Brian’s Japan Adventure

Welcome readers!

Let me explain the point of this blog. I recently decided to pursue a career in TEFL. TEFL is short for “Teaching English as a Foreign Language.” That means that I, an American who speaks English natively, will travel to places where English is a foreign language and teach them to speak it. For obvious reasons, English is in growing demand and there are many teaching positions available (or so I’m told). I want to be a teacher. I want to travel. What better combination could there be?

But you can’t just fly “over there” and start teaching. Actually I have heard that it is possible to do just that, but I want to do it right and get certified first. I am going to take the various TEFL training courses offered by my local university this summer before I go to Japan in the Fall.

Yes, I plan on documenting the whole thing in this blog. The boring paperwork, the various classes and training, the preparation, the actual flight, the Japan experience, and what goes in on Japanese schools.

Stick around, subscribe, come back. This project is basically going to be my life for the next ten months or so.

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