{"id":1218,"date":"2015-11-17T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T20:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2017-04-19T11:03:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T15:03:11","slug":"from-small-town-to-big-city-teaching-english-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/blog\/from-small-town-to-big-city-teaching-english-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"From Small Town to Big City, Teaching English in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/job-placement\/\">Job Placement\u00a0Advisors<\/a> have experience teaching abroad and have been to where you are or hope to go. In this video, Allison explains what it was like to go from a small town in England to a big city teaching English in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/country\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>. She also worked\u00a0as as a teacher trainer and a corporate English instructor. As she explains, her 6-year tenure in Japan afforded her so many cultural opportunities from witnessing the cherry blossoms to visiting rich historical sites. Watch this video for her complete story.<\/p>\n<h2>An Amazing Experience Teaching English in Japan<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xdmKomosymI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in learning more about teaching abroad, you can go to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/teaching-abroad\/free-info-sessions\/\" target=\"_blank\">free information session<\/a> near you or you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordseminars.com\/\">Oxford Seminars<\/a> for a wealth of other knowledge.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cHi, I\u2019m Allison and I\u2019m a job placement\u00a0advisor here at Oxford Seminars. I\u2019m going to talk a little bit today about my experiences teaching English overseas. I was fortunate enough to spend just over 6 years teaching English in Japan. During my time there, I worked not only as an English teacher, but also a teacher-trainer and corporate English instructor. When I was a corporate English instructor, I was teaching at some of the major corporations in Osaka.<\/p>\n<p>Living in Japan was an amazing experience. One that I wish everybody could have. Certainly, when I first arrived in Osaka &#8211; it was quite a daunting experience \u2013 coming from a small town in England and going to a large city in Japan was quite a transition, but one that I really welcomed. Japan is an amazing place to be. I experienced so many cultural elements: going to the Sumo; seeing the Cherry Blossom; visiting temples, shrines, and castles.<\/p>\n<p>Being in Osaka (a central location) I was able to visit other parts of Japan and other parts of Asia very easily. So, there is so much opportunity when you are living overseas. I do recommend getting your TESOL certificate, certainly my coworkers did have their TESOL certificate and did get a slightly higher salary than me. I do strongly recommend doing research; making sure that Japan or any other country that you go to is definitely the best fit for you. At teacher placement, we do have a number of contacts in Japan that we can help assist you with your application. So certainly, I would really welcome the chance to help anybody else get the experience that I had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[wp_social_sharing social_options=&#8217;facebook,twitter,pinterest&#8217; twitter_username=&#8217;oxford_seminars&#8217; facebook_text=&#8217;Share on Facebook&#8217; twitter_text=&#8217;Share on Twitter&#8217; googleplus_text=&#8217;Share on Google+&#8217; pinterest_text=Share on Pinterest&#8221; icon_order=&#8217;f,t,g,p&#8217; show_icons=&#8217;1&#8242; before_button_text=&#8221; text_position=&#8221; social_image=&#8217; \/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-social-sharing\/static\/socialshare.png&#8217;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Job Placement\u00a0Advisors have experience teaching abroad and have been to where you are or hope to go. In this video, Allison explains what it was like to go from a small town in England to a big city teaching English in Japan. She also worked\u00a0as as a teacher trainer and a corporate English instructor. 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