in 2010 and moved to Matsumoto, Japan (Nagano prefecture) in August of 2010 to teach English in public junior high schools. I went through a company called Real Communication Solutions, stayed for eight months, and absolutely loved it. RCS […]
Brian – Teaching English in Japan
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on April 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
1. Would you please share how you find your job? – I found a job working for an eikaiwa (English school) online. I googled “teach English in Japan” and found the company I worked for as one of the first results. I did some research on English teacher sites and forums (example: gaijinpot.com) and compared […]
Eric – Teaching English in Japan
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on April 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
1) Currently, I am working part-time for a company that dispatches me to elementary schools in the Yokohama area. The pay is quite wonderful for the amount of work that I do and the job is a lot of fun but at sometimes is stressful because kids can be a handful and sometimes they have […]
Tyler – Teaching English in Japan / US Military
Posted in Teaching English In Japan, US Military on April 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Over the course of about four years, I worked for 2 different contracting companies and one private English school in Japan. The private English school was just a tiny little building with two rooms where people came to practice English conversation. I would not recommend this type of work. The contracting companies sent me to […]
Mike – Teaching English in Japan / Japanese Company
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on April 6, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
What is it like to work in Japan and/or for a Japanese company? The answer to the question about working in Japan really depends on what kind of job you have. Working as an 英会話 teacher with a bunch of other foreigners is a lot different than working as an English teacher in a junior […]
Eric – Teaching English in Japan
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on April 6, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Interview from 2009 Major at UVM? Major: Studio Art Minor: Japanese (I had more credits in Japanese than art) How many years of Japanese at UVM? 4 straight years of Japanese, except one semester was at Kansai Gaidai. Study abroad? Where and how long? 1 semester at Kansai Gaidai, in Hirakata city, Osaka. Language What […]
Zach – Teaching English in Japan / US Air Force
Posted in Teaching English In Japan, US Airforce on April 6, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
I found my job by browsing the internet. There were jobs for teaching centers such as AEON, and GABA, but also jobs like the one I had for Interac, where you taught at a local school somewhere in Japan. Most jobs like this refer to you as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). I think searching […]
Zach Hydusik – Teaching English in Japan
Posted in Teaching English In Japan on March 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
I would say so far working for Interac has been very similar to working for the JET program. I would say there are slightly more rules, like a stricter dress code but that overall they are the same job. My experience so far has been pretty good. I like my placement and the town I […]