Thursday, October 27, 2011

JET ON CAMPUS.

TOMORROW @ 5PM.
OMFG.


I'm starting to realize that if I don't get this job... I'm screwed.
The Japan Exchange & Teaching Programme （語学指導等を行う外国青年招致事業）, or―simply―JET Programme （JETプログラム）;
..is a Japanese government initiative that brings college (university) graduates—mostly native speakers of English—to Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) into Japanese kindergartens, elementary, junior high and high schools. The focus of the program is on English language learning and teaching. JET Programme participants are collectively called JETs. Participants currently come from a total of 36 countries. As of July 2010— 4,334 participants were employed on the programme, making it the world's largest exchange teaching program.

...thank you, Wiki. ♥

After learning about Nova's crash back in 2007; you can see just how desperate I am in getting this job... Nova group was another popular, and trusted, eikaiwa/ESL program. It was actually the largest eikaiwa school (private English teaching company) in Japan... and looking back—I probably would've applied. However, its widely publicized collapse in October 2007 completely blew me away. (Not to mention the sudden unemployment of approximately 4,500 foreign teaching staff and 2,000 Japanese workers...)

My high-school teacher/hero was a JET. And I am determined to become one. Walking in tomorrow is my first step into a bigger world, and I am more than ready to start running... I have a lot of competition―considering some of my rivals are currently reading this now..―but I'm not planning on rolling over and giving up........ whether Japan likes it, or not. ♥


NEXT. 
JET info meeting (mon.)　→　Kobe trip.

If you have any questions on either JET, or Nova Group, please feel free to let me know! (-through my Formspring box to the right, or directly through my email.) I'll try to answer if I can! ♥
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5 comments:

  1. bokusenouOctober 28, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    Good luck with the JET Program! I thought of applying to be a CIR (which is the JET position for people who have JLPT 2 or 1, and involves helping with international activities in the town they are in, while ALTs don't require any Japanese, and teach English.), but I'm concentrating on college work for now.

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  2. 絢ayaNovember 7, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Thank you! Actually.. JET shows up in town once a year, but there were complications this year keeping them away... ><; So, the flyer I found was a year old! (However, there IS good news coming up next week I'm excited to share!) ;)

    Are you planning to apply for CIR after college??

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  3. bokusenouDecember 19, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Sorry for the late reply. Good news, huh? Sounds exciting.^^

    I thought about it, but at this point I don't think so. There are just too many other things I want to do.
    BTW, I found this pretty cool quiz site for Japanese: http://nihongonoki.com/study/categories

    Level 1=Beginners - JLPT N4/N5 level
    Level 2=Intermediate - JLPT N2/N3 level
    Level 3=Advanced - JLPT N1 level
    I've been playing with it a lot recently.^^

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  4. 絢ayaJanuary 1, 2012 at 10:33 PM

    Thank you for the reply! I'm actually addicted to this site now...♥ LOL. Thank you for sending it!!

    Are you planning on getting over to Japan another way, or staying in the US?? If I can't get into JET; I'm currently mapping out other programs and groups in desperation.. ><;

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  5. bokusenouJanuary 3, 2012 at 1:53 PM

    Glad you like it! That and happyrice.jp are my favorite Japanese related time wasting sites. XD

    Right now I'm focusing my energy on classes, and learning JLPT words。I might go to Japan again in the future, but right now those other things are more important.

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